Author Topic: Tracker II barrels (Read 989 times)

hoghunter2 · « **on:** April 29, 2004, 10:12:23 AM »

Does anyone out here own the Tracker II 20 gauge barrel. If so what type of groups are you shooting and how far do you shoot with it. I think that i am going to buy one.

VarmintController · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2004, 12:50:46 PM »

well my son uses a tracker2 20ga for deer, the one he shot last fall dropped where it stood at about 75 yrds. now his has a williams peep sight on the rear, and the factory one is in the trash somewhere. that is how it was when i bought it. but after trying a 12ga tracker2 myself, i can see why it was replaced. the peep is much better!!!!!!!!!! this one will hold great groups at 80yrds and 3-5 inch groups at 100. now that is off a bench, free hand i get like 6-8 inch groups, but that is all me, not the gun. if you want a slug thrower with open sights, and you want to keep your shoulder intact, then this is a great gun with plenty of power using the new sabots. matter a fact i hear great things about the new 20ga buckhammer from remington.

044 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:37:28 PM »

I drilled and tapped my 20ga and put a simmons pro diamond 4x on top.I`ve been using lightfield slugs and can touch them at 50 yards.I helped a friend sight in a 20 with the winchester platnium slugs and was really impressed.The next day he shot a nice 10 pt. right through the shoulder and the bullet performed PERFECT.After seeing that I wouldn`t be afriad to take a 100 yard at all.The nice thing about the 20 is there is alot of material to drill and tap into,with no worry of breaking into the chamber.Griz

Moonlitin · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2004, 10:45:34 AM »

Is anyone using the Tracker II rifle sights that come standard with the barrel?

My son and I have been squirrel hunting with air rifles for the last couple of years. This year, he'll be old enough to hunt small game with a firearm, or deer with bow. We've frequently seen deer in the past while we were squirrel hunting, so now he wants me to bring a few slugs along while we're squirrel hunting during the firearm deer season "just in case we see a deer". Mama would be proud of us if we brought home a deer instead of a few squirrels!

I wouldn't want to spend a lot of money for that kind of casual deer hunting, but for $58 and shipping, the rifled Tracker II barrel has got to be way more accurate than a slug out of a modified choke smooth bore. I guess for two weeks I could let him shoot all the squirrels and I could be there with my Pardner/Tracker II "just in case". Don't you just love the way a 12 year old thinks?

Moonlitin

DaveH · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2004, 05:29:52 AM »

Yes I have both a 12 ga and 20 ga tracker and both are open sights. The sights aren't the best in the world but with pratice you can get good groups out to 75 yrds.

MSP Ret · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2004, 05:38:25 AM »

Dave, good to see your post. I agree with you about the effectiveness of bead sights with slugs. They may not be the best but a competent shot should be able to effectively shoot a good smoothbore slug match out to 75 yards. How are things going over there?...<><.... :grin:

Moonlitin · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2004, 06:10:24 AM »

MSP Ret, the Tracker II barrels have rifle sights on them instead of a bead. I'm guessing that accuracy has got to be significantly better with the rifle sights on a rifled slug barrel than the bead sight on a modified choke barrrel. Is that a true statement?

Thanks

Moonlitin

DaveH · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2004, 06:15:26 AM »

Hey MSP Things are busy around here we have really stepped up our patrols. No more squad level patrols we are going in platoon or company level now. Seems as soon as we did that they stopped trying to ambush us

Wonder why that is ? LOL
The Kurds are good people they hate Sadam as much or more then we do. Anytime we capture a EPW all we have to do is tell them we are turning them over to the kurds if they don't start talking and man after that you can't shut them up.....

take care and keep the faith.

MSP Ret · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2004, 07:18:14 AM »

Dave, glad to hear things are going well for you. To bad we could not some of this countries liberals to go out for a patrol or 2 with you and your buddies, they would soon see we were the good guys...Moonlitin, you are correct and I misread Daves first post. I thought he was refering to bead sights and smothbores. Yes rilfe sights and rifled barrels are capable of more accuracy than bead sights and smoothbores but even with bead sights alone a good shotgun - slug combination being shot be a competent shooter is capable of good accuracy out to 75 yards. I would sure hate to be standing out at 75 yards and having the above combination shooting at me...<><.... :grin: