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A rifled choke in a smoothbore bbl will usually give a bit more accuracy with a"rifled" slug. The rifled slug usuallu loses most of the rifling going through the choke area of most shotguns.. A rifled slug actually travels mostly the way it does because of the weight forward hollow base construction. Some guns shoot great with "rifled slugs"...some don't. Rifled bores and chokes work much better with the more expensive and more aerodynamic sabot slugs They are usually much more accurate than the "rifled" slug. To be honest most of the hunters in the areas that most people hunt for whitetails would be just as well off with the rifled slug. Most deer are probably killed at ranges under 50 yds. I killed a few deer with sabot slugs out to 200 yds and a bit more in a couple of cases..but I knew the gun/load accuracy. I once shot a deer with a sabot slug that was so close the sabot and all went clear through...but it DID do the job. I have also used my muzzleloaders to take deer at up to approx 200 yds but the average was again much much less. Usually 30-40 yds. I even shot a fox at a lasered 227 yds with my Savage smokeless powder muzzleloader. If I were going to hunt eastern deer again..I would still choose a pump(870) or semi-auto(11-87) with a rifled bore and sabot slugs..just for the ocassional long shot..but would not feel undergunned with a purely everyday skeet gun with regular slugs..Muzzleloaders have their own season..but if ya want to use one that is your choice. They will do the job too. Let's not make this deer hunting with a shotgun into the same thing as the magnum rifle debate..Heck..nothing kills a deer like a 300 Super dooper ultra super short action magnum rifle. Heck the 30-06 is outclassed by the darn deer we been hunting.. Super dooper deer are impervious to anything less than a 300 mag of some sort Heck it's so bad I'm almost ashamed I shot any deer with a 270 or a 12 ga rifled slug...