Good show and to the point. No excessive jibber jabber. Michael Herrell

Winchester made a sabot slug with the highest muzzle velocity at the time. I tried sighting my gun with them and the recoil was ridiculous. The pump action on the 1300 is designed to open upon firing making for quicker follow up shots but you still had to manually finish the pump action to eject a shell. With these slugs the recoil was so powerful the gun would eject the shell without me touching the pump. After several mule kicks to the shoulder I realized my scope was moving. I superglued the scope to to mounts tighten everything as much as possible but it made no difference. I had good luck hunting with less powerful rounds but wish I had never bought it. The price for the shells is ridiculous. My state made straight wall cartridges legal for shotgun zone and I hunt with a CVA Scout 350 legend. The recoil is next to nothing and it’s extremely accurate.

You are an excellent shot.........especially with that Federal 2 3/4 inch load. Wouldn't hesitate to take that on a deer hunt, maybe out to 125 yards or so. Thanks.

Excellent Video!!! I learned a lot about a rifled choke tube from Carlsons. Thank you!

Great video!

Look out fly!!

Great video and info

Great video. Very precise. Thank you.

pretty obvious which slug I would choose

I’d suggest holding down the forend into a sandbag when you zero. With the long barrel time, the recoil throws the slug high. When you hunt and you’re holding the gun with your left hand you’ll likely shoot lower than your zero because the recoil isn’t lifting your muzzle. Just my two cents.

Excellent video! Those were some impressive groups. I was considering the Carlson's rifled choke and it seems its worth getting. Thanks

i’m a old timer now, it’s hard to believe i’m saying that since i’ve been predominantly young all my life but i’ve had the same experience w/Federal 2.75 slugs. Consistently very good accuracy. Even out of a 1953 Win mod 12 16ga. also a 1984 Mossberg 500 with a slug barrel. No problems.

That was an excellent video. Thanks for being methodical!

This is exactly what I was looking for. It just came up. Now I don't really have to spend the energy with those 3in. Thanks!

hard to beat that accuracy at a hundred

Thanks, Lee. Much appreciated review. Test for these two shells was well done. Refreshing. Sorry about your shoulder. Bench Rest 12 ga hurts. Hard to compress tightly. Thunder Ranch

Nice job on this video review! I too have found that lower-velocity 12 GA slugs shoot better than faster ones! Even the Winchester one oz loads at 1600 FPS in 2 3/4 are more accurate than faster-rated slugs! My 12 GA JC Higgins Model 20 pump shoots sub two-inch groups at 50 yards even with low-velocity FIOCCHI 12 GA slugs. Most deer here in the Northeast are killed under 50 yards, but I've found that sighting one to two inches high at 50 yards makes it easier to hit at 75 yards as well. thanks for sharing!

so rifled chokes are legit then.

I was lucky enough to find a cantilever barrel for my discontinued gun, browning gold hunter 12g, it came in yesterday and also bought a bushnell 3-9x40mm rifle scope, more happier then ever, also have a smoothbore ironsight imp cyl bore, slinging federal foster slug

Good effort! I have been trying to emulate that off and on for some time and with my own hand loads and so far have not got close to those Federal groups. I guess I will just keep trying. They seem to be a pretty fickle beast at times.

Nice slug groups .

Excellent video. I would have liked to see what the groups were like with the cylinder bore or I/C choke to compare the difference in accuracy. But it sure seems like it would be a huge improvement. Thanks for a fine demonstration.

I can never understand why any one would change their point of aim. You can not hold to the same exact point of aim. You need a focus point. If you are sighted in at 50 yards and shoot at the same point of aim at 100yards then you know exactly how much elevation will be needed to hit bullseye at 100 yards. Only makes sense.

I've honestly never had any good groups from 3in even with a fully rifled barrel. Hornady 2 3/4 Sst were by far the best. Then I bought a Harrington Richards Slugger in 20ga. Tack driver and little more speed.

I find that the 20gauge slugs group better than any other gauges,

Overall, I echo many of the positive comments already posted. I’d like to place emphasis on your concise presentation. What a refreshing video to watch. Thank You!!!

Excellent test, very methodical and well thought out! I get excited if I get a group like that with a rifle (I'm still learning). Would you consider doing a video comparison - conventional rifled shotgun barrel (slug barrel) with rifled slugs vs. sabot VS regular shotgun (modified choke is what they usually recommend for rifled slugs)? We already know your results with a rifled choke. I wonder if the rifled choke is BETTER than sabots from rifled barrel. Sabot shells are stupid expensive, plus the cost/hassle of the extra barrel. A rifled choke is so much easier. The only potential advantage I see of a dedicated slug barrel is that the sights stay with it, so it stays zeroed. I had lousy results when I tried various sabot slugs through my rifled barrel. Thank you in advance.

