Gowge, those predator slugs sure look mean. Have you ever shot them yourself? If so what were your results from rifled and smoothbore barrels? Thanks....<><.... :grin:
These slugs and specialty loads were designed with dangerous game in mind - like BIG Wild Boars and BEARS, etc.
The power is awesome. They'll split hardwood logs at close range. Recoil ain't exactly for mild mannered shooters. If you're shooting a single shot with rifled barrel, you'll get exceptional accuracy with predictable drop, shot after shot, but if your gun is a lightweight model, beware of the recoil - it's like shooting any 3" HEAVY Magnum Load. IF you choose to use a repeater like a Remington 870, it's best to fix the rifled barrel to the action with a product like Brownell's Acra-Glas so the barrel won't move around.
I'm thinkin' to get a SxS 12ga for the Predator slugs & Tri-Ball Loads. There's a new "Express Style" SxS being imported right now that has an "Express Rifle Style" ribbed sight and front sight like a British Double Rifle, but it's a smoothbore 12ga. Strictly for ranges maybe to 50 yards, it would be killer down here in the Swamps for big BOAR Hawgs & the big ol' Swamp Bucks that hardly ever come out to high ground in daylight.
There's three specialty 12ga loads available from Dixie Slugs that might interest hunters who frequent really thick forests and swamps where they might encounter dangerous animals. The Original Terminator Slug is HUGE - downright MASSIVE @ 750gr.
The meplat or flat on the nose is a ½" in diameter on both the Terminator and the Predator. Only difference, is the Predator is slightly hollowed on the bottom so the skirt will spread a tiny bit in smoothbores to help seal the gasses. This is more efficient than the attached plastic wads and other gimmicks used by some manufacturers. Predator is 653gr vs the 750gr of the Terminator and it's usable in either cylinder smoothbore to .725" chokes, or fully rifled barrels.
These high performance slugs are no more expensive than other premium shotgun slug ammo. I think for some particular uses, they're far superior. The Tri-Ball Load is three 57 caliber round lead balls in a shotcup that holds a surprisingly tight pattern to 100 yards from some fully rifled barrels! A paper plate is a pretty good target for slug guns. IF you can keep your slugs or shot on a paper plate, you have effective hunting accuracy. We just have to keep in mind the limitations of ourselves and our guns. Just 'cos you can SEE an animal in the scope doesn't mean you can shoot it well enough to kill it cleanly. Whether you believe in Taylor's KO Factor or whatever, a 1½ or 1¾oz slug, or TWO OUNCES of musket balls hitting an animal like a deer or bear at close range is devastating. Figure the Terminator would rake a Bear or Buffalo from end to end. At only about 100gr less weight, the Predator is just about equally as impressive.
For anyone not familiar with 57 caliber musket balls, these things are about 290gr each. Stack three into a 3" shotgun shell and you can imagine how they'll rip & tear thru any animal.
The load was originally called the "Hog Cruncher Load" - Kills'em, Guts'em & Skins'em in one shot!
http://www.dixieslugs.com/triball.htmlAMAZING STUFF![/size]
