Tom, I'm with JCC on this one to a point. I am going thru the same process you are right now. Trying different bullets to see what my gun likes. Mine is just taking longer because I'm broke. I can't afford to just buy a bunch at one time and sit down with them all.

If you are going to shoot a mix of high performance stuff and cheaper old school stuff start with the expensive stuff. It is much cleaner and more consistant in your barrel. And don't over shoot it. Give the gun some time to cool down, and maybe even clean the barrel when you switch brands of ammo.

After you are done shooting the expensive high tech saboted stuff then try some of the cheaper stuff if you want. Keep in mind it will make a mess and foul up your barrel. My H&R Ultra really likes the cheap rifled slugs to be honest. But it fouls out fast. I get great 3 shot groups at 100 yards with Winchester 3" rifled slugs. One ragged hole for the first three shots, federals were about the same. But after the first 3 shots the barrel fouls out and things open up. Each progressive shot hits higher than the last one in my gun. So if you are going to shoot rifled slugs I would expect to clean it at least every five shots. And I don't mean just run a patch down it, I mean use some solvent and scrup the lead out, then patch it dry again. I would guess the buck hammers might not be as bad. From what I can see not as much lead is exposed to the barrel as there would be in a fully rifled slug. I could be wrong though.

It is messy, time consuming and probably not that great on your barrel. I hear brushing your barrel a lot will wear it out faster than shooting it. Something to keep in mind.

However if that is all you could afford to shoot, they seem quite effective in my gun. Just requires more maintenence is all. Different impact points in my gun, so you can't just switch from one to the other.

Have fun shooting all those rounds.

Paul