strictly for deer hunting with shots up to 200-225 yards.
To be honest IMO thats not very ethical. Slugs lose much velocity & energy once they go past 125 yards. 150 is pushing it. If you want to go past the 250 mark use a rifle.
From the pictures dvdegeorge posted, it looks like the accuracy is there at 200 yards. I'm not sure what the energy would be but maybe he can elaborate.
I'd gladly use a rifle instead of a shotgun for any deer hunting at any range but there are just too many areas where rifles are prohibited, hence my question(s).
According to the Winchester web site, their 3" XP3 slug, when sighted in at 100 yards, is 6.5" low at 175. It would seem like you could sight in 2 or 3 inches high at 100 yards and have a pretty good trajectory to 175, and maybe 200 yards. The energy at 150 yards is 1,746 ft/lbs.
I'm new to this, and maybe over-optimistic, which is why I'm asking questions in advance. I don't want to wound any deer.
