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Offline Brushcrawler

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slug expansion
« on: October 21, 2017, 01:31:24 PM »
Got a Remington AccuTip 3" 385 gr 12 gauge slug back this year.  It went through skin, ribs, lungs, ribs and stopped on the far side bulging out the hide.  Pretty much looks like an advertisement for good expansion, and the blacktail only went about 40 feet.  Shot was at ~85 yards.
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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2017, 01:59:51 PM »
Did you shoot it out of smooth bore or rifled shotgun?

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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2017, 02:04:08 PM »
Did you shoot it out of smooth bore or rifled shotgun?

Good question. I want to hear the answer to this also.

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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2017, 02:31:26 PM »
Ithaca Deerslayer with a 26” rifled barrel.
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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2017, 04:11:25 PM »
How's that DSIII shooting?  I remember when you got it. 

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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2017, 04:43:51 PM »
I shoot the same exact ammo out of my Mossberg 930 slugster. I have not shot an animal with them yet but it shoots s sub 2" group at 100 yards!

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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2017, 06:30:31 PM »
The DS3 has been great. 11/2” groups at 100 - and that’s my shooting not the gun, it can probably do better, I’ve never tried it from a sled. I’ve noticed it is important to clean the copper out pretty thoroughly, as it seems to open up after about 20 shots. Three blacktail down so far between 75 and 95 yards, none has gone more than about 75 feet. Love the gun!
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Re: slug expansion
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2017, 12:49:22 PM »
Follow up: second deer tag, second slug back.  This one was about 90 yards, quartering away.  It took 4 ribs on the way in, lungs, and hung up in the vertebrae at the base of the neck - you can see the shape of the bone on the face. The deer dropped on the spot. The first recovered slug weighed 374 gr (down from 385 gr), and this one only 352 gr.
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