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21st century super slugs: deer hunting is changing.(SHOTGUNNER)

Publication: Guns Magazine
Publication Date: 01-AUG-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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When "engineering samples" of a new slug load arrived, it was time to dust off the Savage slug gun and see just where shotshell technology is taking us. There were also several boxes of new slug loads I hadn't run over the chronograph or broken down or shot for accuracy.

The "engineering...

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...samples" were from Remington. Also on hand were the latest slug loads from Hornady and Federal. Three of the four loads featured colorful, plastic tipped slugs encased in bore-riding sabots. Looking down on the mouths of the shells, I couldn't help thinking how much they resembled the Titan missiles once surrounding Tucson before the days of mutual disarmament. These new slug designs are certainly attractive, in a wicked looking way.

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The shotshell is a complex combination of subsystems including the primer, powder, over powder...

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