long distance, ultra 20 shooting

[little red]

How far can you accurately shoot an ultra 20 slug gun and what bullet are you useing?

[3s3k]

littlered;

I have shot consistantly 2-3inch groups at 125yds with 20ga ush using Remington Ultra Core-Lokts or Barnes Expanders 5/8oz ,possibly could go out alittle further with a more  powerfull scope ,that being said most of my hunting under 100yds so I stick with Lightfield Hybred Exp's just as accurate to 100yds and a lot cheaper.GL

[cidermann52]

I have been using the Federal Barnes expanders at 100 yards and have grouped them at 1"to 2"apart. They are very consistant and I actually took a deer last year at about 100 yards and he dropped in his tracks .I would not hesitate at 125 to 150 yards depending on the conditions and a good quality scope.

[buckslayer]

first, i can't say enough about these heavy barrel 20 ga. guns!!!!!! now, about your question, first you have to find a slug that shoots in your gun. i have a ultra 20 ga. and i bought 3 kinds of slugs to start with. remington cor lokt ultra 260 gr, winchester partition gold 260 gr, and federal EXpander 5/8 oz 3''. the rems and the wins wouldlt group inside 6'' at 50 yds :eek:  :eek: then i put the federals in the same hole (3 shots) at 50 yds. since then, after finding the slug my gun shoots good i have shot (3/4") groups at 100 yds and 2" at 125 and 2.5-3.5" at 150 yds. the trick is fiding the slug that shoots good in yours. some body else probley shoots same hole w/ winchester or remington and won't group the federals worth a darn :eek:  ya just gotta fing the slug. these 20 ga. slugs(sabot slug over 1600 fps) also have plenty of power to take the biggest deer out to 200 yds!.

[ispin9s]

I also shoot the Federal 3 inchers in my ultra 20 ga.  I tried the lightfields, rem. core lkt, and the win. partition golds.  Best I found were the federals.  I get some 1" groups at 100 yards but most are 1-2".  My group expands to 3" at 150.  I'm not saying I can shoot like this in a hunting situation but I wouldn't hesitate with a 150 yard shot.  Good luck! I hope you don't have to go through more than a 100 dollars worth of slugs like I did.