Aguila 12 gauge mini slugs for hunting

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Gonna depend on the accuracy from your gun and the muzzle velocity. They say on the box 1210 fps, and 7/8 ounce, so that would work out to 40-50 yards...IF it's accurate...., and if that's the actual MV that you get. IF you chronograph a few and find that for some reason your gun only gives you say 800 fps, when then maybe only good to 30 yards?

The "advantage" is that you can fit more of them into a standard shotgun tube magazine. Well that might be fine for two-footed threats, or the lead guy on an entry team who is trying to destroy door hinges, but for hunting... my state limits the number of rounds in the shotgun to five, for deer. My magazine has to be set to only allow that amount, and it's a simple thing to modify, I just put a wooden dowel into the tube magazine that then prevents more than 5 shells. Shooting Brenneke 1 ounce, 2.75" slugs, my old-school smooth bore rifle-sighted barrel on my 870 shoots them pretty much into a clover leaf at 50 yards. Now if I'm carrying the Aquila shells, then I'd have to use a longer dowel to ensure I can't load more than five of them, OR..., I have to be sure to only have five on me at any time.

So the question would then be for me, what's the point? Where you are the situation might be different and so you might find an advantage. They are cheaper than my full sized slugs, by almost 50% but since I only shoot a few of these things a year, it's not a big deal. For persons with a shoulder situation, the lighter slug at the lower velocity (my full-size are about 1450 fps) that might be a deciding factor...less recoil.;)

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I've wondered about this for snow geese but since slugs wouldn't get a good idea I let it go fairly quickly. Wasn't there a series of 2" chamber shotguns for upland hunting at one point in time? I seem to remember that being a British thing but I'm sure someone else could chime in with more authority on the subject.
 
This Minishell slug load is recommended for target shooting and small game.

They are a foreign manufacturer, so maybe that makes sense where they are, but I don't know of any slug competitions. For small game here in the United States, and for targets such as turkey shoots, skeet, trap, five stand, and sporting clays....the shell is a shotshell. I saw their shotshell mini at the gunshow yesterday. Maybe for Cowboy Action where you have to reload the SxS fast the shorter shells would make sense....
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Think about it. A shot shell is meant to hold shot. It has to be big to hold enough shot to be effective and there is a lot of dead space around then shot. Then there is the wad that takes up a lot of room; i.e., more wasted space. SInce a slug is compact there is much less wasted space and the shell can hold the slug with powder in a much smaller package while retaining pretty much all of the velocity.

Assuming the velocity is "only" 1,210 fps; that's as fast as handguns that are considered adequate for deer propel their projectiles that weigh much less than a shotgun slug.

I say, if I wished to use a shotgun for deer hunting (and I don't), I would consider a short Aguila shell just fine for deer. At appropriate ranges of course.
 
The first thing I would do, is to make sure they would function in my favorite shotgun. About the only ones I'm sure about would be the single and/or double barrel types.

Have a blessed day,

Leon
 
They are a foreign manufacturer, so maybe that makes sense where they are, but I don't know of any slug competitions.

Target shooting is not always about competition. I target shoot regularly and have never competed against anyone other than friends or family shooting at the same time. To me they just seem to be a novelty. Really not doing anything better than a regular shotgun slug other than taking up less room in your pocket. Seems their biggest selling point is that they double the capacity of shotguns with tubular magazines. So maybe for a HD/SD shotgun. Their 12 ga shotshells only hold 5/8 of a ounce of shot and only in 7.1/2, 8 and 9. Quite a bit less than standard 2 3/4" shells. Considering they cost more than most standard 2 3/4" field loads, again I see no advantage other than taking up less space. Odds are they might not stay in most shell loops on game vests.

The first thing I would do, is to make sure they would function in my favorite shotgun. About the only ones I'm sure about would be the single and/or double barrel types.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

I agree with function and feeding. It seems they have velocities similar to other conventional 2 3/4" shells so they should work the actions of most auto-loaders. Again, their advertising hype is increasing the capacity of standard tubular magazines. One would wonder if at some time there might be a short action pump shotgun coming out to make their use more practical. Otherwsie I see no real practical applications unless one is looking to save space when hoarding large quantities.
 
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