HogCommander
Active Member
Bought a used rifled slug barrel for my Mossberg 500 a few months ago for deer hunting. Shot way low at 40 yards even with rear sight maxed out in elevation. Tried both a receiver-mounted rail and saddle mount for a scope...still shoots way too low even with scope elevation maxed out.
Frustrated, I bought an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter Saturday and put a Nikon Slug Hunter on it after reading reviews about both. Sighted in today with Hornady SST slugs. Ugly as sin and kicks like a mule but wow is it accurate! So accurate I need a 200 yard range to practice on (closest one is only 100 yards). Ballistics put this round at just under 1200 ft lbs of energy and still supersonic at 200 yards which I think is plenty for deer.
30 Nov can't get here soon enough...got picked for a management hunt that day at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and hopefully the deer will be out and about!
Frustrated, I bought an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter Saturday and put a Nikon Slug Hunter on it after reading reviews about both. Sighted in today with Hornady SST slugs. Ugly as sin and kicks like a mule but wow is it accurate! So accurate I need a 200 yard range to practice on (closest one is only 100 yards). Ballistics put this round at just under 1200 ft lbs of energy and still supersonic at 200 yards which I think is plenty for deer.
30 Nov can't get here soon enough...got picked for a management hunt that day at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and hopefully the deer will be out and about!