Dude we are talking about an H&R/NEF slug gun here, not a mossberg 695, or anything else. Had that been the question I'd not have said a peep as I've never run one of those.Others besides myself have stated that a certain slug performs the best out of any of them in our H&R/NEF's and THAT simply is a good place for him to start, considering it's same/same per gear offering. It's his decision to muddle through $150 worth of trial and error, as you did,if he wants to...but were it me I'd be grateful for a consolidation of experience to draw from rather than some "buy a bunch of stuff and try it" BS. Some things are simply self explanatory.....

Out of the seven posters so far that put actual experience into print, 4 said SST's did best, 2 said another type did best and one was undecided. The rest just want to gripe about how I post. Take that FWIW......

I'd be shocked if SST's didn't do well for him, in that particular slug gun........

Should add that it took me exactly one box of SST's to decide a switch from the old winchester sabots I'd been using.

SST's, BTW, are saboted, and put deer down like a freight train........good stuff.