This is an unscientific test, conducted in a hurry so the wife doesn't notice I borrowed her kitchen scale.
I usually shoot the excellent 12 gauge 2 3/4 Winchester Power Point (X12PPVP) 1oz Foster slugs at 1700 fps, but Winchester came out with their Rackmaster (S12SR1) line and I thought I'd try them out. They're 1 1/8oz slugs at a slightly slower 1625 fps.
I asked the fellow at my local store if the slugs are actually heavier, or if the extra weight is just due to the stabilizer that makes the Rackmaster's good for smooth _and_ rifled barrels, and he assured me it's a heavier slug.
At the range in my smoothbore they shot just as well as my old faithful Power Points, but at twice the cost I thought I'd see if the slug is actually heavier as the chap claimed. The Rackmaster is in black, the Power Point red:
The black plastic is the "innovative WinGlide rear projectile stabilizer".
Ok, time to weigh them. Are those footsteps ? Gotta hurry !
Booo ! They're the same weight, you're just losing velocity over the Power Points but gaining some potential accuracy from the stabilizer.
Because this is a 2 cent test, after I slipped the scale back in the kitchen and stopped hyperventilating I gave Winchester Ammunition a call.
A nice fellow named Paul agreed that it's the same one ounce slug in both shells, but they add the plastic stabilizer to the weight of the Rackmaster and call it 1 1/8oz. He said they're attached, but in my case the stabilizer fell out just from gravity. I thanked him, and he agreed if the accuracy is similar for my smoothbore I might as well save the money and still keep buying the cheaper and slightly faster Power Points for black bear.
I usually shoot the excellent 12 gauge 2 3/4 Winchester Power Point (X12PPVP) 1oz Foster slugs at 1700 fps, but Winchester came out with their Rackmaster (S12SR1) line and I thought I'd try them out. They're 1 1/8oz slugs at a slightly slower 1625 fps.
I asked the fellow at my local store if the slugs are actually heavier, or if the extra weight is just due to the stabilizer that makes the Rackmaster's good for smooth _and_ rifled barrels, and he assured me it's a heavier slug.
At the range in my smoothbore they shot just as well as my old faithful Power Points, but at twice the cost I thought I'd see if the slug is actually heavier as the chap claimed. The Rackmaster is in black, the Power Point red:
The black plastic is the "innovative WinGlide rear projectile stabilizer".
Ok, time to weigh them. Are those footsteps ? Gotta hurry !
Booo ! They're the same weight, you're just losing velocity over the Power Points but gaining some potential accuracy from the stabilizer.
Because this is a 2 cent test, after I slipped the scale back in the kitchen and stopped hyperventilating I gave Winchester Ammunition a call.
A nice fellow named Paul agreed that it's the same one ounce slug in both shells, but they add the plastic stabilizer to the weight of the Rackmaster and call it 1 1/8oz. He said they're attached, but in my case the stabilizer fell out just from gravity. I thanked him, and he agreed if the accuracy is similar for my smoothbore I might as well save the money and still keep buying the cheaper and slightly faster Power Points for black bear.
