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maytom · Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 12

For a smooth bore shotgun barrel, try the Winchester regular deer slugs. For a rifled deer barrel try the Lightfields. 2 3/4" deer slugs work fine, don't waste your money on the 3" shells!!

ljbs10 · Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 8 Location: falconer,new york

a well placed slug through the lungs will almost always drop a deer in its tracks. ive seen heart shot deer run 100yrds or more . it seems like when their heart shot that they almost run dead!!

summerman · Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 11

I use an 1187 rifled barrell with 2 3/4 and 3" mag sabots. don't shoot sabots through a smooth as it won't be accurate. ( nothing to grip the plastic and make the slug spin.) Sabots are expensive 5-9 bucks a box of 5 or so. Lightfield and Breneke have been the favorites with my hunting group of 7 guys who we all have been hunting together about 12 years. If you have a smooth bore remmington sluggers are cheap and shoot great. My friend shoots a browning A-5 smooth bore slug gun with $2 a box 3/4 sluggers and he is twice as accurate as me with a rifled barrel and any kind of sabots I can find. (Browning guns are very good, especially the older ones made in Belgium) Anyways, I have used Federal, Winchester and remmington too but they don't seem to be as good as the Lightfield and Breneke. Sight in at 100 yards and your good from 0 to 125 yeards. good luck and let us know how you did.

riceline · Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 5

I have never used buck shot ,but I have used just about every kind of slug out there. I own a Winchester 1300 with a smooth bore slug barrel and I have choked it to accept win chokes. This gun shoots great with challenger rifled slugs, other slugs have failed. I also have a Remington 1100. It's an older gun with a rifled barrel. Ihave tried sabots, winchester partition gold and platinum tip slugs, and als Remington Buck hammers. Out of my Rem. the buck hammers are great. 3 slugs touching at 100 yrds. The other sabot shot good but not as well. Anyway it is ultimately up to the shooter. Try many, but choose the one that the gun shoots the best. It may not be the most powerfull or longest shooting ammo but it will produce well if practiced with. Know where the gun is shooting and you should have no trouble getting deer.

FIRSTSHOT1BUCK · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 27

I got a riffled barrel for my mossburg i use sabbath for it which go for about 15 canadian for a box of 5

rmcewen · Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 1

Interesting comments. Have anyone of you ever heard of or tried these deer slugs?

They split into three pieces upon impact and this causes more internal damage... enough to drop the deer in its tracks... but not so much as to mess up dinner.

-R. McEwen

countrycharmer65 · Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 3

I live in Indiana it is a shotgun state. With over twenty years of gun hunting I suggest a rifled barrel and a good sabot slug. I have had great success with Lgihtfield slugs and my brother uses the copper solids. I use a Marlin bolt action and can hold a 3 inch pattern in any weather at 100 yards. I will let you know every gun is a little different on the ammo it shoots best. That being said the all time accuracy record is held with Lightfield being shot from a Tarhunt (custom made) 12 ga shotgun. They put 198 out of 200 rounds in a 3 inch steel pipe at 100 yards. What ever ammunition you choose nothing is better than pratice. Pratice with your sluggun just as you would your high powered rifle.

gregh · Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Texas

rmcewen wrote: Interesting comments. Have anyone of you ever heard of or tried these deer slugs?

They split into three pieces upon impact and this causes more internal damage... enough to drop the deer in its tracks... but not so much as to mess up dinner.

-R. McEwen

an 11" drop at 100 yards?

That isn't very good.

jasonkdailey · Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Posts: 46

Being from Indiana, all I ever used was a shotgun, and used to use remington slugs in my 20 ga. single shot. Now I have a JC Higgins Model 20 12 gauge and a poly choke. I use Federal Hydra-shok slugs in it and i blow a medicine bottle to bits at 75 yards! thats with a smoothbore shotgun, bein Sears & Roebuck had the Higgins brand made in the 1950's.

tim · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 332 Location: north idaho

Out West, many states only have a three-day season with modern rifle.

the general over the counter deer season here in north idaho is oct 10th-dec 1.