Deer slugs for shotgun??
10-24-2003 | 06:37 AM
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Deer slugs for shotgun??
Since my son is going deer hunting with me he wants to use my Winchester Model 50. It' s a 12ga. What I need to know is since I do not have a slug barrel for it what kind of deer slugs can I use in it? I have not had much experience with shotgun slugs. Need any help that I can get.
10-24-2003 | 06:59 AM
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RE: Deer slugs for shotgun??
loghead,
Try several brands of the Foster style slugs and Brennekes. See which brand your shotgun prefers. The range you can keep all of the shots inside a " paper plate" should be the range you limit your shots to.
Good luck!
Try several brands of the Foster style slugs and Brennekes. See which brand your shotgun prefers. The range you can keep all of the shots inside a " paper plate" should be the range you limit your shots to.
Good luck!
10-24-2003 | 07:14 AM
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RE: Deer slugs for shotgun??
Loghead,
I have hunted quite a bit with shotguns, especially smoothbores. I have always found that each and every gun would shoot a different slug the best. What worked for one gun, almost never worked in another. Oddly enough, the cheapest slugs out there usually performed the best for me. My biggest problem that I found was when I shot slugs out of a full-choke barrel. The barrels that were modified or improved cylinder always shot better for me. I once took an old Stevens single-shot break action that had a 28" full choke barrel. I cut the barrell off with a hack saw, (I was only 17 years old, didn' t know any better ) I cut it down to 22" . I have no idea what the choke would have been on that barrel. It shot beautiful. At 50 yards I could group the slugs into 4" . Not that impressive but it only had a bead on the end for a sight.
I purchased a rifled slug barrel for my Mossberg 500, it has the cantilevered scope base welded to the barrel. With a 2.5 power scope, shooting Rem. 1 oz. " slugger"
slugs, it shoots into one ragged hole at 75 yards. (5 shots) Of course the ragged hole is about 2 and a half inches across.
I have hunted quite a bit with shotguns, especially smoothbores. I have always found that each and every gun would shoot a different slug the best. What worked for one gun, almost never worked in another. Oddly enough, the cheapest slugs out there usually performed the best for me. My biggest problem that I found was when I shot slugs out of a full-choke barrel. The barrels that were modified or improved cylinder always shot better for me. I once took an old Stevens single-shot break action that had a 28" full choke barrel. I cut the barrell off with a hack saw, (I was only 17 years old, didn' t know any better ) I cut it down to 22" . I have no idea what the choke would have been on that barrel. It shot beautiful. At 50 yards I could group the slugs into 4" . Not that impressive but it only had a bead on the end for a sight.
I purchased a rifled slug barrel for my Mossberg 500, it has the cantilevered scope base welded to the barrel. With a 2.5 power scope, shooting Rem. 1 oz. " slugger"
slugs, it shoots into one ragged hole at 75 yards. (5 shots) Of course the ragged hole is about 2 and a half inches across.
