OK, no news to anyone that I am slug naive!
If I fire a slug from a smoothbore shotgun (no rifled tube) with just a bead sight on the barrel…where will it hit?
I assume reasonable combat range (<25 yards).
Thanks,
Sparky:confused:
Depends on alot of different things. Check weld etc… Best to use some form of sighting system better than a front beed if your gonna shoot very far with them.
“Dope” your bead. Get some slugs. Go to the range. See where it goes.
Only way to know.
I have a Winchester 1500 (I think that’s the model) 20ga that launches slugs 2’ off POA a 20 yards. My Benelli M4’s have launched slugs to within an inch or two of the center of buckshot patterns at any distance I could pattern buckshot.
The problem with giving a good answer to your question is that there are far too many variables.
Just using different brands of slugs will change the outcome.
That’s why everyone says just to test to see what you get.
Different slugs can and usually do pattern differently in the same shotgun.
My SLP Mark 1 puts them down range like this…
Taking time to learn how your gun performs by doing lots of practice is what it is all about.
I have consistent weld from practice and use rib - can consistently hit a 8" plate at 100y, but need to crush up on check to drop in at 50y. I sight off end of rib on a 18" bbl cyl shooting 2-3/4"/1oz Rem rifled slug. Supposedly the newer Rem slugs are more accurate, but I haven’t tried them yet.
… aaaaaaand, even in the same make and model of shotgun the POI may be different from gun to gun (in fact it’s almost a given).
Back when we had bead sighted 870s at work you had to know where that particular gun shot to even hit paper at the 25, let alone at any real distance.
You must pattern your shotgun with shot and slugs. Buy several different brands and types and test them in your shotgun.