Snoothbore M500s w 4x scopes on drilled and tapped receivers, back in the 80s.
Buy WW 2 3/4" fosters, all from same lot #.
Was good to 150 yards accuracy wise.
Killed one w pass through double lung at that, shot another and grooved top of heart.....slug didnt penetrate offisde chest wall.
Too iffy.
Decided fosters was 100 yards no matter what.
Then came rifled bbls and sabots. Solid 150 or longer performance. Picky as to cleaning interval, foulers required....and expensive.
Plus the shoulder took a beating.
When PCR became legal in IN made the switch.
Better triggers and cooler guns, plus less recoil.
35 rem trimmed to PCR spec was wonderful, now w HP allowance on private ground just run em factory.
Funny. Killed deer w shotguns to 165 ( rifled ), handguns to 150 and MZ to 150.....yet my farthest rifle kill ( PCR or reg ) has been 75 yards.
Last edited by hookeye; 09/04/21.
