Author Topic: 2 3/4 or 3 (Read 572 times)

The deerslayer · « **on:** October 29, 2004, 04:39:44 PM »

I may want to take my shotgun out deerhunting with rifled slugs because I dont have a rifled barrel. How much difference would it make between the 2 3/4 and the 3 inch shells? By the way its a 20 gauge.

mjbgalt · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2004, 04:41:46 PM »

2 3/4- deer dies

3- your shoulder hurts like hell, your ears ring, deer dies.

Ramrod · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2004, 02:46:15 AM »

The Federal ammunition catalog shows an 80 fps advantage to the 3 inch Power*Shok slugs in 20 gauge, and .2 inch difference in trajectory out to 100 yards.

Busta · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2004, 03:21:11 AM »

Try these, you wont be sorry. IMHO, the best full bore rifled slugs out there. You can also get a 1oz slug in the 3" 20ga., or the standard 2-3/4" load. They will cut holes and will not lead up your bore as bad as standard Remington, Winchester, Federal Foster slugs will.

http://www.dnrws.com/rottweil.html

The deerslayer · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2004, 04:45:40 PM »

Quote from: Busta'yote

Try these, you wont be sorry. IMHO, the best full bore rifled slugs out there. You can also get a 1oz slug in the 3" 20ga., or the standard 2-3/4" load. They will cut holes and will not lead up your bore as bad as standard Remington, Winchester, Federal Foster slugs will.

http://www.dnrws.com/rottweil.html

Do you know where I can get them? They sound pretty good!

Bob_K · « **Reply #5 on:** November 05, 2004, 01:55:51 AM »

Either will kill the deer. Choose the one that gives you the best accuracy. Sabot slugs give a bit flater trajectory, Foster type slugs can be accurate, too. Buy some of every slug you can, and see what groups the best in your particular barrel.

Busta · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2004, 11:38:15 AM »

deerslayer,

Sorry I didn't get back to you ealier, I meant to the other day and my puter crashed. Then I forgot I posted in this thread because I had already deleted the e-mail notification. I truely am sorry.

I see your from Pennsylvania and I am not sure what stores you have out there. Pretty much any Cabelas, Bass Pro/Outdoor World, Gander Mountain, Dunhams, MC Sports should have them. I have even heard that some Wal-Marts carry them, ours up in Michigan don't. Also any good Sporting Goods store that sells ammo should have them.

Good Luck this season!

Big · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2004, 07:05:08 PM »

Every Brenneke I've used laid a lot of lead down in my smoothbore Remington barrel. If I cleaned between shots, they were very repeatable (small group sizes). If I didn't clean between shots, the groups tended to widen way out as I shot more. I don't want to clean between shots. Plain old Remington Slugger rifled slugs have worked great for me (12 ga), and they're cheap.