First to keep from further hi-jacking of the thread, I will say my personal opinion you should try to keep the slugs inside 150 yds for accuracy considerations more so than power or expansion. As deerbearhog said, Ive personally never fired a slug gun with accuracy capabilities that extended past the aforementioned range, and most probably should have been kept to 25 or 50 less than that. Just my crappy .02

On the last few posts....I think this discussion, and why Ridge seems to catch so much flak here, is the paradigm difference between when a shooter chooses to hunt and when a hunter is forced to become a shooter to accomplish his task. The level of dedication by each to their chosen tenant is obvious when you hear either one speak on the subject. I know guys who spend more time in the off season in the woods than I do in season, and their kill ratio and trophy wall reflect such. At the same time, I spend more time and ammo in 2 range sessions than they will spend in 10 yrs checking their sight in, which is the extent of their "practice" each year. And our respective shooting capabilities reflect such. One should not be so centristic or egotistical of his prefered art as to look down his nose at the anothers simply because he doesn't understand it or abide by it. They both have their place.

-Note... God help when you have a man lucky enough to have to the time to combine the two above mentioned philosophies, he will truly be a force to be reckoned with in the woods.