Lines are getting blurred. Take 2 mossbergs with 24" smoothbore barrels, 1 has a cheap set of open rifle type sights, the other a front bead, 1 is a "slug gun the other not??? Then ALL the turkey hunters firing shot thru smoothbores WITH optics are using "slug guns"? I've gone back full circle to using rifled slugs thru a smoothbore & leaving the rifled/scoped bbl to collect dust. My 10-40 yard shots don't require a 3$+ shell. Give Dixie tri-balls a try, (NOT cheap either) it's like firing 3 slugs at once & will keep a pie plate group to 40 yards, maybe more. Confused yet? What do you call a police riot shotgun designed/intended to use slugs/buckshot/non lethal ammo?