Thank you for demo. Winchester didn't look to promising. But Federal looks really good.

Such slugs seems to jaw a lot regardless of smooth or riffled barrel used. I think they are just statically stable as they fly but not dynamically. Jaw angles progressively increase with range and you may expect key-hole phenomena on targets 200 yards or so away.

Always liked a Federal slug

The 3in rifled slug has virtually ZERO advantage over the 2 3/4in shell. Once you start pushing that slug over maybe 1500fps, it starts tumbling and accuracy goes straight to shit, not to mention the recoil is absolutely punishing.

nice, i am certain you can tighten up those groups if you ditch the scope and get some clamp on iron sights that are both mounted on the vent rib, scopes do not work well when mounted to the receiver of a shotgun with a removable barrel. there IS movement between the barrel and the receiver. i spent a lot of time with slugs on the range the past few years and going to iron sights both mounted on the same surface made the biggest difference out of everything i tinkered with. on my mossberg 500 20" barrel i get one hole groups at 50 with winchester 2 3/4 slugs and a older model winchester rifled choke. i bought a bunch of brands and lengths of rifled chokes and only kept that one winchester brand choke.

Great vid. As said below: "No jibber/jabber" . Never understood a "longer" case slug: Free bore?...

5 shot group is more telling. Nice video.

Great video ! I have done this test on my Remington 870 28" smoothbore with the same Carlson Rifled Choke. My best result was with the Winchester Super-X, 2" 3/4, 1 oz slugs. The 3" Super-X was good , also the Federal 2" 3/4 1 Oz Truball was good too.

Well I’m totally surprised. Was expecting 1 foot groups at 50 yards.

5:59 You couldn't even budge a fly!!! LMFAO

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I always have much better groups with Federal Slugs and Federal Premium Rifle Ammo !

At 5:58 you land a round next to a fly on the target. Despite the 1oz chunk of supersonic lead punching through the stuff he's standing on, he doesn't fly off!

It would have been nice to see an equal comparisons. shooting at 2 3/4. 1 oz federal VS a 3 inch. I 1/4 oz win believe there are 1 1/4 oz You're gonna have more recoil because you have more powder. Pushing a heavier weight

Hey man awesome video, was wondering what barrel you have in your gun? Looks like it isn’t the stock one, also which choke are you using ?

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Muito obrigado pelo video, graças a você, eu comprei um choke igual ao seu, mas no Brasil não temos slug igual esses, poderia abrir um cartucho para nós mostrar como é montado por favor?

On the 100 yard shot with the 2-3/4. Did you hold on the bullseye or aim higher? If so, how much higher??? It was very impressive shooting.

Some states don't allow rifled chokes. Must use fully rifled with iron adjustable sights no beads

Your results are outstanding! Buffalo's Outdoors did a similar test a few years ago. With the same Federal slugs, he got a 3/4" group at 50 yards. He didn't try 100. I have tried Foster slugs in my Mossberg 500 with rifled barrel. So far, results have been disappointing. I have some Brenneke KOs to try next.

You lucky skunk! My M3500 prints 6"+ groups at 100 with the same rifled choke tube and same ammo. I tried all sorts of fosters and even sabots and nothing grouped well at 100 yards.

Thats verry impressive at 100 yards! How do the Federals do with out the rifled choke tube?

Do you have another vid using sabots through the choke tube?!!

Great job and a fair test perhaps on another shotgun the results could be reversed, why it is so important to test slugs and to use a Baseline always of a clean barrel so the tests are uniform. Thankyou, you have a great shotgun there for hunting game. I would not want to get hit with something with that many foot pounds , even large feral hogs would be brought down.

How much drop did the Federal 23/4 slugs have at 100 yards with 50 yard sight in?

It was two through the same hole.

I have a M3000 Stoeger and I’m looking for a rifle choke for it but can’t find anything which one are you using

HAVE A QUESTION: THE RIFLED CHOKE IS THE SAME FULL CHOKE BUT RIFLED..?

hows the trigger on your 3500? mine is super heavy and thinking about getting a trigger job done on it.

Incredible , what rifled choke do you use?

You did great … One thing I know of you're using centimeters not inches please check the roller you used !!!Thanks 👌

Why use rifled slug in rifled choke tube?

Is that a Extended rifled choke ?

Have you taken any deer with this setup?

I'll make you something better, Mike.

For a real accuracy test you should have the gun in a bench vise rest to avoid inconsistency. All your wiggling and readjusting between shots just drove me nuts. Also you should have tested with sabot slugs. I've seen people cloverleaf 5 shots in a 3/4"group at 50 yards using a rifled screw in choke.