Been good Matt,

To make a long story short...I started a dedicated slug forum on another site a few years back...and to this day it still takes up a good deal of my time.

This thread was posted to get some info on a particular issue but as you can see most replies here didn't even seem to adress the subject. Although admittedly, it is not really a subject most shooters are very well versed in.

Either way it is good to hear from you...

JC

(BTW...For reference, noted slug gun author Dave Henderson apparently states that 900 ft lbs is the general minimum in his opinion. While I personally stick with the general range around 1000ft lbs simply because there are almost no situations where I can not achieve that power with my slug guns within an ethical distance. Within 125 yds that is no problem with my 20ga and if I am planning on shooting farther than that my 12 ga is more than adequate well past the range of any ethical distances it should be shot....outside of that, there is really no reason to go any lower)