bolt acton slug guns

[francesco]

Partition golds or platinum tips anyone else have this gun marlin 512 and try shooting the accuu tips from rem or horndy thanks for your help guys

[tcmech]

I bought one of these a few months ago. It has had a total of 8 shot through it now (including the five I fired a couple of weeks ago).

The one time I shot it I got a 5 shot 4" group with open sights at 100 yards using federal classic saboted slugs. I am sure if I get the trigger pull smoothed out and put on a scope it will do a lot better.

Craig

[tslc]

The Accutips were better than the Hornadys in my 512.

[jims]

I have the Marlin 512, it shot better with with Hornadys and Winchesters than anything else but not too badly with anything.
I have not shot it for awhile since I got the Savage ML and I have a TarHunt also when I use a slug gun.

[huntingmike]

I have a Remington 11/87 auto that I bought a rifled barrel with a cantilever scope mount. I tried 2 3/4 slugs and was about to get rid of it until I tried the 3" Winchester rifled slugs and now it will put three shots in the same hole at 75 yards. I have only hunted with it a few times on shotgun only hunts here. 2 deer in three hunts with it longest shot 125 yards. I can switch out the smooth barrel and back to the rifled barrel with no change of POI.

[jims]

It generally pays to try different loads, each gun has its own preference it seems.

[artjr338wm]

Francesco,
The fallowing slugs shot well out of my 512 enough for me recommend them to you.

Lightfield Hybrid sabots 2.75"
Lightfield Commander IDS 3.0"
Winchester Partition Golds 2.75"
Remington Core Lokt Ultra 2.75"
Federal Barnes Tiped Expander 2.75

The three best performers out of my 512 were the Winchester PGs, the Remington Core lokts, and the Barnes Tiped Expanders. with the Remington's performing best, but both I would be happy using any one of the three. I will also add that the Federal Tiped Barnes Expanders shot quite well also. I only shot IIRC, five 100yrd 3 shot groups but every last one measured right at 1.5" and had near identicle POI. I did not rate them better than anything else as I have not killed a deer with them yet, as I have with the others. basicly the Federal Barnes Tiped Expander slug is the same exact type as a TMZ.

As others have said the 512 seems to shoot most sabot ammo well enough to use for hunting.

Its worth repeating, that no matter what sabot ammo you buy, make sure the boxes are all from the same lot#.

[handgunner]

I think a major key is the fixed barrel to the receiver. In 1987 I had a dedicated slug gun built. It is Winchester Model 25, which is identical to the Model 12 except that is has a barrel screwed into the receiver rather than being a take down. I was told Winchester did this to cut down on mfg. costs over the Model 12. I sent the gun to E.R. Shaw and had their custom slug barrel installed. I had another gunsmith drill and tap the receiver and modify and install Redfield bases and rings. I mounted a 4X Leopold scope. This gun will hold it's own against any style of slug gun. I have killed a pile of deer with it over the years. Two of those was a measured (with a tape) of 180 yards. Just for fun I have impressed friends by shooting groundhogs at 100 yds with a slug gun! But again, I think the biggest factor is the barrel being threaded into the receiver. The second is quality mounts and optics. The last time I checked E.R. Shaw is still producing and installing their shotgun barrels.

[northny]

In the late 70's I moved from rifle country to hunting with slugs in NY's southern tier. Took a few years to work out a combo with the guns at that time that would reach out past 50 yards. After a a lot of frustration, I determined that either the barrel needed to be fixed to receiver (Ithaca Deerslayer) or the scope attached to the barrel. I ended up with three good combos. First was a remington 870 pump with vent rib bird barrel that I clamped a 2x EER pistol scope on (took the set up off my 357 dan wesson). That shot well and was my first 75 yard slug gun Then I put together a Hastings rifled barrel with scope mounts on the barrel (still with Leupold 2x EER) on a Rem 1100 slug gun that had a recoil pad and high comb on stock. I also sent the trigger out to allen timney, and it came back beautiful, crisp with all the creep gone. I still have that set up. never found a reason to improve upon it. Last I bought an Ithaca Deerslayer II, had a gun smith work the trigger, which is just as good, both 100 yard guns witrh right ammo. Never had a shot further than about 70 yards with either of them, but you don't need a bolt to go to 100 yards.

I have shot bolt slug guns belonging to friends, suspect they are even better for accuracy of a bench.