Shot placement is everything.Dad has a Brit SMLE that was converted from .303 to 410 bore. It shoots well with slugs.I should check and see if it's legal here. I know we're not allowed larger than 10ga but I don't recall if there is a minimum. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:52 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: 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 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
