I know I could have put meat in the freezer with a 410 slug or with a
rifle. (i'm talking 50 years ago) The state only allowed 12, 16 or 20
ga slugs. I had no need for any of those otherwise, until I took up
trapshooting. By then I had lost interest in sitting in a tree freezing
and hoping bambi blundered by. There were not that many bambis at the
time. Later, in HS, I went out with a friend of mine. He had slugs,
and also a 303. He shot a field rat with the 303, and we hustled back to
the camper and hid the rifle. We were warming up water for hot
chocolate when there was a knock o n the door. Game warden... he
had heard the rifle from wherever he was and went hunting. He had no
luck that day. Later we took the 1 ton flatbed truck to the neighbor's
timber and recovered the field rat.
A few years ago, field rats were thick but you still could not use
anything else.
Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
November 23, 2019 at 5:37 PM
I'm not a big fan of slugs. I had an experience of zero penetration
from a Rem 12 ga. slug fired from my 870. It struck a good-sized
whitetail buck in the shoulder at about 45 yds. It flattened the slug
to the shape and size of a silver dollar, and slid up to the neck just
under the skin on the near side. The buck fell away from me, and the
second shot hit the heart.
I will be impressed if the new trigger turns that pattern into a
group. If rifle is legal in your area, that other group will put
venison in your freezer for sure.
Greg
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