Types of Slugs
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Foster (or is it Forster??) is a plain lead 'rifled' slug, meant to be used in smooth barrels.
Sabot slugs have a 'plastic' sleeve over the slug, so that a rified barrel/choke tube will give it spin.
Brenneke is a brand of slug.
Use the Foster (Forster??) slug in your smooth 870 barrel.
Sabot slugs have a 'plastic' sleeve over the slug, so that a rified barrel/choke tube will give it spin.
Brenneke is a brand of slug.
Use the Foster (Forster??) slug in your smooth 870 barrel.
scbair
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The Foster has a hollow base (to stabilize, similar to a .177 air rifle pellet); may fragment or mushroom on impact.
The Brenneke is a solid lead slug, with the wadding affixed to the base (to stabilize, similar to arrow fletching); offers very deep penetration.
Both work well in smoothbore barrels.
Sabot slugs, as noted, are best used in rifled barrels.
The Brenneke is a solid lead slug, with the wadding affixed to the base (to stabilize, similar to arrow fletching); offers very deep penetration.
Both work well in smoothbore barrels.
Sabot slugs, as noted, are best used in rifled barrels.
abrink
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That is what i use for deer (when i use slugs.) If there were a medium range defensive shooting I'd use the 1 oz. slug. I use Remington sluggers in my smoothbore. Very accurate IMHO.
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you should definately buy a barrel with sites or a scope mount, preferably rifled. Go out and put up a target at 100yds. and shoot your regular barrel, you'll quickly be convinced you need something that shoots better.
you should definately buy a barrel with sites or a scope mount, preferably rifled. Go out and put up a target at 100yds. and shoot your regular barrel, you'll quickly be convinced you need something that shoots better.
357wheelgunner
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Somoething about slugs....Most of them are just above the sound barrier when they exit the barrel, which means that they could go subsonic between you and the target. When that happens they catch a lot of turbulence, causing inaccuracy. I think that's the reason many people think that slugs are inaccurate.
I love the low recoil slugs, because they start out subsonic, which means that they hurt my shoulder less when I shoot them, and they print very nice groups on target if I do my part.
I'd either use a really fast slug, or a really slow one, no inbetween.
I love the low recoil slugs, because they start out subsonic, which means that they hurt my shoulder less when I shoot them, and they print very nice groups on target if I do my part.
I'd either use a really fast slug, or a really slow one, no inbetween.
Fred Fuller
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Foster slugs are usually dead soft lead, and will often flatten/expand on impact.
Brennekes are a hard lead alloy, with sharp shoulders, and cut neat round holes for a looong way into whatever they hit.
Shoot rifled slugs (either Foster or Brenneke) out of your smoothbore barrel, and try the barrel you have (with an ImpCyl choke tube) at the range and see how it does, and how you do with it.
Shooting slugs isn't necessarily fun, so you might want to try it standing, using a rest to steady your aim. Sitting at a bench might get you beaten up more than is good for you.
If it works, buy more slugs. If not, you might want to try a barrel with sights, or a rifled barrel with sabots. I've never had any trouble getting Brennekes to shoot well out of any smoothbore barrel I tried them in. I don't use Foster slugs because if I have to go to slugs, I want to put a hole through and through something. Other people disagree sometimes about that.
Try what you have first, before you spend any money on anything besides a few different brands of slugs. If it works, use it, if not then look for a different barrel.
hth,
lpl
Brennekes are a hard lead alloy, with sharp shoulders, and cut neat round holes for a looong way into whatever they hit.
Shoot rifled slugs (either Foster or Brenneke) out of your smoothbore barrel, and try the barrel you have (with an ImpCyl choke tube) at the range and see how it does, and how you do with it.
Shooting slugs isn't necessarily fun, so you might want to try it standing, using a rest to steady your aim. Sitting at a bench might get you beaten up more than is good for you.
If it works, buy more slugs. If not, you might want to try a barrel with sights, or a rifled barrel with sabots. I've never had any trouble getting Brennekes to shoot well out of any smoothbore barrel I tried them in. I don't use Foster slugs because if I have to go to slugs, I want to put a hole through and through something. Other people disagree sometimes about that.
Try what you have first, before you spend any money on anything besides a few different brands of slugs. If it works, use it, if not then look for a different barrel.
hth,
lpl
dispatch55126
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Get yourself a recoil pad like this:
Recoil Pad
It'll make the range much better and you won't flinch while checking slugs for patterns. You don't feel the recoil hunting but you will practicing.
Recoil Pad
It'll make the range much better and you won't flinch while checking slugs for patterns. You don't feel the recoil hunting but you will practicing.
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