Recovered 12ga sabot
11-26-2007, 08:28 AM
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Fork Horn
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Recovered 12ga sabot
Thursday AM, I was hunting with my cousin. Heleaned his 12gaagainst a treeto take a leak. A nice 8pt showed up at about 75yards. I was hunting with a pistol. So while my cousin was occupied, I picked up his shotgun and shot the deer. I'd never killed a deer with a shotgun before, so I didn't know what to expect. Deer ran about 100yds. went out of sight. I started cussin the DNR for their rifle rule, shotguns in general, ect. We found tracks and a very little blood, but there was new snow so tracking was no problem. Found him at about 125yds. I skinned him yesterday and found this slug under the hide. Since I'd never killed a deer with a shotgun I didn't know what to expect, but this wasn't it.
11-26-2007, 09:17 AM
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RE: Recovered 12ga sabot
Slugs do major damage under 100 yards. The last deer i shot was opening day of DE i hit thedeer bad but it was the last shot i was gonna get before he disappeared so i shot and took out both front shoulders at 55 yards. He dropped in his tracks.
11-26-2007, 01:51 PM
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RE: Recovered 12ga sabot
Judging from the wound channel, I'm pretty sure this was the slug that killed him. Entered on the left side below and behind the shoulder, passed through the heart (heart was actually hanging in three pieces from the aorta) and was lodged between the hide and the rib cage on the right side, just below the shoulder.
What I was wondering about was the lack of separation between the wad and the slug. Somewhere between the muzzle and the deer, I expected the wad to separate from the slug.
What I was wondering about was the lack of separation between the wad and the slug. Somewhere between the muzzle and the deer, I expected the wad to separate from the slug.
11-26-2007, 02:44 PM
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RE: Recovered 12ga sabot
Looks like it might be aHastings. See the link below;
http://www.nrapublications.org/tah/Slugs.asp
On some slugs the plastic carrier is designed to stay attached andstabalizes the slug during flight.
HH
http://www.nrapublications.org/tah/Slugs.asp
On some slugs the plastic carrier is designed to stay attached andstabalizes the slug during flight.
HH
11-26-2007, 02:50 PM
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RE: Recovered 12ga sabot
There are better sabot loads than that. That looks like a basic rifled slug but a bit smaller. Probably had a plastic sabot around it when fired, but in essence is no different than a rifle slug load as far as bullet construction goes.
I'm suprised it didn't pass through the animal though, where did you hit it? Did it come in contact with any bones, like the shoulder or something?
Paul
I'm suprised it didn't pass through the animal though, where did you hit it? Did it come in contact with any bones, like the shoulder or something?
Paul