Slug recommendation

3" remington accutips. My buddies gun puts them into an inch and a half group at one hundred yards. My 835 groups them around 3 to 3.5" at one hundred. Only downside is they are around 5$ a shell. They perform well on deer I've seen complete pass throughs on all deer right out to 150 yards. Best advice overall is to buy a couple of boxes of different slugs/sabots and they them out. I have a buddy that his gun likes 2 3/4" even though it's chambered for 3" and it shoots the 2 3/4" accutips more accurately than the 3". Bottom line you should try a few different slugs and when you find some that work, buy a case of them.
 
I believe if you are planning to shoot under 50-60 yds the 'standard' Foster slugs would be fine -and Challenger is a good brand. If you plan to try for longer distance, I would suggest sabot slugs and some sort of optic, more than just the bead. The sabot will give you better accuracy at longer distance.
Here is a post on another forum with a small test of rifled vs non-rifled barrels.
http s://www.theboxotruth.com/the-box-o-truth-46-shotgun-slugs-sabots-and-smooth-bore-barrels/
btw, standing offhand with a 14"-open choke barrel I shoot around 8" groups at 50 yds. and Hickok45 has a vid on YTR with smoothbore 12g at 230 yds ;-)
 
bulldog284 said:
Have you tried then are they accurate
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I missed the rifled barrel part. Probably want to look into sabots if that is what you're running, that is what they're designed for after all.

SavageTRB said:
3" remington accutips. My buddies gun puts them into an inch and a half group at one hundred yards. My 835 groups them around 3 to 3.5" at one hundred. Only downside is they are around 5$ a shell. They perform well on deer I've seen complete pass throughs on all deer right out to 150 yards. Best advice overall is to buy a couple of boxes of different slugs/sabots and they them out. I have a buddy that his gun likes 2 3/4" even though it's chambered for 3" and it shoots the 2 3/4" accutips more accurately than the 3". Bottom line you should try a few different slugs and when you find some that work, buy a case of them.
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This. Only your gun can tell you what it likes. Pick up some sabot slugs and try 'em. If they shoot good, use 'em. If they don't, find another brand to try.
 
SavageTRB said:
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Best advice overall is to buy a couple of boxes of different slugs/sabots and they them out.
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I would agree with this statement. Rifled slug barrels are very picky when it comes to ammo, and it is hard to predict what ammo your particular barrel might like. With one particular sabot you might get a 3 inch group at 100 meters ... and with another you might not even hit the paper at that distance .... because they are all over ....

It is all about figuring out what sabot your barrel likes .... and then once you figured that out .... buy a lifetime supply .... because you never know when the manufacturer decides to stop producing them.

Here are some of the most promising sabots out there ....

1.) Remington AccuTip
2.) Hornady SST
3.) Winchester BRI Sabot
4.) Federal Power Shok Sabot

Buy a box of each and hit the range .... and do your testing ....

p.s.: A couple of years ago I tried to find an ammo combination for my H&R Ultra Slug Hunter. I spent close to CAD $300.- in different sabots ... and countless hours at the range ... and research online ... and to try to find a sabot that would work out of that gun ... a blue shoulder included .... In the end I settled with Remington AccuTips and a 4 inch group at 100 meters.
 
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Suther said:
I missed the rifled barrel part. Probably want to look into sabots if that is what you're running, that is what they're designed for after all.
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Oddly enough the box says for use through smooth bore and rifled barrels, I should put some through my rifled 21” 870 barrel and see how they shoot. I have yet to find a brand of sabots it’s likes, so far Hornady sst’s are the most promising. I can’t seem to find and Remington accu-tips anywhere, maybe the challengers will shoot well enough out to 100yrds that I can hunt bears and deer in the thick stuff with it. I’ve tried Federal, Remington, Winchester and Hornady sabots and it’s definitely like a balistic tipped sabot over a hollow point, 2 3/4” over 3” loads.

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I have about 450$ of 20GA sabots closeby. I'll be testing my savage 220 soon! I Personally only want to hunt with copper but am willing to practice with lead.

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I'd expect a 20 Guage sabot to recoil at 30 ft. lbs. and a 12 Gauge sabot to recoil at 52 ft. lbs.

In terms of ft. lbs. it means the 20 Guage would recoil as much as 300 WBY and the 12 Gauge as much as .416 Rem Mag.

Punishing for sure; scope choice is critical.
 
I prefer Hornady SST's in my Winchester 1300 with a rifled barrel. Like everyone said try a bunch of different ones and see what your gun likes. I refer iron sights over optics since most of the shots are 100yds or under. I also like the iron sights better for moving targets when we drive the bush. In my experience the 2 3/4 inch shells are more than enough to get the job done.
 
huntingfish said:
Guy at the gun store was suggesting I try them as well for my Pardner...what's so special about them?
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Challengers are awesome. Penetration is amazing, I use 2-3/4" shells and a rifled cantilever slug barrel on a Remington 870. My gun loves them - they are very accurate. Roughly 1.5 - 2" groups at 50 yds and 2.5-4" group at 100. We have a couple stands where you can get a 100+ yd shots and they work awesome - complete pass through front shoulder entry, rear hip on the opposite side exit. You can't beat them for penetration. And the best part is they're cheaper than all the sabot rounds.
 
Stevo94 said:
Challengers are awesome. Penetration is amazing, I use 2-3/4" shells and a rifled cantilever slug barrel on a Remington 870. My gun loves them - they are very accurate. Roughly 1.5 - 2" groups at 50 yds and 2.5-4" group at 100. We have a couple stands where you can get a 100+ yd shots and they work awesome - complete pass through front shoulder entry, rear hip on the opposite side exit. You can't beat them for penetration. And the best part is they're cheaper than all the sabot rounds.
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This is very encouraging to hear, thanks for the feedback.
 
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