20 gauge ammunition

top_gameX21 · 08-28-2007, 09:05 AM

hey i know a 20 gauge is weak, and i was wondering what you guys could reccomend for the best ammunition in terms of accuracy and power, money is not a issue in this case. it is a 20 gauge rifle barrel. thanks.

kevin1 · 08-28-2007, 10:16 AM

Both of my last two deer were taken with a 20 gage loaded with ordinary foster slugs, they both dropped dead just as fast as any other deer I've seen shot with 12 gage. Since you're shooting a slug barrel you'll have to try various brands and loads until you find what your individual gun likes and is most accurate with.

Follower · 08-28-2007, 10:34 AM

I am not sure where you got the impression that a 20 gauge is weak. You now have saboted ammo that shoots mid 200 grain bullets out of the barrel of a 20 gauge at 1900-2000 fps. That is not "weak" at all. I shoot the 12 gauge, but would now, due to the advancements in ammunition, choose to shoot the 20 gauge instead if I purchased a new rifle. Like I have recommended on many previous threads, I have had fantastic luck with the Winchester Platinum tip sabot rounds.

crazyguy117 · 08-28-2007, 11:14 AM

The posts above a dead on when it comes to the power of a 20ga. Personally i shoot remington buck hammers out of my gun. They are accurate, and hit hard.

Chris_H · 08-28-2007, 11:18 AM

A 20 gauge is definitely not "weak."

C. Davis · 08-28-2007, 12:08 PM

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ORIGINAL: crazyguy117

The posts above a dead on when it comes to the power of a 20ga. Personally i shoot remington buck hammers out of my gun. They are accurate, and hit hard.

I have not usedmy slug gun very often but I have shot it enough to know it shoots the buck hammers very well, probably the best. It makes a big perfect round wadcutter hole onthe target.Mine is a 12 gauge, and sometimes I wish it were a 20 ga.The buck hammers are a very hot load.I call that gun and that load the beast.

C. Davis

USNRETHunter · 08-28-2007, 03:25 PM

20 ga is a great deer gun, especially with a rifled barrel. A 20 ga sabot slug has more energy remaining at 100 yds than a foster from a smoothbore 12ga. Much flatter trajectory and less kick too.

crazyguy117 · 08-28-2007, 03:36 PM

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The buck hammers are a very hot load.I call that gun and that load the beast.

C. Davis
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Your not lying. They do pack a punch.

top_gameX21 · 08-28-2007, 04:09 PM

wow with all of your replies i can wait to go grab some buck hammers and head out to the gun range. thanks you guys. oh yeah i can pick those buck hammers at any outdoors sports store right?

wis_bow_huntr · 08-28-2007, 04:45 PM

actually youre better off with a good 20 gauge than you are with a cheap 12. a good slug and a good rfled slug barell will knock a deer down out to 100 yards. I know. I started with a 20.