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Offline od green

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20 ga for deer
« on: November 27, 2004, 04:00:59 AM »
i'm looking for info or idea's concerning getting a 20 ga slug gun for my son or me ( i'm not getting any younger ). I'm thinking about the win 1300 or mossberg 500 with rifled barrel. How's the accuracy and ballistic's out to 100 rads? Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2004, 08:16:51 AM »
I picked up a Mossburg 500 Youth a year ago for my 14 year old Grandson and didn't get the rifled barrel. His has the smooth-bore w/3-chokes and I picked up a x-full Hastings turkey choke. He primarily was looking for a turkey gun and I put on some firesights.  I haven't had enough time to zero it in so far with foster slugs, but sure is a dandy pump with the receiver safety on top and wouldn't mind one myself in 20 gauge!  It will do a fine job and it has a time-honored design.

Personally, I wouldn't bother getting a rifled barrel since shotgun only hunting areas generally are not appropriate for hunters shooting over 75 yds. when there are houses and barns and people/domestic animals in the way.

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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2004, 10:43:32 AM »
20 ga. is plenty good enough for deer.  I bought a Pardner 20 youth model for my grandson a few years ago.  That pardner has taken 5 deer with 5 shots using winchester foster slugs and bead sight only. It works just fine out to about 70 yds or so. I say 70 because that has been the longest shot at a deer so far. It will group well enough to shoot farther but I'm not sure about energy .
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2004, 05:39:13 AM »
I've found the 20 gauge to be more than satisfactory for deer, as evidenced by this year's hunt.

I shot this button buck at around 60 yards using the Remington Copper Saboted round, and it never took another step.

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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2004, 11:11:25 AM »
Even the Mossberg in smoothbore with foster slugs will do OK to about 75 yards, but 100+ yards is scope, rifled barrel, and sabot slug territory.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2004, 12:56:21 PM »
Lady I work with popped an 8 point buck this year with her Mossburg 500 Youth 20 ga. with a rifled barrel.  She used the Barnes Expander Sabot.  She said the buck dropped at the shot.  Probably around 30-40 yds.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2004, 02:59:14 PM »


20GA ULTRASLUG
FEDERAL EXPANDER SLUGS

i would never go back to a 12ga sluggun.with the 20ga slugs that are out there today you dont need a 12ga.
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2004, 01:02:52 PM »
I would use a 20 gauge. With the right barrel and ammo their pretty effective. Check these two out!

Remington

PREMIER® CORE-LOKT® ULTRA BONDED SABOT SLUGS
  Index No. Gauge Shell Length Slug Wt.
 
New! PR20CLU 20 2 3/4" 260-gr.
 
BALLISTICS  
Index No. Velocity (fps) Energy (ft-lb) Drop (in.)
********Muz.** 50*100**Muz.*50**100**50*100*150
 PR20CLU 1900 1750 1615 2084 1774 1506 2.0 2.7 0.0†
 † 0.0 indicates yardage at which shotgun was sighted in.
 

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260g Sabot SLUG
Product Symbol: SSP20
 Shell Length:  2-3/4 Velocity:  1900 fps @ 3 ft.
Powder Dram Equiv:  N/A Shot Size:  Sabot

 Description:  New for 2000, check out the Supreme® Partition Gold® Slug, along with our Supreme® HI-IMPACT® Sabot Slug, the Super-X®Hollow Point Rifled Slugs or Super-X BRI® Sabot Slug
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