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Now before the end of the season if I can plunk another one with a new to me VH 16 #1 frame using the Rooskie version of the 16 gauge Lyman sabot slug .
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Craig, I would like to bag a deer with a Parker this year so what over the counter slugs would you suggest for either a 12 or 20. I'm guessing a cylinder or IC choke would be best. Buck is not legal where I hunt.
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Daryl I’ve got a circa 1928 VHE 20 gauge that does very well on paper with Brenneke original slugs . And that guns M/F . Although I’ve not tried Brenekes in my Parker 12’s I would think they’d be okay as well . I have a 12 VH and a 12 VHE both F&F that do very well with my handloads using the Lyman sabot slug . And my other four Parker 10’s I’ve killed deer with are all full and fuller yet , and they did very well with slugs inside my self imposed range .
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11-22-2018, 01:41 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Thanks Craig, I'll give them a try this week.
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Very nice.
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11-23-2018, 08:30 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Guys, if I may, just a few comments on slugs and buckshot. Back in the day, I did a lot of patterning with buckshot loads and used them for swamp whitetails. What I found is that 00 buck did not pattern well at all out of my full choke barrel. My particular gun, a 28” DHE bored modified and full, handled 00 buck better with the modified choke barrel. Obviously, the full choke barrel in that gun was bored too tight for the 00 buck. Big shot needs less constriction than smaller shot to perform best. I never could get the patterns I wanted with 00 so I tested other size shot and settled on #1 buck. I got what I was looking for from both barrels with this size shot and took many whitetails with it, even though buck shot was illegal in New York. Back in those days, that restriction meant little to me. The swamp I hunted was very close cover and a 40 yard shot was the exception. I used a plastic sleeve to surround the shot and melted candle wax in the shot column. It worked well.
As far as slugs are concerned, different brands should be tested on paper to determine which is best. Each barrel is a world unto itself and generally will shoot a given brand of slug better than other brands. |
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One interesting and surprising thing I found is that melted wax throughout the shot column provided better patterns, but if the shell was left for more than a week and then shot, the wax held all the shot together and only one ragged hole was found on the pattern paper. I used to load every week for the shells that I would use that week. I was very surprised at this finding but apparently the wax left for over a week or so hardens to the extent that it held the shot together. |
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