[Lilred]

I probaly aint got no business in this here thread...but shootin slugs in a smoothbore just plain aint good in my opinion.
I have seen so many guns that people have shot slug after slug through go to pot. Then when you really need a "shotgun" you aint gonna have it. Say bye-bye to a good pattern.
I would get a rifled barrel or go with the buckshot.
We never could hunt with a rifle and I've used buckshot all my life and have killed a plenty of deer in my lifetime. Most of them deer are runnin too..so you can bring em down as long as the gun patterns well and you have good "matchin" shells to it.

If you take the time to learn yer gun, pattern it and take the time to find the right shell fer the gun..you'll do fine with buckshot even in heavy cover. As fer as a standin deer a well placed load of 00 will drop a deer in it's tracks and you wont have to feel guilty bout shootin a slug through a smoothbore.
Maybe these days they might have improved slug loads to shoot through smoothbores..but I wouldnt wanna find out next year when all of a sudden you notice...dern, my gun dont shoot as good as it used to.