Brenneke slugs in a rifled barrel

[CJW]

This is all very interesting. I originally asked the question because I recently acquired a used gun I was thinking of using as a slug gun too. However it is discontinued and the only barrels I can find for it are rifled.
I have shot rifled Brenneckes in the past and like them. I do know people who do not like sabots as they have had situations of very little or no blood trail with them. I will have to ponder my options.

Put a sabot where it needs to be 1/3 of the way up and the deer shouldn't go far and more than likely there will be a very good or at least visible blood trail.

 

[Hogpatrol]

A 12 ga slug weighs either 437.5 or 383 grains, a 20 ga. around 300 grains. IMHO, if they're hit with that much bullet and they don't go down quick, it wasn't the ammo. YMMV.

 

[Hogpatrol]

Put a sabot where it needs to be 1/3 of the way up and the deer shouldn't go far and more than likely there will be a very good or at least visible blood trail.

Someone once told me a 12 gauge slug for whitetails was the equivalent of a nuclear weapon for crowd control. Considering a one ounce slug is 437.5 grains, I tended to agree with him.

 

[HankBuck]

I’d hate to guess how many hundreds of deer have been shot with H&R rifled barrels shooting Winchester Super X rifled slugs here in Illinois. Lots of people will not pay $15 a box for slugs and just buy the cheap foster type. Rifled barrels or not.

@Wyatt Smith - it’s amazing where some hunters will decide to save money - buy a $7 box of slugs vs $15 (save $8 = $1.75 per slug? That you might shoot 2-3 slugs per season??). I’m glad there are cheapo’s out there - they leave more deer alive..

 

[CJW]

Someone once told me a 12 gauge slug for whitetails was the equivalent of a nuclear weapon for crowd control. Considering a one ounce slug is 437.5 grains, I tended to agree with him.

They tend to work one way or the other unless your placement is way off. But heck my BIL screwed up last year with a .444 and the deer got away. Any style of slug is a huge mass and a huge diameter hole. Put it in the boiler room and stuff is getting messed up. The lower velocity is the only limiting factor and big deer can take them like a champ while having a blown up ticker. Usually don't go far though. I've also seen deer dropped like they were hit by Thors hammer.

 

[BeeMaa]

I’m glad there are cheapo’s out there - they leave more deer alive..

...or injured to die a miserable death.

Never understood skimping on ammo.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Some are for sure. However it’s $15 (or more) for 5 rounds.

@Wyatt Smith
And here's me bitching about $35 for 25. That's about $22US, SO your paying sixty bucks for twenty five. Holy snappin duck shit batman that's over $90 Australian a box of 25.
Bob

 

[MS 9x56]

Someone once told me a 12 gauge slug for whitetails was the equivalent of a nuclear weapon for crowd control. Considering a one ounce slug is 437.5 grains, I tended to agree with him.

If you can stand the recoil you shouldn’t ever have to use 2. I can count on the fingers of one hand the deer I shot 2 slugs at and only one actually needed it. My Ithica deerslayer with foster slugs would hold 3” groups at 75 yards. My Browning pump with rifled barrel would hold 3” out to 125 yards. Took my largest buck ever at 163 yards with a remington copper solid with the BPS. Learning to shot slugs with a shotgun made me a better rifle shot. I still haven’t met a rifle that deals out that much recoil.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Someone once told me a 12 gauge slug for whitetails was the equivalent of a nuclear weapon for crowd control. Considering a one ounce slug is 437.5 grains, I tended to agree with him.

@Hogpatrol
What's a one and a quarter ounce ( over 500gn) 12 bore slug at 1,600 fps then. Armageddon.
Ha Ha Ha Ha
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

If you can stand the recoil you shouldn’t ever have to use 2. I can count on the fingers of one hand the deer I shot 2 slugs at and only one actually needed it. My Ithica deerslayer with foster slugs would hold 3” groups at 75 yards. My Browning pump with rifled barrel would hold 3” out to 125 yards. Took my largest buck ever at 163 yards with a remington copper solid with the BPS. Learning to shot slugs with a shotgun made me a better rifle shot. I still haven’t met a rifle that deals out that much recoil.

@MS 9x56
Your either a good shot or don't have many fingers one one of your hands
Just saying, HA HA HA HA HA HA
Bob

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I understand what you mean, but there’s a lot of ground between skimping and buying the most expensive. If a hunter sits in the thick woods where a long shot is 40 yards, and he can hit a soup can at that distance with a foster slug, he’s not skimping in my opinion.
Many of these men are hunting for the meat because it’s cheaper than beef. The money for that box of ammo comes out of their grocery money. $10 can be a lot at times.
It’s almost the same conversation we had about TSS on ducks about year back. If you can’t afford it to start with, it doesn’t matter.