Shotgun slugs versus muzzle-loaders

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Originally Posted by muskrat30

A little old but a question many ponder. I strongly favor a quality in-line over a slug barreled shotgun. If I was in the rain or extreme weather I MAY take the shotgun. I tested both extensively last Fall before an IL deer hunt. They were a 12ga Browning Gold & a Knight Disc. The Knight shot much better(Blackhorn 209, 250 SST) than the shotgun. I took both on my hunt but never uncased the shotgun. I took 5 deer with 5 shots on 2 different hunt periods, 1 buck & 4 QDM anterless. One usually has to fiddle more with the M-L to get it ready & do the cleanup, but once on the stand it's worth it. YMMV

You also understand that not all shotguns are the same. So, comparing a single shotgun to a single muzzeloader is sort of a poor comparison. Same goes for my comparison. I've only ever shot 2 slug guns and a single muzzleloader. 1 slug gun is well above my muzzleloader in preference, and the muzzleloader is well above the other slug gun in preference.

For a comparison to be valid, we would need to take 5 of the top of the line slug guns and compare them to 5 of the top of the line muzzleloaders, or do a comparison of the slug guns and muzzleloaders amongst themselves and then take the winner of each category and compare them against each other.