kingudaroad
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No doubt! Great stuff.
Shot Placement and what really happens! *Graphic, shows blood and meat*
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No doubt! Great stuff.
Brian Pfleuger
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So, basically what happens is that when you shoot an animal in a vital area... it dies. It really is amazing how many people don't seem to believe that simple fact.
In NY, where I hunt, we have to use 12ga with slugs only. I hear people all the time whining that it's "not enough gun" for whitetail deer. Crazy, crazy.
In NY, where I hunt, we have to use 12ga with slugs only. I hear people all the time whining that it's "not enough gun" for whitetail deer. Crazy, crazy.
kmrcstintn
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even before I moved back into PA from TN, I had plans to have a slug gun as my primary deer blaster; in 2003, I bought a Benelli SBE (semiautos allowed for big game in TN) with the intention to get a Benelli SBE rifled slug barrel; after coming back to PA, I traded the Benelli on a Mossberg 835 Turkey/Deer comboand got some $$$ back; had to sell it later to pay for a move;
later on I bought a Remington 870 turkey gun and added a Hastings slug barrel and a Remington field barrel...QA not the best...both the turkey barrel and field barrel threads for taking chokes were out of round (chokes not pointing straight forward) and patterns were horrendous; sold the combo to a person that was going to shorten the barrels for 'defensive' use;
after a few months, I bought a Mossy 500 from Dunham's Sports that was a field barrel & rifled slug barrel combo & added a used smoothbore slugger barrel, but again had to sell the combo to pay for a huge medical bill after loosing a job and not having health coverage;
after a few years of using rifles; I recently bought another Mossy 500 combo from Dick's with field barrel and slug barrel; dad gets field barrel for small game hunting and I get the slug thrower for deer starting next season;
with advancements in firearm technology, optics technology, and ammunition technology the humble slug gun is now a 100+ yard field gun that offers great accuracy, excellent terminal performance, and humane & clean kills
even the older forster-style slugs offer good performance out to 50 yards with double bead sighting on a smoothbore barrel
later on I bought a Remington 870 turkey gun and added a Hastings slug barrel and a Remington field barrel...QA not the best...both the turkey barrel and field barrel threads for taking chokes were out of round (chokes not pointing straight forward) and patterns were horrendous; sold the combo to a person that was going to shorten the barrels for 'defensive' use;
after a few months, I bought a Mossy 500 from Dunham's Sports that was a field barrel & rifled slug barrel combo & added a used smoothbore slugger barrel, but again had to sell the combo to pay for a huge medical bill after loosing a job and not having health coverage;
after a few years of using rifles; I recently bought another Mossy 500 combo from Dick's with field barrel and slug barrel; dad gets field barrel for small game hunting and I get the slug thrower for deer starting next season;
with advancements in firearm technology, optics technology, and ammunition technology the humble slug gun is now a 100+ yard field gun that offers great accuracy, excellent terminal performance, and humane & clean kills
even the older forster-style slugs offer good performance out to 50 yards with double bead sighting on a smoothbore barrel
PaddyWhacked
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It's not that a 12ga isn't enough to drop a deer, but here in KY we've got tons of rolling hills and fields that are 500+ yards. Not saying that you should take shots that far but I wouldn't dream of taking a 100 yard shot with a slug gun at my skill level.
kmrcstintn
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dear paddywhacked,
in an area like yours, I would opt for a .300 mag; something like a setup I bought very lightly used; there is a rifle customizing shop that had a customer who won a Remington 700 SPS in .300 wsm in a raffle; he had a muzzle brake installed and scoped it; he used it for one deer season and consigned it; I snagged it with the muzzle brake installed and Leupold bases & rings; I added a Nikon Buckmasters 4.5-14 x 40 w/ BDC reticle that someone ordered and didn't complete the sale on; the shop bedded the action, floated the barrel, and smoothed out the trigger to a crisp 3.5# for no additional cost since I bought the scope; that thing is MMMEEEAAANNN at 100 yards & 200 yards with Winchester 180gr Super X softpoint ammo; the only drawback is the setup is somewhat cumbersome in a treestand in the woods; that's why I want to try a slug gun next year;
on the flip side dealing with slug guns...I eluded to using forster style slugs, but a 100 yard setup is a bit more involved; the Mossy 500 I got uses a fully rifled barrel that is scoped with a 2-7 x 36 Bushnell scope for precise aiming; getting used to such a setup initially costs more when trying different loads and sighting in, but once it is setup, the scope is mounted on the barrel and you only really need to confirm sighting with 1 or 2 rounds each year;
awesome talking with ya, later!!!
in an area like yours, I would opt for a .300 mag; something like a setup I bought very lightly used; there is a rifle customizing shop that had a customer who won a Remington 700 SPS in .300 wsm in a raffle; he had a muzzle brake installed and scoped it; he used it for one deer season and consigned it; I snagged it with the muzzle brake installed and Leupold bases & rings; I added a Nikon Buckmasters 4.5-14 x 40 w/ BDC reticle that someone ordered and didn't complete the sale on; the shop bedded the action, floated the barrel, and smoothed out the trigger to a crisp 3.5# for no additional cost since I bought the scope; that thing is MMMEEEAAANNN at 100 yards & 200 yards with Winchester 180gr Super X softpoint ammo; the only drawback is the setup is somewhat cumbersome in a treestand in the woods; that's why I want to try a slug gun next year;
on the flip side dealing with slug guns...I eluded to using forster style slugs, but a 100 yard setup is a bit more involved; the Mossy 500 I got uses a fully rifled barrel that is scoped with a 2-7 x 36 Bushnell scope for precise aiming; getting used to such a setup initially costs more when trying different loads and sighting in, but once it is setup, the scope is mounted on the barrel and you only really need to confirm sighting with 1 or 2 rounds each year;
awesome talking with ya, later!!!
PaddyWhacked
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Meh, I'll take my 2006 Savage Model 111 .30-06. Works just fine for me 