First off make sure you site in on a day where there is very little wind. It goes without saying, but slugs are more suceptible to wind then most centerfire bullets..

If you are serious about acuracy,(as I already know your are), I would expect to show up at the range with no less than 4-5 different brands of slugs.

First thing to keep in mind is that your barrel has a 1-34 twist. That means it is relatively slow and may not stabilize certain lightweight bullets.

Whenever reading recomendations on how a particular slug shoots insomeone elsesgun, always follow the comments from those who are shooting a rifled barell with a similar twist. For example in your case, two similar guns would be the Mossberg 695 (1-36), and Savage 210 (1-35), among others.

First thing I would do personally,(and as always othersmay certainly disagree), is to get sighted at 75 yds. This is happpy medium between the 50 and 100yd sight in where wind is only a minor factor, and deviations in accuracy can be displayed well.

For your original site in Iwould recomend using Remington Copper Solids. They are one of most stabile, accurate sabots on the market. The only reason why you will be trying other sabots is that these do not have the best trajectory. You will be searching for a good accuracy and a better trajectory after you are sighted in. (For the most part you can relatively trust the trajectories supplied by sabot manufacturers.)

Now once you are happily sighted in at 75yds you are simply going to shoot 5 shot groups of each different brand of ammo you are going to try. Remember at this point you are not worried about the bullseye,(as you will be resighting again specificallyto your final choice of ammo), all you will be looking for is consistant grouping size.

You may get luck and the ammo with the best trajectory also happens to be the most accurate in your gun. In which casethat willbeyour easy choice. Otherwise you must make an accuraracy vs trjectory judgement on the final competing ammo.

Once you come up with your final choice you can read the maufacturers stated trajectory and based on your expected range decide on where you would like your expected zero. In my case that is is 1in high at 100yds with my ammo. That gives me a steady hold through 125yds, most likely the far end of my expected range.

To be cont..