220 Savage range report, and first impressions

John Y Cannuck

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Some folks have called this the most accurate slug gun on the market.
Based on a rifle action, it's a bolt action rifled shotgun in 20 gauge. Very rifle like.
I found feeding to be sticky with the Winchester ammo i was using. Ejection required a good quick pull, or it stovepipes.
Accuracy, I used up ten rounds of standard slugs trying to figure out WTF was going on. Just all over the place.

Then I tried the sabots. HOLY! Instant cloverleaf. Averaged about 2 1/2 inches with Winchester premium. Couldn't find enough Remington Acutips to try them.

The covered range with the decent bench at our range (PFGA) is closed to get the backstop re-angled, so I was shooting off a picnic table over my shooting bag. Resulting in a small scope kiss. Geeze.

So accuracy with sabots is great, regular slugs not so much.

The feeding issues and ejection issues may be just me. I've not shot a bolt action shotgun in probably 40 or more years. But I'll be looking to see if I can do something to improve that.
 
Out of curiosity, why'd you even bother with the rifled slugs?

This is the gun I really wanted, but after taking the intended use and the big price difference into consideration I opted for an H&R ultra light in 20 gauge as I do the controlled hunt solo and 1 shot is all that I need.
 
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