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Article: Hastings' smokin' 20-gauge slug: who needs a rifle?(SHOT GUNNER)
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- Guns Magazine
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- March 1, 2008
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By any measure, Hastings' new slug load for the 20-gauge is big news. It is long, the case measuring 3-1/2" and it is heavy, weighing 15/16 ounce. It is fast, averaging 2,070 fps. And it packs more energy at the muzzle than a .300 Winchester Magnum.
Many years ago, when I was working for the New York State Conservation Department, my friends and I would hunt whitetails in the deer infested, slug-only zone of the Mid-Hudson region of the state. Shooting 12- and 20-gauge Ithaca Deerslayers, we had a standing argument about the merits of the 12-gauge slug over the 20 and vice versa.
The 12-gauge proponents argued the benefits of slug weight and diameter ...