slug guns

[raktrakr]

which do you prefer,smooth bore or rifled. im shootin a borrowed 870 wingmaster w/smoothbore and its pretty darn accurate.

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[Multidigits]

If your shooting any of the modern sabot ammo, the rifled barrels will shoot better. Buy a cantlever barrel and you can keep the scope mounted and zeroed from one year to the next.

[raktrakr]

actually im using the good ol' 2 3/4" rifled slug. as far as sabots go,i dont like them at all whether it be ML or shotgun.just havent had any luck with them

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[Multidigits]

Close in it won't make much difference. Sabots and rifled barrels pay off down range on out to 125 yards.

[ez]

raktrakr.........i to like the smooth barrel/ rifled slug and am shooting a 20 ga. older model 870 scoped......i can say nothing against the rifled barrel because i have had never had the experience.......the other part is i am a wrong hand shooter and some guns have their limits on the options that you can buy to have this luxury..........ez

[Valley Station]

I have been an area guide at Ft Knox for the last 25-years, where its shotgun slug or muzzle loader only deer gun hunting. Have shot and seen shot, with shotgun slug, truck loads of deer.
I have found nothing thats better than a 12 gauge, Remington Model 870 Wingmaster with improved cylinder barrel, Bushnell 4-power scope
, standard 1 oz. slug. Most older model 870's have a decent crisp trigger. Out to about 125-steps, "the ol'buck will be goin' to the truck".
Standard lead slugs expand and "mushroom" well, causing a lot of hydrostatic shock. Brenicke type slugs and Sabbot type"copper slug bullets" don't expand well.( Std. slug $2.99 a box, new Sabbot type $9.00 box)

[deadaim]

i sometimes use a mossburg 500 improved cylinder and a long time ago killed my first deer with that gun and a standard slug i now use a remmington 700 with scope 30/06 but lately i have been thinking about going back to the moss i mostly bow hunt and all my gun hunting has been close range (habit) and one thing is for sure that 12 guage drops them in there tracks !

[SpeedKills]

I enjoy the results of the foster style rem or win 1 oz slugs VS deer at close range. however, if you ever shot at 100-125 yards you may be surprised at how much drop and how poor accuracy tends to be with them. the sub 12 guage bore sabots are far far superior in terms of "hitability" as range increases only slightly.

go buy a box of rem fosters and blast away at 130 yards. you will be shocked. now try and tell the difference between 110 and 130 yards in the woods.

moral: to 75 yards, the fosters are FANTASTIC. misjudge a few yards, and ats a great wounder.

Sabots of some types add a 25-35 yard safety margin.

then again, if the range is known and is short enough, i use the cheep ole rem fosters myself!

[HardinCountyHunter]

I have an 870 express pump 12 gauge with a 3 1/2 inch chamber. It is set up for turkey hunting with a shotgun scope on it becuse my eyes are not what they once were. I was considering trying one of the slug rifle chokes on the end of it to have it as a back up deer gun or maybe to use at Fort Knox one of these days. Have you guys had any success with the rifled choke tube and if so, with what type of slug? What kind of range could I get from this set up? I don't want to fork out the extra money for a rifled barrel if I can keep from it. Thanks

[Multidigits]

I've got one on a 870 and it really surprised me how it does. It's better than a smooth bore. Try it with Rem. Copper Solids or the new Rem. slug that came out last year.

Your range is the same as other set ups, depending on what type of slug your shooting. With the newer Hi-tech slugs out, you can get at least 125 out of them pretty easily.

[buckchaser]

A couple years ago I bought a new Rem. 1187 and I ordered a slug barrel for it. I got a rifled choke tube and a improved cylinder choke tube. I have shot both using winchesster 1oz rifled slugs and the improved cylinder choke tube shoots better than the rifled choke tube. My brother-in-law's gun also shoots better this way.