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Offline encore4me

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Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« on: August 18, 2009, 03:31:08 PM »
 Does anyone have one of these? What are you shooting out of it?

I am not getting the accuracy I thought I would, it has the cantilever scope mount with a Leupold VX II shotgun scope 2x5.

I have used

Remington
    Buckhammer
    Copper solids
    AccuTip
    Core Lokt Ultra
Winchester
     Partition Gold
     Platinum Tip
Hornady
     SST
Lightfield
     Hybred EXP
Federal
     Barnes Expanders

 All of these were shot at 50 yards, off a bench and the best group was with the Lightfields and Winchester Platinum tips with about a 2" group. The worst was the Hornady they keyholed at that distance.

 Any help would be appreciated it is getting expensive trying to find out what this gun likes and I think I might be out of slugs to try.


Matt







     

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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2009, 02:38:47 AM »
I thought of a few more slugs you could try that you might be able to have work for you. Lightfield has a few more offerings in the Lites, Hybred Elite Magnum, and the Commander IDS. The Elite Magnum and the Commander only come in 3 inch. And Winchester also makes the XP3 slugs. Which Barnes Expander did you try? The hollow point or the tipped? I don't use either but my buddy gets good groups with the tipped ones and killed a deer this past season at a little over 200 yards.
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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2009, 03:35:49 AM »
Matt,

I used to own one of these and Copper solids and Lightfields both shot well out of it. 

Since you've tried so many different ammo types and not seemed to find what you're after, I have to ask the obvious questions. 

1.  Have you checked your scope mount/rings and the scope itself?

2.  What kind of rest are you using?

3.  Are you using the hard hold technique for slug shooting and following through?

I've seen these three things cause more problems in the quest for repeatable slug accuracy than anything else.

Jim

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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 02:08:12 PM »
 I did check my scope and rings and they seem OK. I just took the scope off of my Muzzleloader and it was shooting 1' groups at 100 yds.
 I am using a rest that supports the front of the forearm and the back of the stock, I know that I am not flinching I have a good pull that is on target when the gun goes off.
 I dont know what a hard hold tech is. I just lay the gun on the rest and then lay my off hand on top of the scope to steady the shot.

 After careful measuring I am getting 2 1/4" groups @ 50 yds with the following
   Winchester Platinum tips
   Remington Copper solids
   Lightfield Hybred EXP


 Please explain the hard hold tech. I think I remember something like this befor with slug guns.


Matt


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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2009, 05:40:02 PM »
I did check my scope and rings and they seem OK. I just took the scope off of my Muzzleloader and it was shooting 1' groups at 100 yds.
 I am using a rest that supports the front of the forearm and the back of the stock, I know that I am not flinching I have a good pull that is on target when the gun goes off.
 I dont know what a hard hold tech is. I just lay the gun on the rest and then lay my off hand on top of the scope to steady the shot.

 After careful measuring I am getting 2 1/4" groups @ 50 yds with the following
   Winchester Platinum tips
   Remington Copper solids
   Lightfield Hybred EXP


 Please explain the hard hold tech. I think I remember something like this befor with slug guns.


Matt




Matt,

Here's a link to lightfield's site.  Randy Fritz can explain this technique much better than I.  It's helped me over the years and I hope it does you as well.  Here's the link.http://www.lightfieldslugs.com/lightfield/shooting_guide.cfm?id=2&cfid=14636634&cftoken=94962926

On the left side of the page you will see different sections entitled....

Equipment Selection, Shooting off a Rest, Zeroing your gun, etc..  Hope they help.

Jim

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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2009, 10:10:48 AM »
Matt,
       You did not say whether you had a 20 or 12 gauge but I have been shooting a 12 gauge BPS for the last 4 or 5 years here in Wisconsin. The gun has a I believe a 1.75 to 5 power Bushnell Trophy scope on it and I must be honest with you that I have never heard of the kind of results you're getting with yours and you have a better scope on yours than I do. I started with 2 3/4 Winchester Platinums which grouped wonderful but have since switched to the 2 3/4 Hornady SST'S and it was the best move I ever made. On a good day under optimum conditions I can shoot 2 inch groups at 100 yards. At 50 it is almost insane with usually the holes touching quite regularily. The farthest shot I have made was 143 paces on a nice 7 pointer two years ago. I do not practice the hard hold but the gun is supported front and back in some type of rest. I guess I second what some of the others are saying as far as checking scope mounts, etc. As a last resort maybe contact Browning. I'm sure a lemon gets out there with guns just like any other product. Double check those mounts. Slug gun recoil is one of the most brutal out there as I'm sure you are aware. Best of luck and let us know the results.

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Re: Browning BPS fully rifled slug gun.
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2009, 10:37:34 AM »
Not to insult your intellegence. 
I am a boiler guy and we go for the easy answer first every time.
With the rifle and scope combo are you sure everything is tight?
I once went out to a range where a guy was trying to sight in his deer rifle and he had the scope LOOSE in the mounts.
Yea Loose and he was going to tighten down the mounts and the scope when he had the rifle on target. 
Don't ask me  ??? 
I think he was confussed with bore sighting, mounting a scope and sighting it in.
But could you have a loose mount?  Loose rings?  and finally a loose scope?  Is everything tight and did you use any anareoic adheasive? (lock tight, siper glue, Ect...)
the next thing I would look at is the scope.  is there something broken inside the scope?
Does the gun have iron sights?  Can you shoot the gun and see what kind of accuracy you are getting with out using the scope.
Put the gun in a rest or gun vice and sight along the barrel and see how the gun works.  If not using the scope you get a group then it is the mounts, the rings, or the scope. 
Can you move the scope?  Do you see makes where the scope has moved either to the rear or the front since you mounted it?  Yes- Loose scope the rings are too big.
hope this helps.