REMINGTON "SLUGGER " SLUGS 12 ga-23/4" vel 1560-1oz.

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FOLKS ,
I bought a few boxes of these slugs to try in a rifled barrel . The box top stated that they only had a 4.8" drop @ 100 yds. & the other slugs had a drop of 10" . It also stated that these would give optimum performance in " rifled barrels & barrels with rifled choke tubes " .I tried some & shot low about 3.5" & left about the same at 60 yards . My barrel was designed for the BRI sabot & states so right on the barrel. The next group of these slugs shot 7 shots in a jaged hole  OR  I missed the paper altogether with 1 or 2 & keyholed one !! Hence the LARGE -3" hole group !
When I took a shell apart it was not a sabot & it had a plastic spacer over the over powder wad right under a soft lead foster type hollow base slug. Could this unattached plastic 1/4" spacer be different & make a slug drop 4.8" vs 10" /
I need a little help on this . I know what Remingtons sight FAQ states -but lets get some real life answers.
Thank you all in advance for your time & help.
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The "sluggers" are not Sabots,  you will not get the same accuracy.  They are the foster style slugs.  Believe it or not I use the Brenneke K.O.s out of my rifled and smoothbore barrel with an I.C. choke and I achieve good accuracy.  1.5-2" groups with the smoothbore barrel at 50 yards.  About the same for the rifled barrel with a 2.5 power scope on the cantilever mount. I have a Mossberg 500 12 GA. combo with the ported barrels. Hope this helps.

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One more thing.  With the rifled barrel the accuracy is the same but at 100 yards instead of 50.

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           What make barrel do you have?

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I have a " PENNSYLVANIA ARMS " slug barrel made for the old BRI sabot slugs-now made by Winchester. The barrel was sold by a shister named John Tannis in Duryetha PA . He took a lot a folks money for these barrels ( and 870/model 37 ) set up for slug shooting. They were/are accurate & this was WWAAYY before ANYBODY was marketing rifled slug barrels-not REM-Ithaca-nobody.At the time pie plate accuracy was the standard at 50 yards with smooth bores -even "buck barrel " smooth bores.
I got my barrel from the fellow that chased Tannis for the gun & later sold just the barrel to me .
This American barrel company seems to be hot right now-all they need to do is get a few mfg slugs to shoot & it will be the barrel of choice. They told me yesterday the were getting some great results with the 20 gauge.I just orderd an 870 Express with cant.mount in 20 .
Just remember that no matter how accurate you can shoot paper at whatever distance you still need the energy to be up to around 1000 to make a clean shoot on a WT Deer-this is of course with GOOD SHOT PLACEMENT.
Hope this helps.
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