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To: Travis McGee; Don Joe

Winchester SSP12 Supreme Partition Gold Slugs Second generation sabot slugs,in a 2 3/4 inch shell, and 385 grain (7/8 oz) hollowpoint slug. The slug is a copper jacketed 4-petal (notched hollowpoint) bullet of ~.50 caliber. It gives good expansion from the notched hollowpoint. The advertised velocity is 1900 fps at 3 ft. This is a "magic bullet", although at a high price. It performs admirably with less than 2 inch groups at 100 yards and 3-4 inch groups at 200 yards. This was in my Remington Wingmaster 12 gauge pump with Hastings 24" rifled barrel and 4-12x by 42 scope. I zeroed it at 150 yards, and the ballistics tables showed a 6.8 inch drop at 200 yards. Actual performance was a 7.1 inch drop at 200 yards. If one wants to shoot a tight group, then use all the shells from the same box, because I noticed slight differences between boxes even though they were from the same manufacturing lot (bought from different places). There is no shotgun slug that equals the performance of this Winchester SSP12 shell. In fact, the SSP12 gives a far smaller group at 200 yards than the premium Federal shells can do at 100 yards.

41 posted on 02/27/2004 12:35:20 AM PST by TERMINATTOR (Sic semper tyrannis! (Thus always to tyrants!) -John Wilkes Booth)
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To: TERMINATTOR
This is a "magic bullet", although at a high price.

OK, I read the ad copy.

From what I read, it is a Sabbotted slug in a shotgun shell, which will send a relatively inaccurate (in rifle terms) bullet down a rifled shotgun barrel with sufficient force to penetrate a ballistic vest.

So explain to me again why this won't be banned along with centerfire rifle ammunition? For that matter, explain to me why they won't define a shotgun with a rifled barrel as "a rifle" if the fancy strikes them.

46 posted on 02/27/2004 1:31:10 AM PST by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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