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SxS Shotgun with slugs vs small caliber Double Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="JimFromTN" data-source="post: 2142892" data-attributes="member: 113268"><p>I hunted for many years with a shotgun. I have an 870 12ga with a hastings rifled barrel pinned to the action and the scope mounted to the receiver. I consider it a 120yd max setup maybe a touch further. If you want to hit anything with a slug at 200 yds, you need a dedicated slug gun with a rifled barrel. The barrel should be fixed the action. Best choices would be 20ga or 16ga but because of the lack of options with 16ga slugs, 20ga is your best bet. I think lightfield is the only one that makes a quality 16ga slug. I don't feel comfortable shooting 200yds at game with any slug regardless. I would need to put allot of slugs down range before it would ever be a consideration. For me, shooting a slug at 200yds is like shooting a rifle at 400yds. You need lots of practice before ethically hunting at those ranges. A slug drops allot faster than a centerfire rifle and the wind plays a much bigger role.</p><p></p><p>To me, a smoothbore 20ga double barrel with a bead for a site is good out to 50 yds, maybe. A smoothbore 12ga pump with a modified choke and a bead site isn't a whole lot further but I always associate that with cheap slugs like rem sluggers. There are some rifled slugs that are more expensive that are more accurate but I don't know that it would get you out to 100yds ethically which you might not care about with hogs. It would definitely be a hail mary. Fiocchi aero slugs are pretty accurate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimFromTN, post: 2142892, member: 113268"] I hunted for many years with a shotgun. I have an 870 12ga with a hastings rifled barrel pinned to the action and the scope mounted to the receiver. I consider it a 120yd max setup maybe a touch further. If you want to hit anything with a slug at 200 yds, you need a dedicated slug gun with a rifled barrel. The barrel should be fixed the action. Best choices would be 20ga or 16ga but because of the lack of options with 16ga slugs, 20ga is your best bet. I think lightfield is the only one that makes a quality 16ga slug. I don't feel comfortable shooting 200yds at game with any slug regardless. I would need to put allot of slugs down range before it would ever be a consideration. For me, shooting a slug at 200yds is like shooting a rifle at 400yds. You need lots of practice before ethically hunting at those ranges. A slug drops allot faster than a centerfire rifle and the wind plays a much bigger role. To me, a smoothbore 20ga double barrel with a bead for a site is good out to 50 yds, maybe. A smoothbore 12ga pump with a modified choke and a bead site isn't a whole lot further but I always associate that with cheap slugs like rem sluggers. There are some rifled slugs that are more expensive that are more accurate but I don't know that it would get you out to 100yds ethically which you might not care about with hogs. It would definitely be a hail mary. Fiocchi aero slugs are pretty accurate. [/QUOTE]
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