RE: New toy, H&R Ultra Slug
Mine 12 likes (non-sabot) Brenneke Gold Magnums. When I first got it it really liked the 3-inch Remington Copper Solids, but I got tired of them cause of the cost, and when I shot some more of them, Remington had changed them and they were then inconsistent.
I can get Brennekes for half the price and they shoot very well. Although I'm going to spend the $$$ and experiment a bit with some other loads before this season. I'm hoping maybe jcchartboy will do some of the "leg work" for me and post some info I can use. He lives slug guns - suffering from a condition known as severe chronic slugitis. LOL. I'm looking for flatter shooting at longer distances.
Anyway, I haven't missed anything with my H&R and have had total pass thru penetrations, even lengthwise at like 30 yards when one stealthed right up on me from across a crop field by shadowing behind the tree I thought I was shadowing behind.
My son's 20 gauge absolutely loves the Remington Copper Solids. We picked up a ton of them at K-Mart around here when they sold them at clearance price of like $4/box. I found them at one store, called the other stores around the area and cleared them all out.