Author Topic: brenneke k.o. slugs in a 20ga smooth-bore !!!!! (Read 1309 times)

gendoc · « **on:** June 28, 2009, 06:50:54 AM »

these things really do a great job...
groups around 1.5-2" @ 50yrds and 100 !!!!!!! with compensated elevation....
rifled slugs that create its own spin, cool !!!!!!!
very good slugs for a smoothy
i was amazed at the accurracy.
less than $5 for 5 rounds........

burntmuch · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2009, 06:54:42 AM »

Good for you the saot slugs are pricey. I may be trying some in my 12 tracker I

Dinny · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2009, 09:58:52 AM »

I've also had great accuracy with the Brenneke slugs from a 20ga smoothbore. I think the ones I have are an older model, if my memory serves me well, they were all the Brenneke Rotweil slugs. I like the gear-like hole they leave in paper. They are hard on deer too, kills with authority.

~Dinny

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:00:29 PM »

Take one of those old Rotweillers apart you may be surprised there is a cardboard wad that is held to the bottom of the slug with a phillips screw. Those Brennekes are an awsome round but hard as all heck. The 2 3/4 inch are way plenty and the 3" will just plain tear you up.Kurt

WNY_Whitetailer · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:13:45 PM »

Quote from: burntmuch on June 28, 2009, 06:54:42 AM

Good for you the saot slugs are pricey. I may be trying some in my 12 tracker I

At the price he paid, he isn't using the saboted version of the KO slug...Besides, you wouldn't want to waste the money on sabots in a smooth bore anyway...Just flushing money down the drain.

I shoot the 12GA Brenneke KO Sabots out of my Rem 870 with great consistency and accuracy...I love them. I can usually find them for cheaper than the other hot rod sabots on the market. They hit like a ton of bricks too...Hence the name KO...

Dinny · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:25:18 PM »

Quote from: PHATINJUN on June 28, 2009, 01:00:29 PM

Take one of those old Rotweillers apart you may be surprised there is a cardboard wad that is held to the bottom of the slug with a phillips screw. Those Brennekes are an awsome round but hard as all heck. The 2 3/4 inch are way plenty and the 3" will just plain tear you up.Kurt

I don't know about cutting one open. I only have 4 or 5 boxes of those left from years past. I think once they're gone, they're gone. Right? I plan on making each and every one of them count. However they are constructed, they sure do work well in my Win 1200. Hopefully I won't have to use alot of them now that I got a H&R ULSH. I agree 100% about how hard and effective they are.

Thanks, Dinny

gendoc · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:35:14 PM »

hey dinny,
try a box of the new ones....there very accuracy consistant.
and they still put the "gear like" impression on paper.
you can hear it hit the 1/2" plywood back behind the target @ 100YRDS.... WHACK !!!!!!!

Dinny · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2009, 01:58:37 PM »

Quote from: gendoc on June 28, 2009, 01:35:14 PM

hey dinny,
try a box of the new ones....there very accuracy consistant.
and they still put the "gear like" impression on paper.
you can hear it hit the 1/2" plywood back behind the target @ 100YRDS.... WHACK !!!!!!!

I'll do that, always worth trying. I wonder what the deer think for that brief second before they die. "Was I just hit by a gear?"

Thanks, Dinny

myarmor · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2009, 03:34:55 PM »

I have used the 12ga K.O.'s and they pack a hell of a punch. Some very hard lead too

defintely a bone braker!

-Aaron

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2009, 05:48:01 PM »

I'll have to take a picture for you one of these days when I'm out at camp there are 3or4 of them sittin in the window sill that were recovered from both deer and trees

Kurt

Rustyinfla · « **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2009, 06:30:00 PM »

You've recovered slugs from a deer? Everyone I've ever shot has been a complete pass through.

blackpowderbill · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2009, 07:23:11 PM »

I use them in the 12 gauge rendition in my cut down High Standard pump. Great stuff, they will consistantly hit a bowling pin at 100 yrds if I do my part. Some of the newer ones I have got use a plastic attatched wad in leu of felt but they shoot the same. BTW, S and B seem to be a close copy of the Brennekes and they shoot to the same poa, at least for me. I never mess with Forster type slugs anymore.

