Best replacement for Remington Buckhammers

[rickt300]

I started using Brennekes in my 20 gauge USH and they worked pretty good for me knocking off several feral hogs and one doe. However the Buckhammers in either length were more accurate and seemed to thump things better. I felt the Brennekes were not going as fast as advertized but the Buckhammers were pretty close to advertized velocity.

[luckydawg13]

give the Remington copper solids a try they shot great in my 870 i think i shot
about 6 deer with them all DRT

[Matt3357]

Why are you wanting to change from the Buckhammers?  They are cheap, accurate and hammer down on whatever you hit with them.

Matt

[SwampThing762]

best replacement slugs would be the Lyman sabot shotgun slugs, 525 grains in 12 gauge and 350 grains in 20 gauge.  A 350 grain projectile with a velocity of 1400 fps smacks a deer or hog with 1523 ft lbs of kinetic energy per square inch at the point of impact -- harder than a 44 magnum.  In short, it delivers serious smackdown power.

Also, the Lyman sabot shotgun slugs can be loaded into standard shotshell hulls and fold crimped.   A 25-pack of the Lyman loads would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $7.50 as opposed to 10.00 or so for 5 rounds.     

I load Lyman 525 grain slugs into a Remmy Gun Club hull with a Win 209 primer, WAA12 wad, and 25 grains of Herco.   It tears the insides out of Florida's demon swampwalkers.

Hope this helps.

ST762

[blind ear]

Why are you wanting to change from the Buckhammers?  They are cheap, accurate and hammer down on whatever you hit with them.

Matt

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They are gone
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[rickt300]

I hear the Buckhammers are discontinued and need a similarly priced slug load. I have enough for this year probably but next year I am going to be testing slugs again.

[Matt3357]

Holy cow, never heard about them being discontinued.  I always thought they were great slugs.  The only complaints I ever heard was about recoil.  I wonder why they were discontinued.  They were about the only inexpensive slug I could find that shot well at 100 yards.  I moved on to Accu-tips for less recoil and flatter trajectory but started out with the buckhammers in my ultra slug hunter.

Matt

[Deerhunter#1]

federal power shok shoot better than anything in my 20 guage usg and can be has for 6 dollars a box

[kerndog]

federal power shok shoot better than anything in my 20 guage usg and can be has for 6 dollars a box

     I second that ! I switched to these , and they shoot as good as the buckhammers did, i just have not killed anything with them yet.

[DeerSlayer777]

Lightfield slugs

[JimG]

Not cheap but Lightfield Hybred EXP.

[spikehorn]

Best advice i ever got with a rifled slug was to buy as many different brands of sabots as possible and then shoot for group size. Once you find the ones your gun likes to shoot stick with them.

[Muddyboots]

Rich Knoster sells DIY slug kit which is identical design to the Buckhammers. Or should I say his design was out years before Big Green came out with the Buckhammer. I've been shooting his slugs for about 15 years and pretty much get one hole groups at 50 yds with them. Easy to reload, cost effective, accurate, and gets the job done. Or you can buy them as Rottweil now reloads them commercially. Here is his link if interested.
http://www.slugsrus.com/
Muddy

[slughunter 45]

hello there is a new dunhams  sporting goods here in nc they have a lot of the remington buckhammers  12 and 20 i bought a few boxs to day

[alleyyooper]

I still find it hard to believe that almost a year (12-25-11) after I seen the first post that buck hammers slugs are no more Remington still list them on their web site.
I guess I should take the time and call them and ask the horse what the real deal is rather than relie on so and so company doesn't have them in stock.
I know I was in a gun shop two weeks ago to buy some pistol ammo and they had 2 3/4 inch 20ga and 3 inch 12 ga in stock on the shelf.
But I really don't need to as I bought enough to last the rest of my life last winter (12-28-11). Maybe a well spent dime for some one who doesn't have any to spend to see if the rumor is true?
 
    Al