H&R ULTRA SLUG OR REM 870 ?
#21
ORIGINAL: BOYWONDER
what do u all think of the tracker 2.
pat
what do u all think of the tracker 2.
pat
it is the same but probaly cheaper and kicks more because it dosnt weigh as much. i am getting the tracker 2 in a 20 because it is cheaper and pretty much the same.
#22
i have a Remington 870 witha 18" rifled barrel with a cantilever scope mount, also have the 28" barrel for bird hunting,i shoot the Hornady SST 300 gr sabot, it is sighted in at 150 yards and will shoot 1" groups
i love this gun, but it kicks very hard, but that is only when sighting it in, never notice the kick when shooting at a deer
Lenny
i love this gun, but it kicks very hard, but that is only when sighting it in, never notice the kick when shooting at a deer
Lenny
#25
Fork Horn
Joined: Jan 2007
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ORIGINAL: Filter
i have a Remington 870 witha 18" rifled barrel with a cantilever scope mount, also have the 28" barrel for bird hunting,i shoot the Hornady SST 300 gr sabot, it is sighted in at 150 yards and will shoot 1" groups
i love this gun, but it kicks very hard, but that is only when sighting it in, never notice the kick when shooting at a deer
Lenny
i have a Remington 870 witha 18" rifled barrel with a cantilever scope mount, also have the 28" barrel for bird hunting,i shoot the Hornady SST 300 gr sabot, it is sighted in at 150 yards and will shoot 1" groups
i love this gun, but it kicks very hard, but that is only when sighting it in, never notice the kick when shooting at a deer
Lenny
#26
Spike
Joined: Dec 2010
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Here is the way I see it after 40+ years of Whitetail hunting: The H&R Ultraslug is by far the more accurate gun of the two . . . especially once you have found which sabot slug it likes best. Granted, the 870 will give you the opportunity for quicker second shots but in my experience (29 Whitetails over my lifetime), after the first shot, the deer is either down . . . or gone! I own an 11-87 with a rifled cantilevered barrel and an H&R UltraSlug. Both guns are 12 ga. and both guns have 3x9 Nikon Slughunter scopes mounted. My 11-87 is a backup gun for me. I have never seen a more accurate slug gun than the H&R Ultraslug . . . especially at distances. At 100 yds, my Ultraslug consistently shoots a single ragged hole for a 3-shot group from a sandbagged benchrest. At 150 yds, I can consistently shoot sub-3 inch groups from that same sandbagged benchrest. My only compalints were the recoil when shooting the 3" Winchester Partitioned Gold sabots my Ultraslug likes best and the weight of the outfit itself. I solved those problems with a LimbSaver recoil pad . . . it still kicks but it isn't painful now and by hunting from a stationary well built tree stand. My farthest ranged kill so far is 154 yds and the 6-point dropped where it stood when I squeezed the trigger. I strongly recommend getting a good rangefinder if you will be hunting field edges with the potential for more distant shots. I also recommend getting a Nikon Slughunter scope and finding the slug your gun likes best . . . those things make all the difference. I invested in a Nikon Riflehunter 550 rangefinder and it eliminates all the guessing at distance. Together with the BDC reticle in the 3x9 Nikon Slughunter scope, I wouldn't hesitate to take a 200 yd. shot from the treestand at the edge of my field. If you are prepared for the far shots, you'll make them! I must also give a great deal of credit to the 3" Winchester Partition Gold sabot slugs my H&R UltraSlug seems to favor. They really reach out! Since getting my H&R Ultraslug my 11-87 has become strictly a backup for hunting and a home defense goto gun. Now I hunt from a well built treestand 100% of the time but I have killed my deer from that same stand 9 years running, so I think it would be foolish to change the way I do things. It is just that I know I can make those distance shots since putting my H&R UltraSlug outfit together.
Last edited by PutEmDown; 12-13-2010 at 06:51 AM.




