Sighted in the slug gun today

[SARuger]

I haven't touched this gun since last fall. I'm always impressed at how versatile the pump shotgun is. And accurate.

Its a 870 20g Express 3" magnum with a rifled/cantilevered barrel, Nikon Omega 1.5-7x32 scope shooting 2 3/4" Fusion Sabot slugs at 100yds.

If you can read my chicken scratch you will see it started low and I adjusted it up and then back to shot 5, put 6 and 7 on top of each other! This was from a Caldwell Tack Driver front rest and some cheap rear bag. Most of my shots are at 50yds or less so I feel good if I get a shot this year.

I'm still trying to get the rifle sighted smooth bore barrel shooting rifled slugs dialed in. Its all over the place! I couldnt get it to group at 25 yards. Sabot is the way to go if you have to shoot some distance.

 

[T. O'Heir]

"...Sabot is the way to go if..." Not with a smooth bore. You need rifled slugs as daft as that sounds. And makes sure everything else is right about the shotgun too. Things being tight etc.

 

[g.willikers]

What choke are you using with the smooth barrel?
With a smooth barrel and so called rifled slugs, the best accuracy that I've found seems to be with a modified choke or barrel.
Almost as good as the rifled barrel and sabots at 50 yards or less.
Part of the problem might be due to the rifled barrel having a sight and the smooth one not.
Maybe more so than the barrels.

 

[SARuger]

G, my smooth bore is in the pic above, it has the rifle sights on it. Its made for rifled slugs and is a Remington barrel. I have no idea if its choked any or not but I'm sure it is at least a little.

 

[SARuger]

I got back to the range today and sighted in the smooth bore slug barrel. It shoots really nice using federal and remy rifled slugs

I can't shoot some of my high powered rifles this good!

50yds, the small holes are from a round of 00 buck just to see if I could get the buckshot into a deer at 50yds

Then at 75yds, I think it will kill a deer, in fact it should pile a deer right up!