BuckHammer Slugs

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youngoilguy

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do any of you use the buckhammer slugs?

i am refusing to pay near $20 for 5 shotgun slugs (i noticed the copper solid has jumped from $15.99 to $17.99 near me.

i see that the buckhammer (20 ga. for me) goes for about $7 per box of 5.

i am willing to sacrifice some ballistic performance for price. i have been lucky enough in the past 3 years to fill my buck tag with archery equipment and i doe hunt with gun. therefore i don't need the latest and greatest flat shooting slugs. additionally, where i go i have never had a shot over 100 yards anyway. usually around 75-80 yards.

anyway, buckhammer experiences??:??

please share, thanks.
 
Sabot slugs are expensive, the buckhammers may work the best in one person's gun, but may also shoot like crap in yours.

It is the nature of shooting rifled barrel shotguns.

You really have to be committed to the rifled barreled shotgun using sabots. You need to work with your gun and get to know it very well. Finding the best ammo for it, no matter which brand, $20 or no. Once you have the right ammo, you can learn where it shoots, since has a high arc trajectory. It is expensive.

When I first sighted mine in, I had horrible results, bought 7 boxes of a certain brand to start with. Only later did I find out that the type was discontinued by the company for being so inaccurate. That was $80+ wasted.

If 75 yards is all you plan to shoot, and you take most kills with a bow anyway, then a rifled barrel shotgun and sabot slugs are not for you. You would be better served with a nice smooth bore where you can get some standard slugs once in a while.
 
no BUCKHAMMER experiences?


p.s. i've shot all sabots and the copper solids are the best shooting ones for me, but..... like i said...... im not giving that much jack for them any longer.
 
I don't know if you do any reloading or not. If you do, Lyman makes a slug mold that you can make 525 grain slugs with (for 12 Gauge shotguns). These slugs are placed in a shotcup, then the shotcup is placed on top of the powder, and the shell is crimped. Once you have the mold, the slugs are cheap to make, the accuracy I've experienced has been very good. I've shot these slugs through two different Remington Shotguns with rifles barrels, and through a smooth bore Benilli shotgun. The weight is forward on the slugs, the center (waist) is smaller than the front or base of the slug, the base is hollow. The slug is designed similar to some pellet gun pellets. No part of the slug touches your gun barrel because it sets in the shotcup. Shotguns loaded with these slugs recoil. You can find loading instructions in the Lyman reloading book, and it is different that the loads given for shotshells loaded with shot.
 
I've got a rifled shotgun barrel (ported Maverick 88) that LOVES the buckhammer slugs. Probably adds another 20 yards to the "full accuracy" range when I've shot targets to sight in.

No idea how effective on deer yet.
 
My dad shot a spike buck at about 10 yards with a buckhammer. The deer was under him walking slightly off to the side of the tree he was sitting in. the slug went through the deer's neck and off shoulder. Blood sprayed 360 degrees about 5 yards around. Dropped dead right there.
 
Buckhammer slugs/Lightfield slugs:

Actually, I shot the Buckhammer slugs out of my Rem. 870 (with Haistings Paradox fully rifled barrel) and they really shot a decent group at 50 yards. However, when I move the target out to 100 yards, the group opened up pretty good. A friend of mine suggested trying out the Lightfield Hybred EXP sabot slugs. Wow, they are super. They grouped very nice at 50 yards and really good at 100 yards too. That is what my barrel likes the best so am shooting those from now on. Good luck.

p.s. Bought a Caldwell Lead Sled and it really, really helps when zeroing in your slug guns. Made all the difference in the world. It is well worth the money, as it has made zeroing in a slug gun very pleasant for a change. Buy one and you won't be sorry.
 
I have been looking for some Buckhammer 12 ga...I can't find any around here. Yes, they do cost more. They are pretty good in my book. ;)
 
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i bought and tested some 20 gauge buckhammers.

sighted in 2" high at 50 yards produces dead on accuracy at 100 yards.

i was shooting 2.5-3" groups of 5 at 100 yards.

they pack a whollop of recoil (as all slugs do) but they do the job just fine!

i recovered a mushroom and it looked just as it does in the remington catalouge.

for less than half the price of copper solids ($6.99 per box at local shop as opposed to $16.99 for copper solids) i have made the official change.
 
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