I sure can give more detail about my experience. I've had another cup of coffee, so maybe I'm not so cranky.

I was shooting remington solid coppers and two other types of saboted slugs under controlled field conditions. I was testing them to see which would be the most accurate and to see if I found any flaws. I sometimes do this field testing, because it is much closer to real world hunting conditions and shown in the past that things aren't always what they seem at the range. In this case, I set up in an alley in a brush lot with about a 70 yard shot. There was an interfering branch down range about 50 yards, not something that was planned. But that is the kind of field conditions that happens and in this case I think it proved significant.

I shot a few groups with each slug, on the second round with the remington solids my second shot caught the down range branch, which was smaller in diameter than a pencil, and pieces of the slug went in different directions. My buddy, who was watching me shoot, saw the whole thing also. We checked down range, the branch was sheared off and there was no impact on the target which was about 15" square. We scanned the area and found the impact from the major part of the slug in the bank about 4-5' right of the target line. We found the sheared branch lying on the ground in the target line. My buddy and I both saw fragments fly off to the high left of the target line when the slug hit the branch. We were pretty shocked there was that kind of deflection from such a small obstruction. We believe that petals, that are cut into the hollow point section of the slug, opened when it hit the branch. Some must have broken off and we saw them fly off high left; and the remainder of the slug was sent off right of the target line.

The slugs had grouped great on paper. Was it a fluke; I don't know, but I wouldn't want to find out in a hunting situation. I didn't duplicate the senario with the other two slugs I was shooting that day. We packed it in soon after that. The Remington slug was the one I was hoping to shoot that season, so I was very discouraged.

For me, confidence is very important when shooting. If I have high confidence in my equipment and my abilities, it's a great advantage for me during my hunting seasons. It allows me to be very patient and wait for just the right shot.

Sorry for the rather lengthy story. This is just my one time bad experience with the Remington solid copper slugs. I ended up sticking with the Brenneke slugs I had been shooting for years. I had confidence in them. I hope this helps explain my previous comments.