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Old 12-05-2008 | 04:23 PM
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Default RE: Are 200 yd slug guns ethical to dispatch a deer?

Some guys will tell you they regularly are getting out there 150-200yds kills on deerand getting 1.5" @100yds groups but that has not been my experience. I could never get better than 3-4" groups, at best, from several guns and sabots . IMO SG sabots are just too thick to shed consistently, for any type of real accuracy and the velocities claims are down right lies. I cronied SSTs and win partion gold a couple years ago from a USH and a deerslayerII and the SSTs didnt do better than 1700fps ,not 2000fps. Maybe in the companies 30" test barrels, but not a 20-24" barrel. At 15$ a box of 5, there hardly econmical to practice w/ either and my shoulder agrees.

IMO a shotgun is 100-125yd max tool. For longer range hunting in rifle restricted areas I use my muzzleloader.
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