Rifled slugs

For this reason, the ringed load does far more damage In many cases than a conventional rifled slug. 

Some time ago. In preparing an article for one of the more conventional gun magazines, I ran extensive tests comparing the accuracy and performance of the ringed loads and regular factory rifled slug 1oad ... 

Round headed wood screw in end of rifled alug Hardened steel or tungsten carbide tool bit in wad. Rifle bullet encased in three piece sabot. ImproviBcd slug made from regular shotshell. Grapeshot load - lead balls and wire. 

One reason for the great difference in the trajectories of the 2 l< ds is that the constriction at the end of the barrel has more slowing effect on the rifled lead slugs than on the slick hull casings. This Is born out by the fact that both loads shoot flatter in more open-choked barrels, but the amount of difference was greater with the slugs. 

Anyone who does not fully appreciate the raw power of a shotgun slug such as this Barnes Tipped Slug from Federal has not hunted with one lately. Visit www.theboxotmth.com to see slugs in action versus typical handgun and rifle rounds and a number of target mediums. 

The basis of this slug line is the copper Barnes Expander, and Federal uses it in its tipped or non-tipped Vital-Shok loads. It s designed for use in fully-rifled barrels only, says Federal, and provides accurate shooting to 200-yards. Federal offers both 12- (1-ounce and M-ounce 16.99 box of five) and 20-gauge (5/8-ounce) Vital-Shok copper sabots. 

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