Bear Calling with 12 Gauge Slugs? Then here's a slug review you'll want to see!

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BrobeeBiter

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Happy New Year Everyone!

Furthering my ongoing YouTube series of 12 gauge shotgun ammo testing, I just finished editing my first gelatin review of a rifled slug: Winchester's SuperX Hollow Point Rifled Slug.



What made me start with this particular slug is a close range encounter I had with a large black bear where I put 3 of these slugs (with perfect placement) into his front shoulder as he was turning towards me, but after gutting and skinning him I was shocked to find that only one of them had made it into the vitals, and just barely.

Subsequently I did the big science project on shotgun slugs and definitely found some better performers, and now that I've got my YouTube channel up and running I'm re-doing a bunch of these tests for the camera so that others might also benefit. This video's the first one, and I've got another three slug reviews I'm still working on getting edited, so stay tuned!

Thanks for watching and your feedback!

Cheers,

Brobee
 
I used to run bears with hounds. Some of the guys I hunted with used shotguns with slugs. More than once I saw first hand how slugs did not punch through the fat on a big bear.
 
Nearly dead soft lead and poor sectional density inhibits penetration. Especially so against hard targets. No surprise there.
 
Here's the first follow up video in my series of slug reviews;

Federal's Premium TruBall Deep Penetrator 1oz 12ga Rifled Slug.



Time to get to work on my next episode: the famous BRENNEKE!

Thanks for all the feedback, and thanks for watching.

Cheers,

Brobee
 
I have used a lot of Rem sluggers for deer and bear and they have worked well, but after that test I will be looking into the Federal TruBall Deep Penetrator for bear. I can't imagine the results would be much different between the sluggers and the super x. Great tests and I can't wait to see how the Brenneke performs.
 
I like the acutips by remington. I DRT'd 2 white tails this year with them. I googled some pics on this bullet and found a bear that had both shoulders shot through with the 20 gauge version and DRT'd it.
 
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Originally Posted By: BrobeeBiterHere's the first follow up video in my series of slug reviews;

Federal's Premium TruBall Deep Penetrator 1oz 12ga Rifled Slug.



Time to get to work on my next episode: the famous BRENNEKE!

Thanks for all the feedback, and thanks for watching.

Cheers,

Brobee

Thanks for sharing your tests on youtube. I am looking forward to seeing more of them as you get them done.
 
Hello Everyone!

After wrestling pretty much all day with my iMac and it's "Glorious" Maverick upgrade (NASTY!), I finally finished editing and uploading the Brenneke 12 Gauge Slug review:



Thanks so much for all your feedback...

Cheers, and thanks for watching!

Brobee
 


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