Got out to the range today, the Honeydew list was whittled down nicely, and the weather was agreeable.
After checking zero on the 30-30 and my muzzleloader, broke out the deer 870 and both Winchester 1 oz slugs and the El Cheapo Brennekes. I needed to rezero, I thought, because I had finally run out of my old duty slugs, which were the Winchesters.
Benching at a mere 25 yards had the Winchesters printing just where they were supposed to, and cloverleafing. Repeating at 50 yards(farther than almost all my shots at deer),same results. about a 2 1/2" 3 shot group. This was consistent with results with the last batch and quite sufficent for my hunting. Then it was time for the KO Brennekes....
25 yards same POI as the Winchesters, and the first group at 50 ran less than 2 inches edge to edge!! After a short pause, I repeated the 50 yard shooting,group ran a trilfe larger than 2", call it 2 3/8" edge to edge. At that point, I considered myself satisfied and packed it in.
I figure I'll use up the 20 or so Wnchesters I have, then use the KOs. The Winchesters have proved devastating on deer in the past, but I'm sure the KOs will work also.
As I left the range, I had to slow down for a deer that ran in front of the car. I regard that as an omen(G)....
BTW, I had gambled on the KOs, and I'm glad I did,still have about 90 of them left.
Of course, your results may vary, and ONLY range testing will show just what slug works best for you and in your use environment.