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20 gauge rifled slug
- Thread starter bspillman
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I've been dropping whitetails since 1985 (when I bought it) with my 20ga Ithaca Model 37 Deluxe, w/o a problem.
I've only had to shoot @ 100yds three times over those years, but think it the limit for Foster Slugs.
I would only be confidant at 100yds, or a bit more, with a Sabot slug in a rifled barrel, with optics.
Remember that the Ithaca deerslayer barrels were underbored/undersize, to get optimim accuracy with Foster-type slugs, and IME other 20ga smoothbores are much less accurate.
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I've been dropping whitetails since 1985 (when I bought it) with my 20ga Ithaca Model 37 Deluxe, w/o a problem.
I've only had to shoot @ 100yds three times over those years, but think it the limit for Foster Slugs.
I would only be confidant at 100yds, or a bit more, with a Sabot slug in a rifled barrel, with optics.
Remember that the Ithaca deerslayer barrels were underbored/undersize, to get optimim accuracy with Foster-type slugs, and IME other 20ga smoothbores are much less accurate.
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Being in Ohio, which is (was), a s.g. State for deer I have shot tons of slugs.
A good smoothie with sights & slugs that work for the gun I have shot 100 yard groups of 3 inches on average.
There are tips & tricks to make the smoothie shoot well.
Most of the 50 odd deer I've taken with a slug have been well under 100 but my longest was a "slobber shot" that hit a runing button buck at 175 paces in the head.
It was pure luck & a shot I should never have taken.
I used the 12 bore almost exclusively but your 20 will do just fine out to 100 when you find the load it likes and practice, practice, practice.
A good smoothie with sights & slugs that work for the gun I have shot 100 yard groups of 3 inches on average.
There are tips & tricks to make the smoothie shoot well.
Most of the 50 odd deer I've taken with a slug have been well under 100 but my longest was a "slobber shot" that hit a runing button buck at 175 paces in the head.
It was pure luck & a shot I should never have taken.
I used the 12 bore almost exclusively but your 20 will do just fine out to 100 when you find the load it likes and practice, practice, practice.