What do you thing about a 28 gauge slug gun
#3
Spike
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 16
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Pretty much feel the same way about 28ga specialty rounds as I do about the .410... Just a waste of time and money... (saying this as an AVID .410 bore fan)...
Biggest hurdle you'll see is that most states have a 20ga minimum for big game with slugs.
Then you're talking basically about hunting with the ballistic equivalent of a .45colt or .44mag revolver, the range just isn't there to make it worth my trouble.
Sure, it'll work. I may or may not have killed a few deer in younger years with a single shot .410 and 00buck (3 pellets), but that doesn't make it a good choice...
Biggest hurdle you'll see is that most states have a 20ga minimum for big game with slugs.
Then you're talking basically about hunting with the ballistic equivalent of a .45colt or .44mag revolver, the range just isn't there to make it worth my trouble.
Sure, it'll work. I may or may not have killed a few deer in younger years with a single shot .410 and 00buck (3 pellets), but that doesn't make it a good choice...
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Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 16

Pretty much feel the same way about 28ga specialty rounds as I do about the .410... Just a waste of time and money... (saying this as an AVID .410 bore fan)...
Biggest hurdle you'll see is that most states have a 20ga minimum for big game with slugs.
Then you're talking basically about hunting with the ballistic equivalent of a .45colt or .44mag revolver, the range just isn't there to make it worth my trouble.
Sure, it'll work. I may or may not have killed a few deer in younger years with a single shot .410 and 00buck (3 pellets), but that doesn't make it a good choice...
Biggest hurdle you'll see is that most states have a 20ga minimum for big game with slugs.
Then you're talking basically about hunting with the ballistic equivalent of a .45colt or .44mag revolver, the range just isn't there to make it worth my trouble.
Sure, it'll work. I may or may not have killed a few deer in younger years with a single shot .410 and 00buck (3 pellets), but that doesn't make it a good choice...
#8
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 79

Got my wife a 28 gauge for upland, but I was wondering what you guys would think about running slugs for deer.

#9
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Florida
Posts: 79

Once you get past the above post of mine, here's what I think.
A Brenneke 28ga slug is a 5/8 ounce, or by my calculation 273gr, moving at 1450fps (Brenneke's number). Hunting with that wouldn't make me weak in the knees. A friend shot a deer with his .54 round ball out of his long rifle and anchored it, and as you point out the two are comparable.
A Brenneke 28ga slug is a 5/8 ounce, or by my calculation 273gr, moving at 1450fps (Brenneke's number). Hunting with that wouldn't make me weak in the knees. A friend shot a deer with his .54 round ball out of his long rifle and anchored it, and as you point out the two are comparable.