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Old 08-28-2007, 10:00 PM
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Top, what types of ballpark ranges do you expect to shoot your deer at? I would expect the buckhammer to be a shorter range round,say within 100 yards, just due to the design and mass. Anyone else feel free to add your 2 cents, I have never hunted with the buckhammers. Out here in Idaho, I have tended to take quite a few shots at whitetails beyond 100 yards.
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Old 08-29-2007, 06:51 AM
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20 guage weak?? My two sons both shoot them, they've racked up: deer, ducks, geese and turkeys, nothing has even twitched when it hit the ground.
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Old 08-29-2007, 07:01 AM
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ORIGINAL: top_gameX21

hey i know a 20 gauge is weak, and i was wondering what you guys could reccomend for the best ammunition in terms of accuracy and power, money is not a issue in this case. it is a 20 gauge rifle barrel. thanks.
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20Ga. + rifled slug barrell + scope (optional) = 1 sweet deer weapon AND venison in the freezer.
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Old 09-17-2007, 04:50 PM
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i have seen remington make a saboted 20guage bullet that goes 1900 fps. also hornaday* makes a 2000fps balistic tip bulletthat i will probibly use for deer hunting.
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Old 09-21-2007, 10:34 PM
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copper solids are sexy
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Old 09-23-2007, 12:43 PM
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I have a H&R Ultra Slugger and use Lightfields. They will shoot a one hole group at 50 yards. I feel comfortable out to 150 yards with this gun. don't think I would ever have to take over a 100 yard shot where I hunt though.
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Old 09-24-2007, 01:15 PM
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20 Ga. Weak? no way My hunting partner took his Rem. 20 ga. 1100 and added a rifled barrel, scope, and shoots the new Remington ULTRA sabots.Look em' up they have better than balistics than a 30/30 at 100 yds. His 12 stays home, he said his 20 is as accurate at 100yds as anything he has found and it doesn't have the recoil a 12 does. Deerhunter 515 referenced these slugs.... 385 grains-1,900 fps at the muzzle.
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