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shotgun slugs
Does anyone use winchester platinum tip slugs for deer hunting and if so how do you rate it's performance? I'm new to hunting with a shotgun.
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Nope, prolly good tho. Slug guns all shoot differently. You're best to buy several boxes and see which one you get the best pattern out of. Than sight it in to whatever slug you get the best pattern with. It gets expensive but is worht it in the long run.
Good luck! -Jake |
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They are expensive BIMO are worth it. Great speed with accuracyand lots of knock down performance
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I've tried many brands, just about everything made to be honest.. none shot better out of my smooth barreled modified choked WW1300 than the Federal TRU_BALL..2 3/4 inchers to boot, amazing performance and devestating on game... they aren't expensive either compared to most.. TRY EM'...report back also..
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Obviously accuracy is of the utmost importance. I am one who does not squeeze a shot on a deer unless I fully believe I am going to put my shot in the boiler room. I am not, nor will I ever become a hail mary hunter. So go ahead and try a few bowes of what intrests you and see what it does with your gun. You may be pleased, you may not or you may just feel there could be something a little better and to your liking.
Using an 12 gauge H&R USH I have one shot. Fortunately it always lives up to it's end of our deal. Personally, I prefer to hit a deer with the heaviest slug I can. Brenneke 3" Gold Mags & 2-3/4' Brenneke Heavy Field Mags. |
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i would have to agrre there UNCLE MATT...Brenekes shot the best..but i also like lightfeild slugs..IMO those are the two best brands for the money..Redline you shouldnt over look them..Good luck with finding the slug that best fits your GUN.
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I am still using the old partition gold sabots... have had great success w/ them. I think the platinums are their replacement...
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REDLINE,
I do not have specific experience withthat brand, but for purposes of clarity, you may want to mention whether you are shooting a smoothbore shotgun with rifled slugs, or a rifled-barrel shotgun with sabot slugs. You'll get better responses. Whatever your setup, I have to agree that trying several different ammo types is the key to getting the most out of your gun, especially with shotgun slugs. When I bought my Rem870 rifled gun, I took 5 brands to the range and, after sighting in with some cheap ammo, compared the 5. It was very enlightening to see the difference. Some were very consistent, and others werebarely ableto keep a group on aplate at 50 yards. Also, be aware that the gun/ammo match is only for a specific gun. Different guns of the same make and model can prefer different ammo. Good luck with your new venture. |
RE: shotgun slugs
ORIGINAL: Bulzeye REDLINE, I do not have specific experience withthat brand, but for purposes of clarity, you may want to mention whether you are shooting a smoothbore shotgun with rifled slugs, or a rifled-barrel shotgun with sabot slugs. You'll get better responses. Whatever your setup, I have to agree that trying several different ammo types is the key to getting the most out of your gun, especially with shotgun slugs. When I bought my Rem870 rifled gun, I took 5 brands to the range and, after sighting in with some cheap ammo, compared the 5. It was very enlightening to see the difference. Some were very consistent, and others werebarely ableto keep a group on aplate at 50 yards. Also, be aware that the gun/ammo match is only for a specific gun. Different guns of the same make and model can prefer different ammo. Good luck with your new venture. My father in laws Browning and my buddy's 870 w/ rifled barrells throw Lightfield sabot slugs very well. Another buddy has great luck w/ the new Hornady Sabots. The Winchesters seem to shoot the best for me out of my 1100 rifled barrel. If you are looking for smooth bore slugs, again, I have had luck w/ Winchester & Brennake. |
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Gonna have to buy several brands & put in some range time - it's the only way to know for sure what's gonna work. My scoped rifle barrel Rem. 870 shoots Lightfield 3" Hybrids the best - they kick like a raped ape, but shoot better groups than any other slug I tried. Even the 2.75" Lightfields didn't shoot as good. I've got my 870 sighted in for 2" high at 100 yds, but most of my shots are right around 50 yds.
My 870 didn't like the hypervelocity slugs like the platinums, hornandy's, etc. I'm told it might have to do with the slower rifling of the remington barrels... |
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interesting... again, all the reason to buy several boxes of different brands... sabots aren't cheap, but in the long run well worth the trials...
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When I shot a rifled 870 I used to use the Remington Copper Solids with very good results. This past year I sighted in my new 870, which does not have a rifled barrel, with the cheap old winchester rifled slugs and got very good accuracy out to 75 yards. Out to 100 yards the drop really came into play but still pretty decent groups. My suggestion would be to start cheap and then work your way up to the more expensive stuff.
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One thing nobody mentioned when testing some different slugs is that you should really be spending much, much more time cleaning your barrel from one brand to another. If you don't you might have slugs shooting poorly that in a clean barrel might shoot darn respectably.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness! That is why here in my house we bath atleast once a month - sometimes twice a month! |
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I found that Winchester eXtreme 2 3/4 shoot best in my Mossberg. They only drop about 2 inches at 100yrds if zero at 50....Plus they aren't that expensive.
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I picked up a rifled barrel for my mossberg last year. I tested several types of sabots and the winchester platinum tips shot the best. It put down a 6 pt. this fall at 47 yrds. The deer went down on the spot and never got back up. I bought several more boxes of the platinum tips and will be using them in the future.
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Thanks for all the great advise. I do understand that I will be doing alot of testing this summer . I should have posted that I got a Browning silver slug gun for Christmas last year from my wife. It has a 1 in 28 twist rifled barrel. I have topped it off a Zeiss 3.5x10 scope. I will be testing the Winchester platinum tips, lightfields, and I probably two other brands I hope will shoot well. The other side to slug hunting is terminal performance. Accuracy is the importian but poking holes in deer is something I will avoid at any cost.
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It is also important to know the twist rate of each particular rifled barrel. Faster slugs, say over 1,500-1,600fps tend to like faster rifling of 1 turn in 28 inches and most other slugs are designed for standard rifling of 1 turn in 34/36 inches. But I understand the Remington Accu-Tip, although 1,800+fps is specifically designed to best stabilze in standard 1-34/5 rifling.
 These Accutips weight 385g (.88 oz.), are doing 1,850fps and deliver 2,926 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle. I can't figure what the energy would be at 100 yards.  These weigh in at 1-3/8 oz. ( ), are doing 1,500+fps muzzle and deliver 3,014 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle and 1,200+ ft. lbs. of energy at 100 yards. |
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