what are good sabot slugs
 

experince with sabot slugs needed. are the federal power shoks any good.

I have killed with the basic federal sabots. If you have a rifled barrel with a moderate twist you aren't going to benefit much with a super fast round anyway. May I ask what you are shooting these slugs out of?

lots of good slugs out there, Hornady, lightfield, Remingtonm winchester..... I ve never used federal so i really cant say with any certaintly. With slug guns each gun is going to shoot differently so your going to have see what yours shoot best. A cheaper sabot that i was really impressed with out to 100 yards (thats all i shot it out too) was the remington buckhammer.

I have seen some good results with the Fed's, especially outta' an Encore pro hunter 20Ga.

I will second the 20 gauge with Federals.

The goal is to limit your shots to 50 yards or less, which is for the most part the objective of hunting with a shotgun and slugs.

If you was to keep your shots to 50 yards or less, I wouldn't even mess around with sabot's. I would just buy regular old punkin balls.

I'd personally choose FED'S in the punkin' ball category too!!

I shoot winchester 2 3/4 out of a remington 870 12 gauge. They group real nice.. I feel confindent shooting out to 130 to 150 yards. I tried the remington I think sts but didn't have good luck with those

Most deer are shot under 50yds is true. Modern sabots and punkin balls are two worlds apart. In 2005 Iowa a hunter shot a 8pt buck at 242 yr'ds one shot to the head with Hornady sst slug 12ga. The deer droped and didn't move. Check Hornadys website.
I've shot them ever since. I am not afraid to take a 150yd plus shot, if conditions are right.

24 in rifled slug barrel

I use Remington accutip slugs out of my 12 ga. and 20 ga.
I sight in at 100Yards and feel comfortable to shot to 125-130 yards.

My Marlin 512 Slugmaster will only shoot slugs in the 1350 - 1650 fps range. Fine with me, as they tend to be a little cheaper than the newer faster slugs. I'm shooting Brenneke 2.75" 1 oz KO Sabot right now.

Personally, I like Winchester's partition gold's (2 3/4") but I have also had some good groups out of the federals as well. Come to think of it--everything I have used from federal has grouped or patterned better than anything else on the market. (The exception is with their American Eagle line of rifle and handgun cartridges. Not bad to use if you're sighting something in for the first time and want to use something cheap to get an idea of where you're shooting, but I wouldn't call them anywhere close to consistent.) Anyway, it's been said here and you will hear it again: "good ammo" for a slug gun will vary from gun to gun. My shot gun did better with cheap Winchester Super-x than they did with the ultra-expensive Supreme Elites. It just takes some time, money, and a sore shoulder to figure out what your gun likes to eat.

I used to really like Lightfield Sabot Slugs (expensive), they were 1 1/4 oz and at 100 you could either touch holes or shoot through the same one. However, my dad uses cheap federal slugs (not sabots) that shot the same way out of his 11-87. So, maybe it depends on the gun?..

Whatever slugs shoot well out of your gun. Win. Partitions shoot the best out of my Browning, but BRI's shoot second best and are cheaper so that's what I use. Accuracy would be adequate out to 100 yds with them, probably more.

i get great groups at a hundred yards with lightfields

I use Hornaday or Lightfields in my 12 ga....but I think it really depends what shoots well out of your gun.

I'm sure others have said it but it depends on the gun. I have a Marlin 512 Slugmaster that I bought used and was very frustrated with. I tried about 5 or 6 different slugs and they were all grouping badly at 50 yards. I really, really wanted to be able to use Lightfields but they were horrible in that gun. Then, I finally tried the Remington Premier Accutip 2 3/4" slugs and they were PERFECT. 1.5" groups at 100 yards. Shot a buck last year with one and he literally dropped in his tracks and didn't move again. Man that is a good feeling!

BTW, this is hearsay but I have read more than once that the Hornady SSTs shoot well but perform badly in the field. FWIW you might want to do some digging on that.