Comments on: Remington AccuTip Bonded Sabot Slug

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:10:32 +0000

Steve,

A rifled slug through a smooth barrel is fine. A rifled slug is not made to go through a rifled barrel. Sabot slugs are made for rifled barrels

By: Talon

Talon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:24:44 +0000

Ken,

The only saboted slugs I know of that can (according to the manufacturer) be used in a smooth bore gun are the ones made by Winchester. It is not a matter of damaging the gun. Smooth bore guns are supposed to shoot rifled slugs (contrary to the post above) because the rifling on the slugs causes rotation on exiting the barrel. Sabot slugs will not rotate after exiting the barrel of a smooth bore but they do sometimes fly perfectly well. I used to shoot the Hornady SST’s from a smooth bore and they were accurate to at least 75 yards which is very close to the limit for smooth bore anyway. So i’d say give a couple brands a try (yeah, pricey experiment I know)
DO NOT however shoot rifled slugs in a rifled slug barrel. The lead slug contacting the rifling will, at the very least, leave nasty hard to clean deposits and possibly ruin the barrel.
I know it sounds backwards but rifled slugs go in a smooth bore. Sabot slugs go in a rifled barrel (which you apparently already know Ken)

By: rockrig69

rockrig69 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:12:10 +0000

Just bought some at M.C. Sports. $16.99 PLUS a $5.00 rebate per box for up to two boxes. Not bad! The real deal here is the .58 caliber slug. The thinner the wall of the sabot and the closer the slug itself is to the lands and grooves the more accurate and powerful the slug will be. Remeber this is a designed slug for the 12 gauge, not just a plastic covered pistol bullet.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:06:16 +0000

rifled slugs in a smooth bore is a bad idea and a good way to ruin your gun and it would shoot bad…go out and but a rifled barrel its a good investment

By: ken

ken — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:00:15 +0000

At 20 to 30 dollars a pact of five slugs, a would like to know how these slugs do in a smooth barrel slug gun. Can anyone tell me??? Thank you ken…..

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:15:21 +0000

$22.00 a box of five. Ouch! Thats hurts my wallet as much as I presume they will hurt a Deer.

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:39:30 +0000

Three years ago i bought my first slug gun and started using sbots. last year i used the hornady plastic tiped slus and they dropped every deer i hit with in 30 yds of were i hit them. i am a huge fan of remington products. that is the only brand of shotguns i own. i am hoping that these slugs will stand up to all of the talk that they are getting. i am excited to try them on our whitetails here in iowa this fall.

By: Talon

Talon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:18:04 +0000

I also use the core-lokt ultra and they are supremely accurate but, in my experience, suffer the same problem as every other 12ga slug I’ve shot at deer— complete and total penetration with practically no apparent expansion and an exiting slug with the VAST majority of its kinetic energy.
Typically, this isn’t a problem with a shotgun on whitetail deer since the gun is really quite horrendously overpowered for such a relatively small animal. I’m hoping that the accu-tip really does gives the type of expansion shown on the website, that amount of kinetic energy transfered to a whitetail would be “insta-kill” on virtually any size deer.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:50:47 +0000

Hi Gravy, let us know what you think of it once you try it.

By: GRAVY TRAIN

GRAVY TRAIN — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:41:03 +0000

Looks awsome. I am useing the corlok ultra know and will try the accutip when they get available. The only problem is the price.