Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Shot my deer this year with a H&R Ultra Slug 20 gauge using Lightfield Slugs. Shot was about 60-75 yards, hit him a little high, took out both lungs and slug stopped against the hide on the other side. It expanded to.856 and weighed 455 grains. The best I can tell and unfired slug is .525 and 485 grains. Deer went 50 yards and went down. My gun also shoots these slugs very accurate. Just a little review.

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RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Nice little reveiw on those man. Just wondering how much does a box of those run?

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Rural King sometimes have them in 20 gauge, but Gander Mountain always have them. This year they were $12.99 for a box of 5.

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Nice Job! Way to study your bullets!:D

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Very nice. Suprised it didn't exit though?! You mentioned it was a high hit, did you catch either or both shoulders? Purely curious.

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Good info.

That's what this web site is for!:D
You might want to stay away from the bitchfest in the archery forum;)

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Good info.

That's what this web site is for!
You might want to stay away from the bitchfest in the archery forum

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

I use to shoot lighfields and loved them.

I now use the Hornady SSTs out of my H&R Ultra Slug 12. They shoot great out to 200 yardsin low wind with about a 5.5 inch drop with my Leopold set at ZERO @ 150 yards.

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

Did not hit either shoulder, just the rib cage, lungs, windpipe and rib cage on other side. I like the fact that al of the energy of that slug stayed inside the deers bodyl

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I argee very much on the SST's. I shot a box at 200 yards last year and put them all on the paper. My Lightfieds are good out to 150 yards, drop about 9 inches, but at 200 the have hit the wall propably dropping 24 inches. Where I hunt a 150 yard shot would be about the max. But with the SST's and some work it could be a 200 yard gun.

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My inlaws swear by the Lightfield Sabot's... they are a bit less expensive than the others too.

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only hit rib cage and no exit? $12.99 a box ouch ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! i would change slugs if i were you, accurate but man if you make a small mistake on placement all you are gonna have is a wonded suffering deer you cant find cause no blood trail . Just my 2 cents worth and probably doesn't matter ....................

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I would want an exit as well. I shot a nice buck through both shoulders this year with Brenneke KO Sabots. They are $8 a box, shoot very well.

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I think there are pros and cons on exit wounds. 1 half inch hole should bleed enough for a blood trail. I personally like the fact that all of the bullets eneregy is absorbed inside the body. My brother uses 20 gaugeFederal with the Barnes Expander and the last 2 bucks he shot did not have a exit hole and both deer fell dead where hit. Both were heart shots. Not saying one is right and other is wrong just what I prefer.

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Im not to worried on exit holes while gun hunting either. Always good to have an exit wound with a bow tho. Bullets do enough damage exit or not.
-Jake

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A friend of mine on another board had some trouble with the primer not being seated enough to fire the round. The company sent him a new box and said he wasn't the only one to have this trouble.

Spudrow from MO

RE: Lightfield Slug performance on my deer
 

nice job & great info on that ammo...

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My experience with them was they were not really that accurate but not terribly bad either. That was from a box that I had sitting around from a few years ago, the price tag on it said$9.88. In the next few years they willprobablybe like $15 a box along with everything else going up.I do know that they leave a nice big nickle sized hole clean through the target though!

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Try the Hornady SST's!

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The Lightfield 20 gauge slugs almost never pass through, but they hit like a ton of bricks!
I hit a button buck onthursday with his head down and turned and it went through the back of his head and out the neck on the other side. The other deer I have hit have been broadside shots and none passed through. The deer never go more than 50 yards before they pile up.


Thanks for showing the pics, very informative.