Rifled Slugs or Rifled Barrel
10-30-2013, 01:16 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 489
rifled barrel. I bought one a few years back for my 870 from rem with a rem scope already on it for $250 I think from Cabellas.. I am 4'' group at 150yds, or was when I first got it. I havn't shot it since. Don't try and be cute and shoot 3'' slugs out of it either unless you have a couple hundred lbs of extra fat...it hurts I did it twice.
10-30-2013, 01:37 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: WISCONSIN
Posts: 482
rifled barrel. I bought one a few years back for my 870 from rem with a rem scope already on it for $250 I think from Cabellas.. I am 4'' group at 150yds, or was when I first got it. I havn't shot it since. Don't try and be cute and shoot 3'' slugs out of it either unless you have a couple hundred lbs of extra fat...it hurts I did it twice.
10-30-2013, 02:41 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: IN.
Posts: 530
My wifes slug gun has a rifled choke tube and shoots 1.5-2 inch 3 shot groups at 100 yards ( browning bps) and I have an 870 with a rifled choke tube that shoots about as well. And we both shoot federal premium 3 inch sabots.
10-30-2013, 05:25 PM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: utica, new york
Posts: 164
Call me crazy but i shoot a Remington 12 ga. 870 express smooth bore, and dont get me wrong, I dont take i it to the range to test accuracy on a monthly basis, but i do take it out once a year and fire 3 shots at 50yrds, and 3 at 100yrds, to make sure i didnt bumb anything and have no problem hitting inside a 5in or so circle. Remington Slugger Rifled Slugs, 12 Ga., 3", 1 oz. killed every deer i have ever shot with it. My Rem. 1100 12 ga. now that i cant seem to find the right bullet for yet.
10-30-2013, 06:52 PM
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Darien, IL
Posts: 6,744
If you buy a slug barrel for your 870, make sure it has a cantilevered barrel. Otherwise you have to buy a harness that fits over the receiver which adds expense (about $50, I think) and is kind of a pain anyway. I think Mossberg makes a rifled barrel for an 870 (maybe others) and you may be able to do better than Rem prices. (I have a friend who has a non-rem barrel (I think Mossberg) and it works just fine).
We have had them for several years and I don't think anyonme paid more than $200. If I recall my Mossy 500 barrel cost me $169 and tax and the Rem 870 was like $10 more.
10-31-2013, 05:03 AM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
Check out TRI-BUCK loads. Basically they are 12 gauge shells loaded with 3 .60 caliber balls. The guy that makes them claims that they will put all 3 balls in a 6 inch circle @ 50 yards.
I've done quite a bit of deer hunting with a shotgun since many areas in VA require them. I've taken deer with buckshot, regular slugs, rifled slugs and sabot slugs. If you are serious about it, get a designated slug gun. I've got an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter and it is deadly. If you're not serious enough to get a new gun, get a selection of slugs and see which one your gun likes best and have at it. if the shots won't be more than 40 yards you might want to consider OO Buck.
I've done quite a bit of deer hunting with a shotgun since many areas in VA require them. I've taken deer with buckshot, regular slugs, rifled slugs and sabot slugs. If you are serious about it, get a designated slug gun. I've got an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter and it is deadly. If you're not serious enough to get a new gun, get a selection of slugs and see which one your gun likes best and have at it. if the shots won't be more than 40 yards you might want to consider OO Buck.
10-31-2013, 05:40 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: WISCONSIN
Posts: 482
Call me crazy but i shoot a Remington 12 ga. 870 express smooth bore, and dont get me wrong, I dont take i it to the range to test accuracy on a monthly basis, but i do take it out once a year and fire 3 shots at 50yrds, and 3 at 100yrds, to make sure i didnt bumb anything and have no problem hitting inside a 5in or so circle. Remington Slugger Rifled Slugs, 12 Ga., 3", 1 oz. killed every deer i have ever shot with it. My Rem. 1100 12 ga. now that i cant seem to find the right bullet for yet.
I'd be surprised. While it's been a LONG time since I've shot smoothbore slugs, but I remember when I did, any further than where our shooting bench was, the slugs would start to tumble and impact the paper at odd angles.