How far will a 12 gauge slug drop at 100 yards?
How far will a 12 gauge slug drop at 100 yards?
A 12 gauge slug is still traveling at around 1000 ft/s after 100 yards and won’t drop until the 130 yard mark. At 200 yards it’s only dropped around 10 inches.
How accurate are slugs at 100 yards?
Maximum effective range is limited as much by the slug’s rapid decay of energy and velocity as by its poor accuracy.” Published in 1964, the “Fact Book” states that a typical 12-gauge, 1-ounce slug traveling at 1560 fps loses 60 percent of its energy at 100 yards.
How many yards is a 12 gauge slug good for?
Smooth-bore shotgun barrels are quite a bit less expensive than rifled shotgun barrels, and Foster type slugs, as well as wad slugs, can work well up to 75 yards in a smooth-bore barrel. For achieving accuracy at 100 yards and beyond, however, a dedicated rifled slug barrel usually provides significant advantages.
How far can you shoot with a 20 gauge slug?
As a general rule, a 20 gauge with a full choke barrel shooting shot charges can be effective out to a maximum of 40 – 50 yards. A slug fired from a 20 gauge set up for slugs may be effective out to about 100 yards.
How far does a 12-gauge slug drop at 50 yards?
Consider a modern full-rifled 12-gauge slug gun firing a high-tech 260-grain sabot slug that leaves the muzzle at about 1,900 fps velocity. If zeroed at 50 yards (still a popular sight-in distance among slug hunters), that slug only drops 1.7 inches by the time it gets to 100 yards.
How far will a 1 oz slug travel?
A 1 oz foster slug from a smoothbore 12ga is going to be travelling at 1000fps at 100 yards, with just under 1000ft-lb of energy. I shoot them at 100 yards at the rifle range all the time and have no problem doing a 5″ group. Certainly good enough for whitetail.
How far should you shoot a deer with a slug?
The general rule for a clean, one-shot kill on a deer – sized animal is about 900 ft-lbs of retained energy at the point of impact. Most saboted slugs (commercially loaded) carry at least this amount of energy out to approx. 125-150 yds. Most Foster slugs, however, only have this amount out to about 100 yds.
Can you fire a rifled slug through a smooth bore?
In addition to shooting shot, you can also shoot slugs out of a smooth bore barrel. If you are taking closer shots (less than 100 yards), a smooth bore may be sufficient. When using a smooth bore, your projectile will still have spin on it because the projectile will be rifled.
Do I need a choke to shoot slugs?
A cylinder choke is recommended for shooting rifled slugs in a smooth-bore barrel. Sabot slugs should only be shot through our fully-rifled slug barrels. It is not safe to shoot slugs through chokes tighter than those listed here.
