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Posted: 2/17/2009 4:04:48 AM EDT
| What can I expect as far as group size from an 18.5" barrel with a bead sight shooting slugs at 50 yards and 100 yards? What would you call poor, okay, and great? |
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It depends greatly on several factors:
1) What type of bore/choke do you have (Cyl., Imp., rifled slug barrel, etc.); 2) What kind of ammo are you shooting (Federal, Hornady, etc. slugs or other quality slugs or are you using crap like Wofl); 3) Shooting off-hand, rested, prone, etc.; and 4) Your abilities as a shooter. On average, I would say you would get "fair" accuracy out of a cylinder bored, 18.5" barreled HD shotgun with only a bead front sight using quality ammo. Maybe 4-5" at 50 yards if you are lucky and at least double that at 100 yards. Sights make a big difference when shoot slugs 50 yards and beyond and you are asking a lot to be accurate with only a bead sight at 100 yards with slugs in my experience. |
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Don't know about your set up because my 870 has a 14" bbl. with no choke (cylinder bore) and I can keep all slugs in an 10" diameter plate at 100 yards. My shotty has a Trijicon Reflex II optic on it so that probably makes a big difference.
MadDog 
ETA: I just changed the bbl. this evening out to a 12" so i will see if it still has the same accuracy. |
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I got this group firing Remington 1oz slugs from my bead-sighted, cylinder-bored, 18.5" barreled Mossberg 930 at 25 yards.
First time to put slugs through it and I was trying for head shots as fast as I could get back on target. 5 rounds rested and 5 rounds standing. 
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