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when deer hunting with a shotgun at close and far, is it better to use buckshot or slugs. not a rifled barrel.
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slugs are better but i dont know if they will worrk in a smooth barrel you will have to ask a gun smith but a 12 guage is good for close and far
thanks, that's what I have is a 12 gauge.
Yep, go with the "slugs".
You can use them in your shotgun, but stay away from rifled slugs, as they are for "rfled" barrels.
They do make slugs for "smooth-bore's"
yeah cleaner kill with slugs in my opinion and better distance.
Sorry O, but senility has taken you into its inevitable grasp. Welcome to Petzal and Cooper's world. Anyways...
Rifled (or Foster) slugs are made specifically for smoothbores. Many think that Fosters don't shoot well in a rifled barrel, but they shoot just as well in them.
Slugs are practically always best at any range. Use rifled ones. An Improved Cylinder or Cylinder choke, is best, but Modified is OK if it's all you have. No tighter than that, though.
Slugs are best... they will always go through and give you a better chance at a kill. Rifles slugs are what you want for a smooth bore. They will give you sufficient accuracy to hit a deer in the boilerhouse out to at least 80 yards. I have seen many brought down at 120 yards but that is a long shot and too iffy for me given the accuracy of a slug.
I have shot more than half a dozen deer using 2&3/4in Remington Sluggers in my smoothbore 20ga 1100. They have never failed to bring down the deer. My greatest distance was about 60 yards on a walking 8pt. I held on the top of the shoulder, but wound up breaking both the front legs. Still, the deer was down and dead when I got to it. I advise some target practice to appreciate the drop at your expected longest distance.
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slugs are better but i dont know if they will worrk in a smooth barrel you will have to ask a gun smith but a 12 guage is good for close and far
thanks, that's what I have is a 12 gauge.
Sorry O, but senility has taken you into its inevitable grasp. Welcome to Petzal and Cooper's world. Anyways...
Rifled (or Foster) slugs are made specifically for smoothbores. Many think that Fosters don't shoot well in a rifled barrel, but they shoot just as well in them.
Slugs are practically always best at any range. Use rifled ones. An Improved Cylinder or Cylinder choke, is best, but Modified is OK if it's all you have. No tighter than that, though.
I have shot more than half a dozen deer using 2&3/4in Remington Sluggers in my smoothbore 20ga 1100. They have never failed to bring down the deer. My greatest distance was about 60 yards on a walking 8pt. I held on the top of the shoulder, but wound up breaking both the front legs. Still, the deer was down and dead when I got to it. I advise some target practice to appreciate the drop at your expected longest distance.
Yep, go with the "slugs".
You can use them in your shotgun, but stay away from rifled slugs, as they are for "rfled" barrels.
They do make slugs for "smooth-bore's"
yeah cleaner kill with slugs in my opinion and better distance.
Slugs are best... they will always go through and give you a better chance at a kill. Rifles slugs are what you want for a smooth bore. They will give you sufficient accuracy to hit a deer in the boilerhouse out to at least 80 yards. I have seen many brought down at 120 yards but that is a long shot and too iffy for me given the accuracy of a slug.
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