how many of you hunt with a slug gun?

do you hunt with a slug gun?

  • Yes, rifled slugs.

    Votes: 22 28.6%

  • Yes, sabot rounds.

    Votes: 20 26.0%

  • Yes, both rifled and sabot.

    Votes: 12 15.6%

  • No.

    Votes: 23 29.9%
  • Total voters
    77
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how many of you hunt with a rifled slug gun or sabot?

12ga? 20ga? other?

what are the ballistics like? velocities? penetration? ranges they're good for...50 yards? 100 yards? more?

what's recoil like compared to something like the .308 or .45-70?

I'm thinking of grabbing a rifled barrel for my Pro Hunter frame...but know nothing about this subject.
 
I occasionally use a 12 gauge Wingmaster with a smoothbore rifle sighted barrel with Challenger slugs. I hunt in an area where we can use rifles but a long shot for us is about 50 yards. Recently picked up a smoothbore rifle sighted barrel for my 20 gauge Wingmaster but Haven't had an opportunity to get to the range yet. Cheers Bac4
 
Savage 220 with Remington 3" Accutips. It can embarrass a lot of rifles at the range. Good luck finding a rifled shotgun barrel for your Pro Hunter. They are few and far between.
 
I have hunted deer with a Rem 1100 since 1994 when I bought an aftermarket Hastings rifled barrel for it. Back then the only sabot slugs I could get were the Win/BRI hourglass shaped slugs that were accurate but not terribly lethal. A lot of advancements have been made since then. I've killed many deer with that combination.
At short ranges in thick cover it's tough to beat a shorty with pumpkin slugs tho. Those things will smash thru a lot of brush and still find their target.
 
I hunt at CFB Borden and it's shotgun/muzzle loader only. Years ago, I bought a Remington "youth model" 20 ga. combo with the 20" rifled & 28" smooth barrels and it's served me very well. It used to be that the only readily available ammo was the rifled slug or the lead sabots. Now, there's a lot of very good and accurate sabot ammo on the market and though I initially wouldn't take shots over 50-60 yds., there's no problem with 100 yd. accuracy. Add to that the excellent knock-down power of those sabot rounds.
 
isn't the frame the same for all of them...you just have models that come setup as rifles, pistols, muzzle loading or shotgun?

Pro Hunter bits are readily available through 4z73c...or perhaps importing through Haus of Firearms. ;)
 
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Same here ... 870 with Hastings rifled barrel .... 12ga ...

The Federal Power Shok seemed to be the most accurate out of my barrel ... so that's what I am shooting ... and they are relatively inexpensive ... and I get 2 1/2 inch groups at 100 meters ... :)

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Federal F127 SS2 Power Shok - Sabot Hollow Point - 1500 fps - 1 oz

Zeroed at 100m --> 1.66 Inches High at 50m
Zeroed at 100m --> -2.21 Inches Low at 120 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -7.47 Inches Low at 150 Yards for
Zeroed at 100m --> -22.55 Inches Low at 200 Yards
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Sighted in at 100 meters.
And I am not shooting further than 120 meters ... and with that my setup shoots 2 inches high at 50 meters or 2 inches low at 120 meters. So, all those shots are still in the boiler room .... and no need for crazy calculations or fancy reticles .... :D

If you want to know the drop for your ammo:
http://spoton.nikonsportoptics.com/spoton/spoton.html

I still haven't tested the Remington AccuTips out of this barrel .... if they group well, the ballistics would be a bit better:

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Remington AccuTip 12ga 2 3/4"
Zeroed at 100m --> 0.95 Inches High at 50 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -1.54 Inches Low at 120 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -5.66 Inches Low at 150 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -17.13 Inches Low at 200 Yards
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Remington AccuTip 12ga 3"
Zeroed at 100m --> 0.86 Inches High at 50 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -1.44 Inches Low at 120 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -5.34 Inches Low at 150 Yards
Zeroed at 100m --> -16.24 Inches Low at 200 Yards
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It's too bad Hastings went out of business. At the time they had developed a 3-1/2" 20ga slug and were using a H&R single shot rifled barrel cut down to 19". The videos of them killing bison with it were impressive. It had more power than a 45-70 and I was on the hunt to find one before they went bankrupt.
 
Mr. Friendly said:
any resources out there that show slug ballistics and such?
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I have found the Nikon Spot On calculator a good tool to figure out the likely drop of factory sabot loads.

http://spoton.nikonsportoptics.com/spoton/spoton.html

1.) Forget step one ... select any scope ... it does not matter.
2.) Select your ammo
3.) Enter Target Distance and Zero Distance
4.) Hit "Fire"
5.) Under "SET YOUR SIGHTS TO SHOOT" it will tell you what the drop is.

My conclusion: whatever your sabot ammo is, beyond 120m to 150m bullet drop becomes a real issue on a deer size target.
 
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finstr said:
It's too bad Hastings went out of business. At the time they had developed a 3-1/2" 20ga slug and were using a H&R single shot rifled barrel cut down to 19". The videos of them killing bison with it were impressive. It had more power than a 45-70 and I was on the hunt to find one before they went bankrupt.
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Finstr, I wish Hastings would still make the Hastings Laser Accurate slugs. From reports it seems they were deadly accurate. However, you can still buy the parts to load them yourself. SLUGS'R US sells them as the Hammerhead Slug. They are identical to the original Hastings Laser Accurate slug. I ordered a couple and will be testing those this summer ... stay tuned ... :)

http://slugsrus.com

https://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/guns/shotguns/shooting-tips/2009/11/accuracy-methods-and-gear-tips-competition-slug-shooter
 
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