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I am hunting whitetail for the first time this year using a shot gun. I purchased a rifled slug barrel and was wondering what slug works best.
I have been studying ballistics and the Winchester Partition Gold or the XP3 slugs look like winners, expensive but are they worth it?
Hornady SST is the most accurate for my shotgun. Taken lots of deers with them up to 500ft.
What gun? or ga. for that matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by huntnmachine
Mossberg 535 12 G
Some good choices to look at- Federal Partition, Remington cor loc, Lightfields [one of my favorites]. The other slugs that I have no problem using, are Challengers. Don't say it guys !!, They work just fine! I haven't tried them at 200 yds. but I don't need to.
I 've had good luck with the challengers as well, but out of a smoothbore slug barrel on a Rem 870. Just picked up a Rem 11-87 slug gun with a smoothbore barrel and will likely use them for this gun as well. B525
Beeing 1:36 twist in that gun keep to the slower side of slug's / sabots.
Your best bet is to buy a few different brands and take them to the range as each one will shoot a little differently out of your gun. Sabots are expensive yes, but worth it if range and accuracy are important to you.
I try would try winchester rackmasters slug or copper solids from remington. Both are slower slugs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Exo200
Buddy of mine has good luck with fusions out of the same gun.
this is th right answer,, every barrel shoots different, as costly as it is try several brands until you find the one. I spent 200 on my first barrel, hen i used buckhammers it was a tack driver,, those other slugs are all excellent but may not be the best choice for your setupQuote:
Originally Posted by x_xeon_x
Thanks for all your input
I have a Mossberg 535 rifled deer barrel. I've shot Remigton CopperSolid, Hornady SST, Fusion, Federal Barnes Expander, Winchester Partition Gold and Winchester BRIs. Remington had the best grouping of the lot. But one day I tried a Winchester Super X rifled Slug and got a better grouping than any of the sabot slugs. Considering a box of Sabot is easily 10-$20, go figure. Using a rifled slug on a rifled barrel is another topic altogether but it worked on mine.
remington 870 with slug barrel have shot fusion, accutips , hornadys sst and lightfields light field works for me
And the after all the input you have to ask, did they use a lead sled?? If you don't clamp the gun down how do you ensure consistency?
i clamped mine in a i ndustrial vice.. absolutely no movement,, then shot the gun out of the barn doors at targets set up at 25-50-100 yards respectively.. good point about the sled ,, its mandatory for setting up.
The winchester partitions are good slugs but i think if your already spending alot of money id buy hornadys. But every gun shoots different shells differently so id try em all out and see which shell your gun groups best with
You will be better eventually while shooting your trial lots of different ammo, if you clean your barrel every so often. The plastic fouling will eventually play games with your grouping...thus you may waste some time and money. You may even disregard as a result of this an otherwise good slug for your gun,as a result of bad grouping .My 2 cents.
And-you may want to hold down the barrel with your forearm while at the range. Firing a slug will make your barrel jump, eventually you will shoot high,then you will adjust your point of aim due of it=eventually you will shoot low at freehand shooting.