The self-adjusting Active Valve System in the Winchester SX shotguns has been tested by time and will take some of the felt recoil out of heavy slug loads, which is always a blessing.
Paired with the right ammo, this shotgun is a legitimate yard gun. This is largely due to a bolt-action design — other shotguns are usually pumps or semi-autos, and these actions can allow too much play in the bore, chamber and throat for rifle-like accuracy. The button-rifled, inch matte-blued carbon-steel barrel is drilled and tapped for mounting a scope, and the magazine is a detachable box that holds two rounds.
The Stoeger line of semi-autos has been around a while — long enough to earn a reputation of reliability and a lot of gun for the price. The R slug variant has a inch rifled barrel with a rate of twist and a cantilever scope mount. Save my name and email to use for future comments. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Forgot your password? Get help.
Password recovery. Gun Digest. Winchester Supreme Elite Partition Gold Sabot Slugs 3-inch grain deliver a mean foot pounds of retained energy at yards. Traditional soft points fired from a classic lever-action. Modern slug ammo comes in two basic types: sabot and rifled, although there are many variations within both types. Foster-type rifled slugs are engineered with a short, blunt lead bullet. These projectiles achieve decent accuracy, not through ballistic spin, but with the same aerodynamic design as a badminton birdie.
With a solid front and hollow rear, the forward weight balance delivers reasonable accuracy, just like a shuttlecock. Brenneke, Buckhammer, and other rifled slugs greatly resemble Foster slugs, but with one very significant difference. These slug designs incorporate an attached wad. The attached wad creates a heavier assembly, increasing retained energy and producing better flight stability, thus delivering better accuracy and knock-down power.
With the relatively recent introduction of shotguns with rifled barrels, ammo manufacturers developed the sabot slug. Sabot slugs feature a solid projectile encased in a removable sabot. The slug continues to spin in flight, stabilizing trajectory for better accuracy, especially over longer distances.
Sabot slugs consistently group well, even at yards, offering the accuracy needed to ensure quick and humane big game kills. You can learn a lot more about this ammo in our rifled slugs vs sabot slugs guide here. Picking a slug gun really boils down to what fits you and your hunting style. Consider what type of hunting you do, as well as what type of firearm you can confidently handle. When possible, take a few models for a test run on the range to get the feel for shooting them.
At the very least, be sure to shoulder a few showroom models to see how well you handle the length and weight. Make sure the stock fits well on your shoulder, presenting a well-aligned and clear sight picture. With a slug gun, you may have to hold your firearm on target to pull off a solid steady shot.
This is quite different from hunting with buckshot or birdshot, where quick shots are taken on the fly. For this reason, you want to choose a gun that is well-balanced and easy to shoulder for longer periods of time. There are basically three different types of shotgun barrels to choose from: smoothbore with any choke , smoothbore with a screw-in rifled choke, and a fully rifled barrel.
To get the best performance out of your slug gun, you need to match the type of slug ammo with the right barrel style. Features: Duck hunters are famous for abusing their guns. Ask a duck hunter what semi-automatic shotgun can take the punishment without balking, and they will say a Super Black Eagle. The SBE II Slug Gun is built on the same principles but adds a specially designed, heavy-walled, twist rifled barrel that stabilizes slugs and sabot-encased bullets for excellent downrange results.
This is easily a dead-to-rights yard gun every time, at a minimum. The receiver is drilled and tapped to accept a Weaver 93A or M scope base. Features: There's something special about hunting with a beautiful gun. Combine the esthetics of a gorgeous walnut buttstock and forearm with a great price tag and excellent accuracy, and you create firearm value that can't be beat.
Weatherby's PA pump hunts birds with you in the early fall, then converts into a hard-hitting slug gun when you change over from the chrome-lined inch smoothbore barrel to a rifled and cantilevered inch slug barrel for deer season. The cantilever mount means your scope is automatically "on" with the barrel when you switch over; no need to sight-in again.
You get three choke tubes improved cylinder, modified and full for the bird barrel. Features: Great accuracy hinges upon proper gun fit, and Mossberg's FLEX Slugster pump lets you customize the shotgun to your own body dimensions. The proprietary FLEX four-position adjustable hunting stock lets you change the length of pull to fit your body and shooting style, or accommodate more or fewer clothes on cold or mild days. The system would also let you "grow" the gun as a young shooter matures.
In addition, a dual comb insert allows for proper eye alignment with your scope. A fully rifled and cantilevered inch barrel takes care of the shooting business with real accuracy. Other FLEX accessories, and replacement barrels, let you do most anything else with this versatile hunting machine. Features: If you're looking for a value-priced autoloading slug gun that shoots well and performs reliably, look to the Mossberg It's not a big kicker — Mossberg's dual gas-vent system and ported barrel really cut felt recoil, which means you won't flinch.
The BPS fits that bill with a proven design. It's also a good choice for a left-handed shooter. This bolt-action slug gun was a peer to the early Browning A-Bolts and Savage Model s in the mid- to late 90s, although it is now no longer available. Like many Marlin firearms, it was made for performance and durability, without all the pricey frills. A simple birch stock with pressed checkering and blued barrel are as pretty as it gets.
Best Fit: Used Slugmasters can be had for a reasonable price when you find one. It would make a good, affordable first bolt-action slug gun, and a fine open-country slug gun for shooting from a blind or stand. The oddly shaped Mossberg was not built for beauty. It was built for deer camp, truck beds and rainy afternoon stands. It descends from a line of Mossberg bolt-action shotguns that are decades old. It kicks like … well, like a bolt-action 12 gauge slug gun. The has a love-hate following among owners and former owners.
Some rave about its accuracy; others wail about its inconsistency. If you can find the former, see if you can take it off his hands, because you'll never feel bad about dragging it through briars or resting it on the tailgate.
Best Fit: If you're deal-maker and happen to stumble across one, pick it up. Even if you don't like it, the will make a fine backup. Just be sure and do some research on your specific gun. Mossberg issued a safety recall on some s. Check out the details before you ever load it up. Hunting big game with a rifle is not permitted in many parts of the country. Gun hunters in those areas are left to tote shotguns that are usually better suited to dumping grouse at close quarters than collecting venison at longer range.
A modern saboted shotgun load is perfectly capable of delivering lethal performance at distances well beyond yards. But can you put that projectile where it needs to go? Shotguns are not rifles. Barrels are easily removed and tolerances aren't tight where it slides into the receiver. It vibrates," Klotz explains.
Klotz developed his pinning process about 35 years ago. He drills a hole through the side of the receiver and through the shank of the barrel, then inserts an Allen head screw to about five threads deep.
The result is a barrel that doesn't wiggle. The high polish in the bore after lapping helps minimize plastic buildup from sabots, which can degrade accuracy. Extending the forcing cone gives the slug a better transition into the rifling, Klotz says. It is nearly impossible to shoot well with the creepy 8-pound triggers typical of most production shotguns. Klotz doesn't believe in barrels with cantiliver scope mounts.
There wasn't one available, so we designed our own," Klotz says. The Da Mar mount uses six screws three per side , and each screw is located on the sides of the receiver where the metal is thickest.
It features a Weaver-style rail and rings.
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