I need a slug recomendation!

[dovehunter]

I agree with both fabsroman and Mr. 16 Gage. If you want to use your drilling, forget slugs and concentrate on finding the right buckshot load or get a cheap dedicated slug gun like the NEF Pardner or maybe Mossberg 500 pump. I still say if you're back in the thick stuff you're better of with buckshot anyway and, if you can legally use it, you always have the rifle barrel's backup for distant shots and it should certainly be better for that and more accurate than slugs anyway.

[Dutchman01]

Well, boys I really appreciate your responses. It's good to know I can't expect slugs to shoot to the same poi from both barrels. Since I'm going to be hunting in such thick heavy country I think I'll pack some of all of the above. I'll use the slugs I presently have for the full choke barrel. Six inches to the right at 50 yards is workable. I'll try some other slugs next year and see if I can do better. I'll use my modified barrel for buckshot. It does pretty good at 50 yards as well. I'll probably use the federal 06's I have this season since they group well and shoot poi. I'll work up a better load after this season. In short I'll just use a little of everything ya'll suggested.

[fabsroman]

A little of everything can usually get the job done. Good luck.

[skeet]

what regulated meant in the Constitution. They shot muskets that were about the size of our 12 ga.. They had to regulate(well regulated i.e. well aimed) the sights to hit where the ball went. Actually Dutchman that gun shoots pretty well considering. SxS rifles were always regulated with shims etc to get them to shoot to the approx same point of aim at least with one load. The rest of the loads they might have used were Kaintucky windage types. You found out where they shot and lived with it. That is why most SxS rifles were dangerous game guns. Regulated to shoot the big thumpers and at not all that long of ranges. Being this was a shotgun the shot shoots to approx the same points at 40 yds. If'n I was hunting that thick cover you're talking about and want to use the Drilling(too purdy) I load her up and go. A long shot will probably be 25-30 yds. Well within the angle of deer or hog..er whatever you be goin after.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by skeet

what regulated meant in the Constitution. They shot muskets that were about the size of our 12 ga.. They had to regulate(well regulated i.e. well aimed) the sights to hit where the ball went. Actually Dutchman that gun shoots pretty well considering. SxS rifles were always regulated with shims etc to get them to shoot to the approx same point of aim at least with one load. The rest of the loads they might have used were Kaintucky windage types. You found out where they shot and lived with it. That is why most SxS rifles were dangerous game guns. Regulated to shoot the big thumpers and at not all that long of ranges. Being this was a shotgun the shot shoots to approx the same points at 40 yds. If'n I was hunting that thick cover you're talking about and want to use the Drilling(too purdy) I load her up and go. A long shot will probably be 25-30 yds. Well within the angle of deer or hog..er whatever you be goin after.

Well....life's just too damn short to hunt with ugly firearms.

[skeet]

Originally Posted by Dutchman01

Well....life's just too damn short to hunt with ugly firearms.

Naw...lifes too short to make a pretty gun ugly. I'd still get me an ol 870 with either a slug bbl or a skeet bbl and use it. easier to shoot..and ya don't have to worry bout makin it a beat up gun..

[fabsroman]

Yeah, I would lose sleep putting a scratch in one of my pretty guns. Worrying about taking care of the gun while hunting makes hunting less enjoyable for me. I like my hunting guns to take a licking without showing it too much.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by skeet

Naw...lifes too short to make a pretty gun ugly. I'd still get me an ol 870 with either a slug bbl or a skeet bbl and use it. easier to shoot..and ya don't have to worry bout makin it a beat up gun..

I guess it depends on whether you use or abuse it. My drilling will certainly be used but I won't abuse it. Most drillings you see have been heavily used. That's why they were made in the first place.