I believe these are newer they're monolithic copper sabots. Heavier projectile and faster than the hormadys. Worth a shot.
Savage 220 accuracy issues! (Updated)
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I believe these are newer they're monolithic copper sabots. Heavier projectile and faster than the hormadys. Worth a shot.
I would suggest try accutip or Lightfield.
The faster twist on the 220 should benefit from the Accutip and for some reasons most of my slug gun shot Lightfields very good may be not as good as Accutip but much better than Hornadys.
Check and torque scope base again use a known scope that held zero I am surprised nobody mention clean your barrel for plastic foul every five shots.
You don't see a lot of plastic residue but trust me clean the barrel every 5 shot the most and report back.
The last thing to do is check the action screws torque and bed the action to the stock if require.
My Browning A Bolt slug has bedding material behind the recoil lug from the factory go figure.
Good luck
The faster twist on the 220 should benefit from the Accutip and for some reasons most of my slug gun shot Lightfields very good may be not as good as Accutip but much better than Hornadys.
Check and torque scope base again use a known scope that held zero I am surprised nobody mention clean your barrel for plastic foul every five shots.
You don't see a lot of plastic residue but trust me clean the barrel every 5 shot the most and report back.
The last thing to do is check the action screws torque and bed the action to the stock if require.
My Browning A Bolt slug has bedding material behind the recoil lug from the factory go figure.
Good luck
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Woulda been much cheaper to buy a few boxes of foster slugs and see how they group.... lol
Hate having to hunt with a shotgun for deer bought a Ithaca deer slayer years ago when sabots first came out.used winchester BRI slugs for the first year and it would shoot sub 3inch groups at 100 yards but terminal effect was dismal changed to rem copper solids killed great but groups were a bit bigger but still usable 4to5 inch.at that time I bought about 15 boxes now I can't get the same ones all redesigned I've tryed all kinds of difernt slugs with terrible results and I only have about 10 rounds left .any suggestions?
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A 5 shot group from my 20 gauge H&R Ultra Lite Slug Hunter practically blows out the entire bullseye at 100 yards and opens up to 3" groups at 150 yards. It's quite impressive from a $225 single shot.
As much as it sucks, buying many different types of sabots is a must with rifled slug guns as they're so picky with ammo. I think I tried nearly 10 different loads before settling on one of Federal's sabot loads and it has to be 2 3/4" as the 3" shells make groups twice as large. Once you find what your gun likes, go back to the store and load up on boxes from the same lot #.
My Brother in law had the 212 and it was around 1.5 MOA with the 2 3/4" Hornady SST's at 100 yards with a 3x9 scope benched. The guy he bought it from said those were the best in it. Maybe try out some of those.
Another thing that the previous owner stressed was that you had to keep it clean and do it after every 5 rounds! Apparently, the rifling gets filled with plastic fouling very quickly and must be removed or accuracy really falls off. If you don't have any cleaner that is specific for shotguns and plastic fouling, you need to grab some. Not many other cleaners can get that out very well.
Another thing that the previous owner stressed was that you had to keep it clean and do it after every 5 rounds! Apparently, the rifling gets filled with plastic fouling very quickly and must be removed or accuracy really falls off. If you don't have any cleaner that is specific for shotguns and plastic fouling, you need to grab some. Not many other cleaners can get that out very well.
I've finally settled on trophy copper solids. They are the newer version of the federal with the barnes slug that is unavailable now and since my supply is gone had to find something else. I've used the rem accutips on a couple different occasions and although they grouped fine, the deer did not want to stay down after being plugged. With the old federal barnes the deer didn't go anywhere.
