You from my area Rick?
Well I will give the slugs a try through the 20g. at the range. Only one way to find out.
The wikipedia Article on Slugs states:
"The actual purpose of the fins is to minimize the friction on both the barrel and projectile and allow the slug to safely be swaged down when fired through a choke, although accuracy will suffer and choke wear will be progressively accelerated when fired through any choke gauge tighter than open."
I am thinking that my range trip will end up with me favoring the Mauser anyway. I have done some shooting with it at about 50 yards and it was placing pretty well.
My Yugo Mauser is a 24/47 in 8mm that I originally bought to sporterize, but it is in a bit too nice shape to break it up. Plus, I figured the intermediate action would be more of a headache when it came to parts down the line in the project. So instead, I picked up a Czech 98 in 7mm that had already been "sporterized" (stock just shortened and hand guard removed). That is now my base for the 30.06 conversion.
Charlie,
Yeah, I figured try them both out and see what I think. The land I will be hunting is pretty wooded in most spots. So a shot beyond 50-75 yards will most likely not be had. But there are a couple more open areas. What I had hoped to have happen was get both of the guns hitting pretty well, bring them both and then make my decision on which to use after I figure out where I will be set up.
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