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Old 08-13-2005 | 03:10 PM
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Paul L Mohr
 
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From: Blissfield MI USA
Default RE: New toy, H&R Ultra Slug

You shoot a non saboted slug out of your fully rifled barrel? I don't know if I want to go that route. I might try some though. I just like the idea of teflon touching my barrel instead of soft metal.

I got a chance to shoot it. It stopped raining so I went out and used up the rest of my ammo. My conclusion, I'm not impressed. Lightfields will not be my round of choice. And for those guys that think you can sight your gun in for 2 inches high at 50 and think your good to go at 100, I have some bad news for you. It confirmed what I believed to be true. If you want to shoot a gun at 100 plus yards, you better sight it in and varify it will shoot at those ranges. Mine did fairly well at 50 yards and was 2 inches high just like they suggest. I moved back to 100 yards and the next shot was about 4 or 5 inches high? Come to find out the gun does not group that well at 100 yards with this ammo. Maybe 4 inches or so, and most of the shots were high. I adjusted my scope down a few clicks and the last shot was in the bull (actually a 1.5 square). However judging from the groups I got that really doesn't mean anything. And I don't have any shells left to varify it.

It shoots nice though, recoil was pretty managable off from a rest and bipod. And the down range energy of those slugs was pretty impressive to say the least. I use cut up logs about 2 foot in diameter for back stops. It nocks them over every time. I have to walk all the way out there to set it back up. I shot some rifled slugs out of my mossberg 500 that did the same thing. It was only good for about 60 yards though.

This shoots well enough that I could probably hunt with it, even at a hundred yards that is probably lethal grouping if the wind was good. It's not acceptable to me though. I want at least 2 inch groups off from a bench at 100 yards, or better possibly. I was just hoping I wouldn't have to spend 15 dollars for five shells to get it.

I will try those rounds you suggested and see how they do. I don't really care for scrubbing the lead out of my barrel, but if they are accrate and cheap what the heck.

Thanks,
Paul
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