Comment about accuracy of slugs...

I once bought a Winchester Model 1400 and put a scope on it to shoot slugs because that was all that was allowed to hunt deer at that time and place.

The lockup of the barrel to the receiver was sound, and did not vary due to recoil etc.

The scope was mounted on the receiver.

The barrel was quite long...probably best for waterfowl.

From a bench, and shooting standard Remington slugs, this gun would put them in a 5- or 6-inch group at 100 yards.

The longest shot I took was paced off at 140 paces after the deer was down.

But for that shot I held the crosshairs even with the back in line with the heart for the forth shot, and the slug landed in the heart.

Why the fourth shot?

I was sitting near the top of a ridge and the deer was running along a tree line at the opposite side of the bowl I was watching. The first and second shots hit the ground behind him. He paused to try and see where the noise was coming from.

When he stopped, I saw the third shot go low and hit the ground just below his chest.

So, the adjustment in elevation put meat on the table.

Larry

Follow-up about slugs...

The Winchester 1400 barrel-to-receiver mating apparently prevented the barrel moving between shots, so the scope mounted on the receiver worked and maintained "zero" shot-to-shot.

I later bought a Reminton 870 and again I mounted the scope on the receiver.

Big no-no.

That would not maintain zero...no matter what.

However, using the open sights mounted on the slug barrel for this gun worked fine.

Although I had made good use of the scoped Winchester making some long shots in the area I hunted, with successful long shots, I moved over to using just the open sights on the shorter slug barrel and the Remington.

Larry

Even though the shotgun barrel to the receiver hook up seems solid,there is always some sort of movement/shift shot to shot.

Ghost ring set ups on the rear of the barrel seem to work quite well.

Wayne

Wayne--

I don't remember the way the barrel and receiver mated up on the 1400.

When I get a chance, I will look at it, and also double check whether the rifling on the slug might have put some torque on the barrel and maybe helped to tighten the connection.

Larry

Larry,
It will be interesting to see how the barrel/receiver on that shotgun is set up/

Wayne

Wild hogs a nuisance in California!

I did not know that.

I have not read this article yet, but wonder if they really do kill a lot of people?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13775089/wild-beast-california-school-damage-chaos.html

Larry

its prob a crime to kill wild pigs in CA
the CA govt will want to rescue the pigs and try to get them adopted

Spot on Kelly!

Kelly,
So I guess you are in line to adopt one of those feral hogs??

I mean,that is just what Texas needs,is some more feral hogs....right???

I had heard that last year,a hunt club in Texas had a week long feral hog hunt. They harvested 2,500 hogs,not one scrap of meat was wasted,and they did not even put a dent in the herd.

As you know,feral hogs are causing serious damage all over.

Wayne

other states prob handle the ferals better than CA will......gun mags are too small in CA......and you cant order and ship any type of high performance air induction/filter system for cars and trucks to CA