“Sweating like a pig, with my much vaunted Beneli 12 gauge propped up against the carcass”

Heh, are you saying that you killed the moose with your Benelli? If so which round did you use and what distance? If the shotgun was just there for defense then what weapon did you use to down the moose with?

“Contrary to what you may have read on Blain's posting, I wouldn't dream of using buck shot for defense against bear.”

So according to your logic your pistol round with little over 1,000 ft/lbs of energy can kill any animal in North America but my magnum buckshot round with over 3,400 ft/lbs of energy can’t? And yes at the distances we are talking the shot is still in the shotcup and is as one projectile. Though I must say you do choose a good slug round, the most powerful 12-gauge slug round on the commercial market. Do you know how powerful and penetrative those babies are? What has been your experience with them? Meaning what kind of damage have you seen them do? Also what sorts of groups can you get with them out of your gun?


From Squirrel to Elephant, the Shotgun is your gun.