A friend is looking at getting a slug barrel for this Winchester 1300, would a slug choke do? How is the accuracy? Maybe he should just get a totally different gun? Who knows what? Please bring it on.

I was gifted a rifled screw in for a Remington 1100. Used it on a vent rib barrel for ten shots at fifty yards. I found it to be useless. Rifle sights or optics may have helped?

I'd buy a rifled barrel with sights for that 1300. I think you could get some useful accuracy from that combo.

Cheezywan

I totally agree do not waste your money on buying the rifled choke. If he really wants to make sure the choke is at least a modified or more open and try getting rifled slugs see how they shoot out of the gun. They will not be as accurate as say you find a rifled slug barrel for the gun but thats an option.

If you want accuracy get a rifled barrel . I use Hastings sabot slugs and print cloverleaf patterns at 100 yards . It basically turns your 12 ga into a 73 caliber rifle thats good for shots out to 150 or so yards . Full size Dixie slugs turns your shotgun into a cannon , they are 730 gr. with a .730 diameter .

Dixie has tested about ever barrel available for switch-barrel guns (like the Rem. 870) and none have performed as well a the Hastings rifled barrels...period!
You are correct...the rifled choke tubes are not much! They have the same fast twist as the rifled barrels....and things happen when a hard cast slug/bullets hit them at 1200+'/"....like it will take a pipe wrench to remove them!
We are just now seeing the relationship between hard cast handgun bullet designs and hard cast full bore bullet design for rifled shotgun barrels....same drill, they are just bigger! Also so...the fellows that like full bore shotgun ammo are also interested in hard cast habgun bulllets...we are getting hit at Dixie about Beartooth Bullets...like I said same drill, just different size!
Regards, James

If my buddy was to entertain a new slug gun, does anyone have a preference one over another, what about a barrell for his encore?

I'd have your bud take a hard look at that Encore barrel. I suspect it would work well.

An H&R single-shot slug gun would also be on my short list.

Cheezywan

Does anyone have any coment about the Mossberg 500 pos or neg?