deer slugs

[mac]

what is the favored slug to use on deer through smooth bore 12 guage? can I get 50-70 yards accuracy?

[ELMER J. FUDD]

Yes.

[Early]

Sure you can.....Try Fiocchi Aero Slugs; they are great! If you can find any of the old obsolete ACTIV slugs, they are the best.

Smoothbore slugs are cheap....Try a bunch of them. You will find one you like!

[Setters4life]

Yes, buy and try as many as you can that are designed for smoothbore barrels. You might be surprised at the accuracy you get, if you are staying within 50-70 yards, you will find something that works well.

[G-Man]

I've had great success with breneke originals. i am confidant with them out to 100yards, use to use actives till they were discontinued. Buy a few different boxes of slugs, remington slugersters, winchester, breneke. see how they group out of your gun(every gun is different)at 25 yards which ever groups best go out and buy 3-5 boxes, sight in your gun for 75 yrds and your all set to 100 yrds(will be 2-4 in low at 100. 1-2 in high at 50yrds ... and keep using theh same slugs for hunting, buying something on sale and not being the best for your gun is not worth it

[13BVET]

My favorites were definitely the Brenneke KO's. They're pretty cheap too!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Lightfields are great for smoothbores

[Larry]

try true- ball by federal

[ants]

My smooth bore, that I haven't used in years, loved plain Federals. It shot them way tighter than Remington, Winchester or even Brenneke . You might have to try a few different brands before you decide.

[apoallo]

Lightfields are great for smoothbores

I use the lightfield Hybrids out of my rifled shotgun they are amazing with knockdown power and very verry acurate. I have shot a couple deer at 110 and 125 yards one shot one kill. although they are a little pricy for 5 slugs I love them and wouldnt change them for anything. Plus they work great out of my shotgun Edited October 10, 2012 by apoallo

[ants]

Yeah I have been using Lightfields for the past 15 years or so. They are awesome. Real accurate, out of my rifled barrel and the knock down power is amazing.

[phade]

I loved my ACTIVs...still have a handful of boxes of them but can't bring myself to shoot them...lol.

Truballs are a good option today. Love them.

[biggamefish]

I always used the Winchester slugs they shot great out of mine. Relatively cheap too

[PREDATE]

mac,

mostly Feds for my guns(regular & truball).

Do you know the size of choke of your barrel?

Here's a link to an article written by Dave Henderson. He's from my area of NY and used to write a column for our local paper.http://www.buckmaste...ght-slug-2.aspx

Edited November 4, 2012 by PREDATE

[josephmrtn]

hey thanks for starting this thread my cousins r moving to ohio and in there area u can only use shotgun so i was wanting to find out if i could do this w my gun..... thanks again ( the sportsmans guide is usually the cheapest place around for rifle ammo and prob is for shotgun too )

[CVAC085]

I have the Remington rifled slugs in my remington 870, smooth barrell. I have yet to fire them through it as I just got the gun in September. I have been out at Calverton shooting at the skeet range (shame on me, I need to get to the shotgun section and get ready for deer in january). I used an array of ammo to shoot. Once you find a brand or specific type of shell you like just stick with it. Many people I have spoken too said the same thing. Obviously the biggest was price. Keep an eye out on sales whether online, local gun shops or the big name sporting good stores.

[eagle rider]

Hornady SST is accurate and deadly,....

Edited November 11, 2012 by eagle rider

[greensider]

those sst slugs are the same bullet they sell for muzzle loaders just in a sabot i shot one buck with them acurate but just like when shot from a muzzle loader they are hard and i dont think they expand enough but they will kill a deer for sure

[growalot]

Breneke....

[WNYBuckHunter]

those sst slugs are the same bullet they sell for muzzle loaders just in a sabot i shot one buck with them acurate but just like when shot from a muzzle loader they are hard and i dont think they expand enough but they will kill a deer for sure

This isnt enough expansion?

http://www.americanrifleman.org/m-GalleryItem.aspx?cid=22&gid=115

They are made to stay together, not come apart after the hit.

You cannot use them in a smooth bore, which is what the OP was asking.

[Five Seasons]

i shoot lightfields. expensive but they've never done me wrong.

[WNY_Whitetailer]

My favorites were definitely the Brenneke KO's. They're pretty cheap too!

They are hammers for sure...

[silent death]

12ga remington acu-tip sabots ...thats all i will use ive never had a deer run more than 30 yards after a solid hit

[WNY_Whitetailer]

12ga remington acu-tip sabots ...thats all i will use ive never had a deer run more than 30 yards after a solid hit

You use sabots in a smooth bore?

[silent death]

You use sabots in a smooth bore?

My barrel isnt a smooth bore . i have a mossberg 500 trophy slugster with a 24 inch cantilever barrel....