remington 870 question
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RE: remington 870 question
ORIGINAL: jorswift
I have a remington 870 express and it has a regular slug vented barrel. I was wondering what barrel would be the best for deer and shooting sabots. A fully rifled barrel or what? I want to shoot somehigher qualityslugs than what I have been shooting. Thanks.
I have a remington 870 express and it has a regular slug vented barrel. I was wondering what barrel would be the best for deer and shooting sabots. A fully rifled barrel or what? I want to shoot somehigher qualityslugs than what I have been shooting. Thanks.
I shoot federal slugs through it and have noticed that if I clean it... Its not as acurate, if I throw a few rounds through it and the resight.. Its on....
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: remington 870 question
ORIGINAL: solocamcan
Maybe a minority if I were shooting once a year, but it took a good 6 boxes of SST's to get it dialed in at the 100-150 yard range. I don't care if you own a Browning A-bolt, you need to practice, and more than just a few shells.
Maybe a minority if I were shooting once a year, but it took a good 6 boxes of SST's to get it dialed in at the 100-150 yard range. I don't care if you own a Browning A-bolt, you need to practice, and more than just a few shells.
I mean I hope your not saying that because I can't get the faster the loads to shoot well in my gun is because I just can't shoot well. Shooting a rifle is shooting a rifle, the mechanics are the same be it a .22 rimfire, high powered rifle or a slug gun. It doesn't take more than a box or so of shells to know that load sucks in my gun. If I have one load that will shoot 2 inch or better groups and I switch to something else and it will not put 5 rounds into an 8 inch group I would say my gun doesn't like them. I'm not buying 5 more boxes just to see what happens.
I talk to people that shoot slug guns quite a bit all year long, for competition, and this is where I come up with you guys being in the minority. A lot of these guns simply will not shoot the faster rounds well. I see it all the time. Some will though so they are worth giving them a shot, just don't buy a case of them hoping they will work.
Paul
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 228
RE: remington 870 question
I have an 870 with a Hastings cantilever and a Bushnell multi-reticle red-dot. I usually just shoot with the 6 MOA dot. I know that anything out to about 125 yds the slug is inside the dot somewhere. The dot is 3" dia at 50yds and only 7.5" diameter at 125yds.
Dot on deer--slug in dot--deer on ground.
Dot on deer--slug in dot--deer on ground.
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RE: Remington 870 question
ORIGINAL: USNRETHunter
I have an 870 with a Hastings cantilever and a Bushnell multi-reticle red-dot. I usually just shoot with the 6 MOA dot. I know that anything out to about 125 yds the slug is inside the dot somewhere. The dot is 3" dia at 50yds and only 7.5" diameter at 125yds.
Dot on deer--slug in dot--deer on ground.
I have an 870 with a Hastings cantilever and a Bushnell multi-reticle red-dot. I usually just shoot with the 6 MOA dot. I know that anything out to about 125 yds the slug is inside the dot somewhere. The dot is 3" dia at 50yds and only 7.5" diameter at 125yds.
Dot on deer--slug in dot--deer on ground.
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 228
RE: Remington 870 question
Not sure where the original poster is, but here in Iowa we are limited to shotgun and smokepole. The only centerfire rifle hunting in Iowa is a special January antlerless season in the southern two tiers of counties to try to thin some of the numerous large corn-fed road rodents. There are still well over 10,000 tags available for that season.