[627PCFan]

Which manufacturer and type of rifled slug(non saboted) offers the best ballistics?

[Diverdave]

Try this site. I found it informative.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/ShotGun/

[351 WINCHESTER]

Ballistics are fine for reading, but you should shoot the slug that has the most accuracy. The older slugs made 30 years ago will still knock any deer or hog dead with proper placement.

[T.R.]

I've tried several brands. Hornady SST runs $15. for box of 5. Shoot twice to establish 75 yard zero and use rest of box to topple 3 deer!

This ammo is spendy but produces the BEST accurasy in my Mossberg rifled barrel. It hits very hard; deer just fall over. Recoil is significanlty less than Brenneke.

TR

[Smokey Joe]

JR Spicer 426--Just finished with 7 days of working my club's local "Deer Hunters' Sight-In Clinic," and I worked in the shotgun range. So I've seen more different shotguns shooting more different slugs, recently, than most.

It seems that shotguns have specific preferences. What shoots well in my gun may or may not shoot well in yours, and your gun may prefer the "el cheapo" slugs, and shoot them more accurately, than the finest, most costly variety. Or not.

You have to just get a variety of slugs and shoot them in your gun, at the approximate range that you will be shooting at deer, and see which slug your gun "likes" the best.

You can start with the excellent, pricey, super-ballistics slugs if you want, and they may work well in your shotgun. If so, fine. But try a bunch of different brands to find out your gun's preferences.

It would be really nice if slugs were easily reloadable, or if they didn't cost an arm + a leg, but, alas, that's not the case. So spend the $$ and do the necessary research. You'll be glad you did when The Jordan Buck comes sauntering along.

[Kimber1911_06238]

my smoothbore shoots best with federal's new tru-ball slugs. It's no tackdriver but better than other brands. 1"-2" groups at 50 yards

[1911 guy]

Here's my advice, worth all you paid for it. None of this applies to sabot slugs, just the rifled slugs you're interested in.

Stick with 2 3/4" shells. 3" are more expensive and gain you absolutely squat with a smoothbore.

You'll probably have to try a few brands to see which shoot best in your shotgun, but try the Winchester 15rd box first. They're usually the cheapest and you might get lucky.

If you have screw-in choke tubes, use either the Improved Cylinder (marked I.C. or Imp. Cyl.) or Cylinder Bore if your shotgun came with one. Most don't, you'll likely use the I.C.

Sight in at 50 yards. The slug drops rapidly a bit past that. Sighting in at 100 will have you hitting very high on anything closer, right where most deer are taken with a shotgun.

Sight in from a bench and take frequent breaks. 12ga slugs can give you a heck of a flinch if you're not used to it. Break yourself in slowly.

If you use a scope, use a low magnification. It will allow more eye relief. This becomes important when you opt for a 12X on a shotgun and give yourself a bloody eyebrow.

Don't expect miracles, but most shotguns will keep a full box of slugs inside 3" at 50 yards. Good enough when the kill zone is about 3 times that diameter.