Thread: Sabot slugs
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Old July 4, 2012, 06:36 AM   #8
94bluerat
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The BRI is a very accurate sabot, it is also very hard. Many times the round will punch straight thru with very little expansion. This is not always a bad thing as you now have a deer with a hole on either side if its lungs and it will quickly bleed out and die. Yes, a deer can get 100+ yards away in that time.

Moving the shot placement forward busts the shoulder and can some times "knock down" a deer, it can also cause the aforementioned mule kick. But it wastes a lot of meat and if it goes to far forward the round can graze the brisket resulting in a wounded, potentially no recoverable animal.

The Federal Barnes expander is also very accurate.

Again, the earlier posts are the best advice. Proper shot placement.

Worry less about marketing, sales tactics, and numbers and shoot what is most accurate in YOUR gun.

Slugs and sabots need to be able to safely shoot thru a wide variety of barrels, so they are designed with a bit more leeway than a rife bullet. This can cause accuracy issues.

You may want to read "Shotgunning for Deer" by Dave Henderson. It is a great publication for those of us in the shotgun only areas
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