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Offline Sabot33

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Remington 11-87 slug survey
« on: September 19, 2005, 10:37:29 AM »
Hello all you 11-87 shooters,  :D

I would like to know what brands of slugs you are shooting through your 11-87.  Which ones you are having success with, and the others we need to leave on the shelves.  I have shot WallyWorld Federals and hate them(price was right) :evil:  . One shot is on, the next is in the dirt or the next county.  I am looking for some pre-practice advise, so as to not spend my childrens college fund testing different $12.00 boxes of slugs.  I am looking at trying Rottweil, Buckhammers, or Copper Sabots.  Right now I am shooting a 11-87 Premier with a smooth slug barrel and a rifled choke tube.  I hope to get some good feedback from you all.

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Offline mjbgalt

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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2005, 12:45:33 PM »
dont bother with sabots in that choke tube. my dad has the same gun and uses regular lead slugs from federal....the cheap stuff...and they shoot 2" groups at 50 yards. and if the worst happens...they lead up the tube, you only have 2 inches of tube to clean.

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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2005, 01:21:44 PM »
I have a Rem 11/87 SP smooth barrel with a rifled choke, and open sights. I shoot Wally Worlds $6 a box foster style slugs (for 15 rounds). I have shot deer out to 80+ yards with great success. Ive thought about going to a fully rifled, scoped barrel, with those expensive sabot slugs, but dead is dead, and Bambi cant tell the differance.

Recoil is mild, and the price is right.

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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2005, 09:42:33 PM »
When I was using the smooth bore w/ rifled tube like you I had good luck with the cheap Winchester slugs. Now I have the full rifled barrel w/ scope and the Rem sabot Core-Lokts shoot about 2" groups @ 100 yds. But, they are pricey, about $12/box of 5.  :eek:
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2005, 05:46:44 AM »
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When I was using the smooth bore w/ rifled tube like you I had good luck with the cheap Winchester slugs. Now I have the full rifled barrel w/ scope and the Rem sabot Core-Lokts shoot about 2" groups @ 100 yds. But, they are pricey, about $12/box of 5.  :eek:


This post mirrors my experience exactly.  I also have both barrels for my 11-87 and prefer Winchester slugs for the rifled choke tube and Remington sabots for the fully rifled barrel.  Sabots are expensive but after you are sighted in you don't really fire many shots when actually hunting.  And the sabots in a fully rifled barrel are more accurate than a foster slug out of any barrel.

I mostly hunt in heavily wooded hilly areas so most shots are 60 yards or less.  At these distances fosters are fine, and may actually perform better than sabots on impact.  

I still have a goodly supply of Remington sabots from the days they were   eight dollars a box.  I will probably use them this year.

I will waste about six shots to check my zero at 50, 75, and 100 yards, but I have not had to adjust the scope on that barrel since I installed it years ago.  This combination really holds its zero.
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