rainshadow,
I'm a lot like WNYStalker regarding using handguns and dropping the slug gun many moons ago (thus my handle).
That was back when you really didn't ever hear of rifled slug barrels. Maybe Hastings had one in the works back then, but I never heard of it.
Using the Super X foster type slugs, I used to get excellent accuracy from certain guns sometimes around the 4 to 5 inch mark at 100yds. Other's, not so good.
Even though I gave up on the slug gun game for deer, I never gave up on trying to get a slug to shoot accurately. I've cast bullets since I was a pre-teen, so with that in mind, I first purchased the Lyman foster type slug mould to give it a run. After several years messing with that and getting no satisfaction, I gave up for awhile.
When Lyman came out with the "sabot slug" (the one that looks like an air rifle pellet), I decided to buy one and pick up where I left off.
Well, it only took a few different book loads, and the right wad/hull combinations before I hit "pay dirt".
Not to blow my own horn because I did nothing more than assemble book loads, but my father in law's Remington 1187 rifled slug barrel shot three rounds into one "slightly enlarged" one hole group at 50yds.
He's always touted the "Lightfield Slugs" as being the "Holy Grail" of loads for shotguns.
Surprisingly, my handloaded "sabot slugs" shot to the same point of aim with noticably better accuracy, and a resounding "SLAP", when they struck the backer at 100yds.
The best part of using these Lyman sabots was that they were initially developed for use in smoothbore guns. I haven't gotten around to running them through my smoothbore 870, but once I get it scoped, I'll be doing so.
After many, years of screwing around with handloaded slugs, it appears that I finally found a combination that works.
Bob
