20 gauge ammunition
 

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.

RE: 20 gauge ammunition
 

Both of my last two deer were taken with a 20 gage loaded with ordinary foster slugs, they both dropped dead just as fast as any other deer I've seen shot with 12 gage. Since you're shooting a slug barrel you'll have to try various brands and loads until you find what your individual gun likes and is most accurate with.

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I am not sure where you got the impression that a 20 gauge is weak. You now have saboted ammo that shoots mid 200 grain bullets out of the barrel of a 20 gauge at 1900-2000 fps. That is not "weak" at all. I shoot the 12 gauge, but would now, due to the advancements in ammunition, choose to shoot the 20 gauge instead if I purchased a new rifle. Like I have recommended on many previous threads, I have had fantastic luck with the Winchester Platinum tip sabot rounds.

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The posts above a dead on when it comes to the power of a 20ga. Personally i shoot remington buck hammers out of my gun. They are accurate, and hit hard.

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A 20 gauge is definitely not "weak."

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I have not usedmy slug gun very often but I have shot it enough to know it shoots the buck hammers very well, probably the best. It makes a big perfect round wadcutter hole onthe target.Mine is a 12 gauge, and sometimes I wish it were a 20 ga.The buck hammers are a very hot load.I call that gun and that load the beast.

C. Davis

RE: 20 gauge ammunition
 

20 ga is a great deer gun, especially with a rifled barrel. A 20 ga sabot slug has more energy remaining at 100 yds than a foster from a smoothbore 12ga. Much flatter trajectory and less kick too.

RE: 20 gauge ammunition
 

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The buck hammers are a very hot load.I call that gun and that load the beast.

C. Davis
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Your not lying. They do pack a punch.

RE: 20 gauge ammunition
 

wow with all of your replies i can wait to go grab some buck hammers and head out to the gun range. thanks you guys. oh yeah i can pick those buck hammers at any outdoors sports store right?

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actually youre better off with a good 20 gauge than you are with a cheap 12. a good slug and a good rfled slug barell will knock a deer down out to 100 yards. I know. I started with a 20.

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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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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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And who is telling you this ??

20Ga. + rifled slug barrell + scope (optional) = 1 sweet deer weapon AND venison in the freezer.

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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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copper solids are sexy

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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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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.