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To: w1n1

Rifled shotgun barrels are capable of very good accuracy.

A neighbor set up a Browning Gold Hunter for slug shooting in a shotgun only area. When he was done, he could hit a 5 gal bucket at 275 yds 10/10 times. Grouping was respectable, as well.

But, it was very picky with loads, only one sabot load would do this, others or rifled slugs would not group well, and he tried 8 different loads from various manufacturers.

Having the scope mount on the barrel, as in the article, makes a huge difference beyond 100 yds.


2 posted on 09/16/2016 6:49:09 AM PDT by wrench
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To: wrench

Amazing, that is a lot of mass at that distance. How much will the bullet drop at 275 yards?


3 posted on 09/16/2016 6:55:24 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: wrench
When he was done, he could hit a 5 gal bucket at 275 yds 10/10 times

Are you sure about that? 275 yards? or did you mean feet? Using the Hornady ballistics calculator and Remington's AccuTip bonded sabot slugs, zeroed at 150 yards, your round is going to be 50 inches (FOUR FEET) below your point of aim. That's a decent drop to be hitting it that accurately.

Of course, I'm guessing a ballistic coefficient of about .15 to get the 100yd rise numbers in the Hornady calculator to match Remington's ballistic chart. Also, your neighbor might have been using rounds with a flatter trajectory, but I don't know of many slugs that'll change my numbers that much.

Remington ballistic chart
12 posted on 09/16/2016 10:46:42 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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