im shooting benikke rotweil slugs right now. i found that my bps throws those pretty nice(it can shoot gruops of 3 all in one touching hole.) but the problem is that at 50 yds its 4" up and at 75yds its 8 inches up. my question is if i switched from a 2 3/4" 1 once slug to a 3" 1.50 once sluge will thye slug drop so it will be more acurate or will the extra 1/4 of gun powder make the 1.5 once slug still shoot high?

Does your shotgun have adjustable sights? If so is the rear sight in its lowest position? Are you resting the barrel on a sandbag when shooting instead of correctly resting the forearm of the stock?


I'm just speculating, since I don't have much experience with slug shooting, but from experience with handguns and rifles but I would guess that at a short range a heavier slug would shoot higher. The heavier slug takes more time to travel down the barrel so that the muzzle has moved upward more from recoil by the time it exits versus a lighter faster projectile.

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That's just what some guns do. My mossy will throw federal 2-3/4" rifled slugs about that high. It makes it more "pinpoint" accurate as you can "aim to the 6 0'clock". Put the bead under the spot you want to hit and squeeze the trigger. You can see the spot you want to hit this way other that putting a huge bead in front of it.

Or you can just try different brands. Each brand of slugs will shoot a little different.

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thanks guys and i was wonderiing how big a deer midsection is? in inches

Obviously that is subjective to the size of the deer, but most people say the vitals of the average deer is about like an 8" circle.

If you still have a problem with that gun shooting the way it does, you may want to try different choke tubes as well as what I said earlier with different brands of ammo. In general the slugs will group tightest with an improved or open choke, but some people like a modified. Normaly a full choke won't shoot worth beans (it deforms the slug), and I wouldn't try it with an older gun but sometimes a full will shoot good.

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To kill a deer reliably, you have to hit an area not much bigger than a softball at whatever range you consider maximum for your shooting. Changing to a longer shell is not going to help. You have to have some kind of an adjustable rear sight. I recommend a scope!!

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I'm not sure if you are using a scatter barrel or a rifled barrel, but if you are using a scatter barrel on your Browning, its not the best idea to use a tighter choke than the IC. The barrel is backbored and the slug will have a looser fit down the barrel, if it hits a constricted choke, it pretty much slams into it.

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yeah, just find a combo that works well for your gun.

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Hey high country, Try different brands of slugs to see if another brand would group better you. Sometimes you have to shoot what the gun wants and not what you want it to shoot. All manufactures make slugs that are very effective on deer. Ive killed deer with brennake,winchester,remmington, and lightfield.