MSP Ret · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2009, 12:54:02 AM »

Dinny, you are correct about the older Brenneke Rottweil slugs (the MP model IIRC), they were GREAT (are great, still have a few boxes I am saving also), much more accurate in my guns than the new KO slugs....<><....

Dinny · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2009, 02:13:26 AM »

MSP Ret,
Thanks for your thoughts. I am only going to use that gun/slug combo for shorter ranges. I don't want to waste what little of those slugs I have at the range re-zeroing my gun. 25-50yds max. I'm hoping to zero it with one box or less, wish me luck.

Thanks, Dinny

MSP Ret · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2009, 06:02:30 AM »

best of luck buddy, and be sure to boresight it first, always works for me....<><....

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2009, 06:37:36 AM »

Rusty here's a pic of 2 Buckhammers that were recovered 2 yrs ago. Also in the pic is the Rotweiller MP that Andy spoke of they worked great in the smooth bore and an Active that I have not seen for a few yrs but they were very accurate in thier day also. I will post a picture of the early Rotwiellers I spoke of that were what I will call the original I believe before the MP's came out that they were imported and the MP's and later are all US made. They are out at camp and may be able to get out there over the 4th. Kurt

PS we got some big deer up here and it's not like we recover a lot of them but I got maybe a 1/2 doz in the past 25+yrs . I would of thrown out the BuckHammers had I had to trail both those deer very far and found them just under the hide but they both dropped in thier tracks and they shoot well out of the Ultragon rifling.

Rustyinfla · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2009, 11:53:01 AM »

Kurt, did all of those stop in game?

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:26:26 PM »

No the Active and the Rotweiller MP are both unshot the Buckhammers were recovered. but one of the Rotweillers at camp is in about the same shape as the one in the pic. They are hard lead. Kurt

gendoc · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:48:48 PM »

i can't wait ta see a k.o. after it hits tha steel plate of a hawgs front shoulder!!!!!!

come'n soon.........
i bet it won't pass thru that!!!

myarmor · « **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2009, 02:28:08 PM »

It may not pass through, but I would be a betting man to say it would shatter it like glass

I wish I could have tried some of those Rotweillers they have been talking about. They look awesome as well.

gendoc · « **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2009, 03:06:52 PM »

cord'n to some articles i've read bout'um, theres not much difference in performance....

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2009, 03:44:42 AM »

gendoc I believe you are right can't wait to see your report .I think I would take the KO over the Dangerous game slug on a hogs plate but think this other Dixie slug would give the KO a little run. Kurt

DG 385gr slug on left Dixie 500gr on right both these are very hard also.

Dinny · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2009, 03:53:02 AM »

Quote from: PHATINJUN on July 01, 2009, 03:44:42 AM

"but think this other Dixie slug would give the KO a little run". Kurt

I would bet that the Dixie has no peer. They are lethal within their intended range. I wouldn't hesitate to use their 12ga in Africa even on a charging elephant. Big hogs have fallen lifeless to their lethality. Pm me for references.

~Dinny

PHATINJUN · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2009, 07:18:16 AM »

I just wish I could find the right mix to make them work better in my ULSH. I think what I am gonna do is try and work up a load for them in one of my smooth bores. I bought like 300 of them as they were being discontinued I just can't get a shell to shell consistentcy from them even though I take great care in doing every thing the same while hand loading them should be a little easier to come up with a good 60-75 yrd range load for the smooth bores though.Where the 100yrds may be a stretch for the 500gr chunk even out of the rifling. Kurt

Dinny · « **Reply #24 on:** July 01, 2009, 08:28:34 AM »

Sometime this month the 20ga slugs will be offered for sale as "factory" loads. Watch the website. I will order 5 boxes and post the shooting results from my ULSH sometime this winter after I redeploy stateside.

www.dixieslugs.com

~Dinny

gendoc · « **Reply #25 on:** July 01, 2009, 01:55:28 PM »

since last weekend, i'm build'n up a 12 scatter fer my boy.. hell, hesa 27 now
fer some reason, i still call'um my boy

we had such a gud time shoot'n tha 20, he said "its time ta build a 12"
orderd coupla few boxes, and its fix'n ta be on !!!!!!!!!!!!
we get'n redi fer dem hawgs !!!!!!!!!!