Riverrat66
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I switched over to Lightfield Hybred Exp Maximum Expansion slugs when I bought my Benelli M1 Super 90 12ga. autoloader shotgun 2 years ago on the recommendation of the salesman. This gun loves these slugs, I'm getting 1" groups at 100 yards, sometimes key-holing many shots.
My question is, when I shot my buck this season(at 40 yds.), the slug went right through the deer and clipped a tree behind him! I never had this happen to me before. The deer jumped about 2' and ran for 50 yards and collapsed. This is also the first time that I've never dropped a deer in his tracks. When I opened up the deer, his heart was 3/4 blown away! Shouldn't this Lightfield Hybred Exp slug expanded better and not gone straight through the deer? I used to use Federal Super Slugs in my 35 year old Mossberg 500 pump with C-lect choke and always had the deer fall at the spot that I shot him.
I think I need to change the type of slugs that I'm using. What do you guys think? I've got plenty of time to try different brands of slugs because deer season ends on Tuesday.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
My question is, when I shot my buck this season(at 40 yds.), the slug went right through the deer and clipped a tree behind him! I never had this happen to me before. The deer jumped about 2' and ran for 50 yards and collapsed. This is also the first time that I've never dropped a deer in his tracks. When I opened up the deer, his heart was 3/4 blown away! Shouldn't this Lightfield Hybred Exp slug expanded better and not gone straight through the deer? I used to use Federal Super Slugs in my 35 year old Mossberg 500 pump with C-lect choke and always had the deer fall at the spot that I shot him.
I think I need to change the type of slugs that I'm using. What do you guys think? I've got plenty of time to try different brands of slugs because deer season ends on Tuesday.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.