smooth bore slugs
 

any success with them?
and between a .243, .270 or a .30-.30 which should i pick im 15
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RE: smooth bore slugs
 

I've taken several does with rifled slugs and one spike buck. All have been clean, and I'd still be using that gun if I didn't have anything else.

As far as the rifles you mentioned, all are good, but if you can handle the .270, I'd go with that.

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

I shoot Federal Tru-Ball rifled slugs through a modified choke in my smoothbore pump 20 gage, kills them just as dead as anything else I've tried.

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

slugs are deadly on deer size game

out of the rifle cals, I would go .270

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

My Mossberg 500 with smooth bore and rifle sights shoots rifled slugs well enough out to 75-100 yds. My eyes keep me at about 75 for max range. They do kill deer just fine though.

Of the rifle calibers you mention, I'd use the 30/30 if it is a lever and you hunt woods where most shots will be about 50 yds and you don't expect to shoot over 100. If we're talking all bolt actions, or you expect to shoot over 100 yds, then go with the 270. Other good calibers without much recoil are 7-'08 and260 Rem.

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

There are several quality "rifled-slug" ammo out there. These are deadly on dere sized game and accurate in mostsmooth bores out to about 75-100 yards or so. Main problem some folks seem to have, me included, is managing the drop. It is rather dramatic because the friction of the air passing over the bullet's "rifling" , which is what causes the bullet to spin so that it remains on line,eats up energy that would other wise have been retained in the velocity of the bullet.(It is a Newtonian physics conservation of energy thing.) But with practice at the range, managing this isrelativley easy to learn.

Of the choices you mentioned - In this order: (1) 270 Win. (2) 243 Win. (3) 30/30 Win. Certainly all are adequate for deer sized game. From my expereince, the 130 gr. bullets is about optimum for the 270 Win., 100 gr. for the 243 Win., and 150 gr. for the 30/30 WIn. If you go with the 30/30 Win., be sure to try the new Hornady polymer tipped ammo developed for tube fed lever actions.It is substantially more expensive than most flat nose ammo, but there is a real gain in ballistic performance,i.e the arc is substantially reduced because the velocity is retained better .... it is flatter shooting.

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

Actually "rifled" foster style slugs out of a smooth bore shotgun do not spin. They get their stability from their weight forward designmuch like a badminton shuttlecock. It's the old "rock in a sock" theory. If the front is heavier than the rear, it can never catch up, which is what keeps it from tumbling. They have so much drop because of their relatively heavy weight, slow speed and huge frontal area. They are very inefficient from a ballistics standpoint.That having been said, they kill like the Hammer of Thor at the relatively short distances they are intended to be used at. I have literally knocked deer off of their feet with a well placed shot. ;)

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

.243 for me. If you can use a rifle I wouldn't even consider a rifled shotgun slug. They have poor ballistics and kick like a mule. The .243 will have very little recoil, flat shooting and usually very accurate. And very effective on deer sized game and varmints. The 270 is nice, but it won't do anything on a deer that a .243 won't other than have more recoil. Now if you are planning to shoot something larger I would look at a .270, .308 or 30-06.

I know a lot of people that swore by a 30-06 until they got a .243 for their wife or kid. After that the bigger gun just collected dust or got traded for another .243.

Don't over look the 7mm-08 or 25-06 either, both of those are great low recoil rounds as well, but you can get heavier bullets than you can with the .243.

Paul

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

Rifled slugs will lay them down out to 100 yds...and farther for some......I still use my mossberg 500 for doe management

RE: smooth bore slugs
 

I routinely get 3" groups at 100 yards with my Ithaca 37 12ga shooting rifled slugs. You will have to test to see which one your gun likes best.
For the rifle if you are deer hunting I would go with the .243, plenty of energy for deer, light recoil, and accurate too.