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Re: Slug-gun question

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NcongruNt wrote:I'm not saying he can't do whatever he wants. I just don't understand the reasoning.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around why someone would spend all that money to make a gun that, as I see it, functions less than optimally as both a shotgun and a rifle. I'm not trying to criticize his choice, I'm just trying to understand it. Maybe it's not meant for me to understand.
Reason: I can't buy another "gun" until 2012, regardless of the cost difference. Parts are parts, but anything with a serial # on it is off the table.

And for ballistics, the Hornady SST slug is a 300gr sabot-slug at 2000fps is within a stones throw of the 180gr hornady load for 30-06.

Plus with the rifled barrel and the hornady superformance buckshot, I have a TRUE scattergun :rolll
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Re: Slug-gun question

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7075-T7 wrote:
NcongruNt wrote:I'm not saying he can't do whatever he wants. I just don't understand the reasoning.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around why someone would spend all that money to make a gun that, as I see it, functions less than optimally as both a shotgun and a rifle. I'm not trying to criticize his choice, I'm just trying to understand it. Maybe it's not meant for me to understand.
Reason: I can't buy another "gun" until 2012, regardless of the cost difference. Parts are parts, but anything with a serial # on it is off the table.

And for ballistics, the Hornady SST slug is a 300gr sabot-slug at 2000fps is within a stones throw of the 180gr hornady load for 30-06.

Plus with the rifled barrel and the hornady superformance buckshot, I have a TRUE scattergun :rolll
But the ballistic coefficient of a 300gr sabot slug is ... uh... er...well...... nowhere close to the 30-06.
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Re: Slug-gun question

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puma guy wrote:
7075-T7 wrote:
NcongruNt wrote:I'm not saying he can't do whatever he wants. I just don't understand the reasoning.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around why someone would spend all that money to make a gun that, as I see it, functions less than optimally as both a shotgun and a rifle. I'm not trying to criticize his choice, I'm just trying to understand it. Maybe it's not meant for me to understand.
Reason: I can't buy another "gun" until 2012, regardless of the cost difference. Parts are parts, but anything with a serial # on it is off the table.

And for ballistics, the Hornady SST slug is a 300gr sabot-slug at 2000fps is within a stones throw of the 180gr hornady load for 30-06.

Plus with the rifled barrel and the hornady superformance buckshot, I have a TRUE scattergun :rolll
But the ballistic coefficient of a 300gr sabot slug is ... uh... er...well...... nowhere close to the 30-06.
Right. You're never going to get the same range or accuracy at distance out of a slug gun. If all you're doing is running inside 100y, than I'm sure it's quite adequate.

I understand 7075-T7's position, so he's stuck where he is.
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Re: Slug-gun question

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NcongruNt wrote:I understand 7075-T7's position, so he's stuck where he is.
Thanks :cheers2:


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Plus their real fun to take out at dusk/night to see the fireball that the short slug barrels spit out. :fire
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Re: Slug-gun question

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Range update:

Holy cow it kicks hard. I have to learn to keep my head out of the way of the scope, though I did get to walk around with blood running down my face...
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