20Ga Question

[Dosing]

I asked this once before here, but that was sometime back, has anyone used 20ga slugs for deer hunting?
How did they work out?

 

[arch1965]

Deer slugging with 20 g

Hi, the 20 is all I hunt with now around home. I live in a shotgun only zone, I used a 12 for years but got tired of packing that mortar tube around. The 20 has MORE than enough killing power. I have 2 Remington 870's, one scoped with fully rifled barrel and the other with open sights, improved cylinder.

If you get one make sure its a 20 action not a 12. This greatly cuts down the weight of the gun and improves handling. It feels more like a rifle than a shotgun then.

For my fully rifled, I use only Federal Premium Barnes Expanders (up to 200 yards). These open wound channels like you wouldn't believe. For the Improved cylinder I use the cheap Federal fostered slugs, they shoot the cleanest, (up to 75 yards). If you are scoping a shotgun, may I suggest a mildot scope. When you have all your ranges figured out per dot, you can make some very long shots accurately.

I put one clean through a good sized buck last year at 167 yards. He fall down dead.

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[Dosing]

Hey Thanks, Federal eh, I'll have to give this some extra thought.

 

[maxtrooper]

I have a 20 and use it on everything from black bears to cougars and love it.