Grouping Slugs? Question

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When you shoot groups with your slug gun to determine the most accurate slug....

Do you group at 50 yards or 100 yards?

I am shooting a Rem870 with rifled barrel and 2.5-8 scope.

I ask because I know that wind can have a large effect on accuracy in a slug.

Just wanted to see what most guys do.

I plan to try the following:
- Winchester Partition Gold 2 3/4in
- Lightfield Hybrid Elite 3in
- Rem Copper Solids 2 3/4
 
You are on the right track to try several brands. Each shotgun likes it's own slug type. I would sight at 50 yards to see the initial accuracy and grouping. I would then select the most accurate. For final adjustments I would sight 2 to 3" high at 50 then do one shot at 100 to see where it is. (it should be good) This keeps the cost down with minimal shooting but still gives you a very good idea of how your slug gun performs. NOTE: This is for saboted slugs only. Foster types are a horse of different colour.

Darryl
 
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I shot irons this year. Sight in at 25 3 shells and make sure it's hitting 2" high and you're good from 50-150 yards. If you use fast sabots like Hornady. And then shoot a few past 50-75 so you can hit an 8" circle.

Most scoped shot guns are crap for dogging bush. A low profile red dot is okay. If you sit only a scoped gun is great.
 
"...with rifled barrel..." 100 yards, same as you would any rifle.
"...know that wind can..." Yep, but not as much as you'd think. A wee .22 calibre cf is affected far more.
 
My 870 loves remington accutip. One of the friends shots remington copper solids. Both really good. Guns group really well.
 
My Benelli M4 with a 18.5 barrel shoot rifled slugs accuratelly @ 70 yards with a 3X9X40 Redfield Accurange scope with See-true mounts for the use of my ghost sights(I do attach a cheek rest strap on for the used of it), so i figured out i would be good up to 125 yards with this kind of accuracy, i tried many slugs and the Remington 7/8 ounces 3 inch @ 1900 fps is just dead accurate... JP.
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I start to line up at 25 to make sure i am on paper. Adjust as required to ensure you will be on paper at 50. Shoot 3 at 50 then rough adjust so you will be about 2" high. Move back to 100 yds and fire another 3 shot group. Make adjustments at 100 after firing three shot groups (you may be happy with where you are printing after one group or it may take several). If you can, use a lead sled loaded up. This helps to take more of the human factor out of your groups. Slug guns are all individuals in terms of the ammo they prefer. My bolt action 20 savage likes Winchester partitions. My buddies BPS would only group with Remington Accu tips. My dad and my brother in law have the same Mossberg 500 one loves Hornadys the other patterned all sabot slugs we tried and we ended up with Winchester rackmasters (which actualy perform very well on game for a cheap slug). You need a good ammo budget to start, and a lot of time between shots for barrel cooling when using sabots. If its a close range pushing gun ignore all this and get it on at 50 and forget about it.
 
If its calm try your groups at 100. It will be easier to see variations in the inherent accuracy of the gun/ammo combo at 100 as opposed to at 50. If it is windy out when you have range time stick to 50. I plugged the numbers from a 12 ga 3" partition gold winchester into the nosler ballistics program and you can expect about 3" of drift in a 10 mph crosswind at 100 yds but only 3/4" of drift at 50.
 
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