28 gauge slugs

[Tom Flanigan]

A 308 with 150 grain bullets is a fine deer gun. It has very similar ballistics to the 30-06 but in a shorter case. Actually, from a practical hunting perspective, there is no difference.


I do have to admit, that I am not in favor of shooting at deer with a 28 bore slug or 410 or even 222 or 22-250 class rifles. These are far better than the sub bore gauges, but still fall far short for average hunters. These, for deer, are expert's guns, and should not be used by the average deer hunter. I have humanly taken many deer with a 22 magnum, but this was under controlled conditions and I was very careful when choosing whether to shoot or not. It has to be a perfect situation with minimal chance that the hit will be marginal.

The average hunter can not be expected to adhere to these standards totally. This is exactly why the gauges and calibers are outlawed in many states including NY.

[mobirdhunter]

I have ordered some of the 28 gauge slugs. I use a 28 when grouse hunting in Northern Minnesota. Several years ago while hunting we had a very large wolf saunter across an opening toward our 70 pound Gordon Setter. It was easily large enough to carry off our dog(!) I shouted at it and waved my hands (always worked on bears in the Virginia mountains) to no avail and then shot at it at about 40 yards with my cylinder bore (7 1/2s). It just looked at me. I managed to get closer to our dog, between it and the wolf, and it finally strolled off. My wife and I both bought handguns after that incident, but there are so many problems with trying to carry a handgun, a couple of 28 gauge slugs would be a better alternative.

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

a couple of 28 gauge slugs would be a better alternative.

Even better for wolves would be a buckshot load. Not sure such a load is commercially available, but I would think there are handloading recipes to be found.

-Victor

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Victor Wasylyna

Even better for wolves would be a buckshot load. Not sure such a load is commercially available, but I would think there are handloading recipes to be found.

-Victor

Victor, If you come across any recipes, let me know. Thanks!