Ghilliedup2
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I know there's not as many Hunters using a slug gun and neither would I if it weren't for IL regulations but for those of you who are, what slug are you shooting and out of what gun? What kind of on game performance are you getting from it?
I have an H&R 20 ga ultra slug hunter (24" bull barrel) with the thumbhole stock and the past 6/7 years I've used 3" accutips with excellent accuracy and on-game has been the same, with a few dropping in their tracks almost like hit with a rifle. I recovered one of them from a shattering to me buck last year. It went in on the near side shoulder and I recovered it at the end of the rib cage opposite side. The deer collapsed on the spot, the recovered bullet expanded from .45 original diameter to .58" to .69" depending where the measurement was taken and retained right at 90% of its 260gr. Excellent performance in my opinion but I still wanted to try a new one this year
So I tried the new 3" Remington prem expander that uses a solid copper tipped Barnes bullet, at 250gr this is 10gr lighter than the Accutips although the mv is the same @ 1900fps (1850 mv for the 2 3/4" version) I chose these based on local availability and accuracy in my gun. Last week at 75 yards I was able to put 4 shots in 1.3" 3shots = 1.1" and the first 2 shots = .33".this is right on par or better than the Accutips and out of the seven or eight rounds I never had anything close to a flyer
I shot a couple at 100 and 100+ to check my zero and they hit right about where I had expected. Has anyone tried these yet if so what did you think?
I have an H&R 20 ga ultra slug hunter (24" bull barrel) with the thumbhole stock and the past 6/7 years I've used 3" accutips with excellent accuracy and on-game has been the same, with a few dropping in their tracks almost like hit with a rifle. I recovered one of them from a shattering to me buck last year. It went in on the near side shoulder and I recovered it at the end of the rib cage opposite side. The deer collapsed on the spot, the recovered bullet expanded from .45 original diameter to .58" to .69" depending where the measurement was taken and retained right at 90% of its 260gr. Excellent performance in my opinion but I still wanted to try a new one this year
So I tried the new 3" Remington prem expander that uses a solid copper tipped Barnes bullet, at 250gr this is 10gr lighter than the Accutips although the mv is the same @ 1900fps (1850 mv for the 2 3/4" version) I chose these based on local availability and accuracy in my gun. Last week at 75 yards I was able to put 4 shots in 1.3" 3shots = 1.1" and the first 2 shots = .33".this is right on par or better than the Accutips and out of the seven or eight rounds I never had anything close to a flyer
I shot a couple at 100 and 100+ to check my zero and they hit right about where I had expected. Has anyone tried these yet if so what did you think?