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Slug gun virgin needs advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 1860699" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>I know and feel your pain. I have been shooting saboted slug ammo exclusively for over 26 years and was sure as time went on they would go down in price but if anything they've gone up in price and the usual good end of season sales on sabot ammo have also ceased. I use to get sabot ammo 30% or more off come January but haven't seen those prices at least not wide spread in a long while. Before rifles became legal in my home state I found out much to my utter dismay, Federal was discontinuing their production of the Barnes Tipped Expander ammo, the most accurate sabot ammo I ever shot out of my slug guns that gave rifle like accuracy out of both my bolt slug rifles and gave absolutely devastating on deer performance, I immediately went on line bought 275 rounds at $9 for a box of 5. Everyone of the admittedly few all copper 300 grain tipped Barnes Expanders I recovered from deer all retained over 95% of their weight and looked like textbook perfect mushrooms.</p><p>Now you know exactly why when certain center fire rifle calibers became legal I promptly bought them for myself and my two sons. I can reload about 18 rounds of 35 Remington for for the price of 5 12 or 20 gauge sabot rounds. I already had scopes and scope mounting systems available, I had all the primers and powder I would need all I did was buy a Redding FL and seater dies and a Lee Collet die, brass and bullets and I was in business. Best of all my 35 Remington relaods are chronoing at 2350fps and staying under 1-1/4" at 100 and 2.5" at 200.</p><p>I will only now use my slug guns if given no other choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 1860699, member: 95733"] I know and feel your pain. I have been shooting saboted slug ammo exclusively for over 26 years and was sure as time went on they would go down in price but if anything they've gone up in price and the usual good end of season sales on sabot ammo have also ceased. I use to get sabot ammo 30% or more off come January but haven't seen those prices at least not wide spread in a long while. Before rifles became legal in my home state I found out much to my utter dismay, Federal was discontinuing their production of the Barnes Tipped Expander ammo, the most accurate sabot ammo I ever shot out of my slug guns that gave rifle like accuracy out of both my bolt slug rifles and gave absolutely devastating on deer performance, I immediately went on line bought 275 rounds at $9 for a box of 5. Everyone of the admittedly few all copper 300 grain tipped Barnes Expanders I recovered from deer all retained over 95% of their weight and looked like textbook perfect mushrooms. Now you know exactly why when certain center fire rifle calibers became legal I promptly bought them for myself and my two sons. I can reload about 18 rounds of 35 Remington for for the price of 5 12 or 20 gauge sabot rounds. I already had scopes and scope mounting systems available, I had all the primers and powder I would need all I did was buy a Redding FL and seater dies and a Lee Collet die, brass and bullets and I was in business. Best of all my 35 Remington relaods are chronoing at 2350fps and staying under 1-1/4" at 100 and 2.5" at 200. I will only now use my slug guns if given no other choice. [/QUOTE]
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