The first sky screen was 10 feet from the muzzle. We recorded velocity with a Shooting Chrony Master Chronograph. Notes: To collect accuracy data, we fired five shot groups off a bench rest. The level of energy these shotgun slug loads displayed is impressive.ġ2-Gauge Slug Performance Data Gun: Mossberg Cruiser Pump Shotgun w/ 18.5-in. If you need to stop one of the big cats, a feral dog, or a bear, then you need to get on target and make every shot count. As our former police firearms instructor noted, it isn’t about putting down a lot of lead, but you can do that with the reduced-recoil slug. The test ended with sore shoulders, one broken nail, and quite a bit of use of penetrating ointments! Most folks will not go to the range and fire 40 full-power slugs from a riot gun in one morning. The heaviest slugs have nearly twice the recoil of the average full-power 30-06 rifle load. We debated including PF, as it isn’t the same thing with a long gun as a handgun, but kept the figures because they are useful for comparing recoil. As an example, the strongest Lightfield slug measured a 933 power factor. We took a hard look at these slugs and found interesting performance. They produce a considerable wound track whether they expand or not. In a proper rifled shotgun barrel, we feel that Lightfield’s claims of accuracy to 150 yards would be borne out. Some of these slugs are accurate well past 50 yards, even 100 yards in a rifled slug barrel. For use against bears, the greatest penetration is needed.

Limited penetration is desirable in most home-defense situations. As such, there was necessarily a dual rating system, which we noted in each segment. We focused on slugs for home defense and animal defense. There are areas in which only shotguns are allowed for hunting, and it is good to have a choice among slugs for long range and large animals. Some slugs are designed to limit penetration, and there are slugs intended for use in a situation when extra penetration is needed. Then the reduced-recoil slugs were introduced for police use and found much popularity among civilian shooters.

The standard for many years has been the 1-ounce (437.5 grain) slug at 1500 fps or so. He asked for a report on not only the usual fare found in most sporting-good shops, but also the most powerful slugs for personal defense. Not long ago a reader asked for a feature on shotgun slugs.

Ag recoil 12oz