Originally Posted by
New York Hunter
Remington 1100/1187 were the most popular deer hunting guns in my area before every county but mine were allowed to use rifles a few years back. Followed by the old Ithaca M37's (not to many of them w/rifled barrels). I have friends that used them and have seen a lot of guys at different ranges shooting them.
***Edited, a lot of 870's being used too.***
NYH.
So you DON'T KNOW those guns are accurate at all YET. You just know the reputation of those models.
I own Remingtons myself. I don't doubt they have the POTENTIAL to be accurate we just haven't PROVED those exact guns you have are accurate yet, actually we haven't proven they are any more accurate than the best groups you've got from them so far.
I was just suspicious this was the case.
Season is going to be over before you get to use it.
Just get two boxes of Winchester 1oz sabots and shoot three of those from a rest with out changing the sight picture or the way you shoot it. Make an adjustment to put the center of the group on the bull and shoot three more.
If that group is centered on the bull then that's the best group you are going to get.
Load up the last four in the mag and hunt accordingly to keep that group on a grape fruit.
Then when you see those sabot slugs go on sale in January get 10 boxes and get this figured out in the off season.