Groups With Slugs?

[sm]

Three Federal slugs inside a playing card at 50 yds, two overlapped, the third touching.
OLD 870, Plain barrel (no rib) , 26" front factory bead, barrel was fixed choke and marked Mod.
Sitting, I gotta enough sense to NOT bench rest one of these things.
This bbl produced some of the best patterns and groups I ever shot. Steel shot was a real surprise and baffled folks with more monies spent on their bbls and choke, than what I paid for the car I was driving at the time. $350.

1974 SX1, 28" barrel with NuLine external knurled chokes. front bead only.IIRC the .720 was screwed in. Again sitting, 5 slugs into playing card at 50 yds. I did "lob" one out and take out a beer can once at 100 steps. This gun liked the Winchester slugs, next best the Fed.

My group testing is done as I figure I will use in the field. Mostly standing, with sitting and kneeling being next in order as I figure I will actually shoot.

These were and I still use the plain vanilla 1oz Foster slugs.

Mom's NEF Youth 20ga, fixed Mod bbl. Win slugs. Standing, 3 slugs into Cigarette pack at 35 steps.

 

[Rupestris]

not too proud of this one but I gotta show all cards, right? These are the only groups I have pics of.

Aim small - miss small:


Both at 50 yards, standing, forend rested.
Gun - 870 12ga, 26"bbl, IC choke, TruGlo FO sights.

 

[smokemaker]

My Dad's Ithaca 37 smoothbore with the old 1X pistol scope on it will put federal 1 oz slugs into 2" at 50 yards. My Ithaca 87 with the rifles barrel and the old 1X pistol scope on it won't do that unless I use one brand of slug. Remington Buckhammers, and not the reduced recoil load either. They won't shoot for crap. That gun with the buckhammers kicks worse than my .458 with full throttle safari loads. The PAST pad is useless, and you can't wrap your thumb around the top of the pistol grip on the stock unless you like bloody noses. Brutal. That's why I'm using my muzzleloaders so much for deer these days.

 

[Fumbler]

I have a Mossberg 500 turkey gun. Hacked off the barrel to 18.5", squared it off using a wood lathe, and soldered on Mossberg factory ghost ring sights. At 50 yards off a bunch with Brenneke 1oz rifled slugs (these are cheap at $170/5 shots) I can cloverleaf the holes.
Shotguns can be surprisingly accurate, the trick is trying lots of dfferent slugs. I got lucky and mine likes cheap Brenneke slugs.

With other typical slugs from the big brands the gun will usually shoot good groups but have a few flyers in each group.

 

[GRB]

You must have lots of money to burn if slugs that cost $170 per 5 shots are cheap. Yikes, that would be $34 per shot.

 

[Rupestris]

So now we know where Fumbler got his name. Kinda missed the decimal point, huh?

I think he meant $1.70 /5. Thats about what I pay for the Rottweil Blitz in the pic.

 

[MP-5]

Clover leaf group @ 50 yards with a borrowed Mossy Mariner. They say the extended mag w/clamp acts as a barrel stiffiner which enhances accuracy. Remington one ounce sluggsters in one hole group with a bead sight! Off a bench but earned a fatlipin the process! It was definitely worth it!! And I wouldnt believe it if I personally didn't do it!!

 

[Rob96]

I have a Remington 870HD with factory mag tube extension. With 1oz. Remington Sluggers or Winchester 1oz. rifled slugs, I can shoot one, large , ragged hole, right in the 10 ring. After a few mags, it opens up to clover leafs. This using the bead sight.