2.75" vs. 3" MAGNUM!! 12 Gauge Rifled Slug Winchester 1oz Ballistics Gel Ammo Test

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  • Let's do a ballistics gel test and review of the 12 Gauge Winchester Super-X 1oz Rifled Slugs fired from a Mossberg 500 Retrograde pump action shotgun chambered in 12 gauge with an 18 inch smooth-bore barrel.
    Checkout my leather gear handmade by me, just for you here: www.masonleather.com/store/c1...
    All shots are fired from a distance of 50 yards to encompass the majority of common real world hunting scenarios.
    I will be shooting into 10% ballistics gel from www.clearballistics.com that has been calibrated to meet the FBI ballistics testing protocol.
    While ballistics gel isn’t an exact proxy for big game, small game, predators or defensive situations, it does provide a repeatable medium through which to test various bullets and ammunitions against each other.
    With each type of ammo tested I collect data on bullet penetration depth, bullet weight retention, bullet expansion and muzzle velocity.
    For reference, bullet expansion is measured at the widest expanded point using a calibrated Frankford Arsenal Digital Caliper.
    Bullet weight is measured using a calibrated Frankford Arsenal Digital Scale after having removed as much ballistics gel as possible from the expanded bullets.
    Bullet velocity is measured using a ProChronoPal chronograph set approximately 7’ from the shooting bench.
    I am fully aware that a chronograph measuring bullet velocity from 7’ away from the muzzle is going to register a slower velocity than if velocity were measured directly at the muzzle, but that difference is going to be so small as to be all but irrelevant in regards to comparison of actual measured velocity versus factory stated velocity.
    My goal with these ballistics gel tests is to provide hunters like you and I with the most objective information possible to help us make the best choice for our particular hunting situation.
    The results of these tests are my own and I cannot guarantee the same or similar performance on your part. The views and opinions expressed in this video are solely my own.
    All videos are filmed in a safe and controlled environment on a private range with all applicable safety precautions by a trained professional.
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  • @masonleather
    @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Leather gear handmade by me, just for you! www.masonleather.com/store/c19/shop-all-gear#/

  • @scottythebody0811
    @scottythebody0811 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Your content is great. Everything you post is something I’m interested in.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

    • @oncall21
      @oncall21 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have to second this. 💯👌

  • @mirandacandice9626
    @mirandacandice9626 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Cool video Mason!
    As a moose guide, I've seen a pile of black bear, caribou and moose dropped with the 2 3/4" version of this slug up here in Canada. I have since switched over to Federal's Truball Deep Penetrator slugs and have been impressed with their performance.
    Would love to see you test those in gel!

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad to be of service! I’ll definitely be doing Federal when I get the chance, I’ve heard nothing but good things about the Tru-ball stuff

  • @cgsimons1187
    @cgsimons1187 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks for conducting this test. I've seen others where the slugs were fired at relatively close range, and they tended to overexpand or fragment to pieces. Which resulted in considerably less penetration.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad to be of service!

  • @gemonic9103
    @gemonic9103 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In my experience, rifled slugs tend to get very good accuracy out of an improved cylinder choke, maybe give that a try and see if it helps!

    • @ThaGVPSon
      @ThaGVPSon 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What kind of moa do u get at 50 and 100 yards?

  • @EverydayPeople744
    @EverydayPeople744 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have had a wide range of performance from those, from splitting in 2 twisted pieces to looking like you could reload the same slug and using again. Great videos sir.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

  • @guardianminifarm8005
    @guardianminifarm8005 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Good data. 1.0 oz foster slugs are very effective on whitetail for sure. Of course some folk really like using them for black bear and hogs.

    • @ThaGVPSon
      @ThaGVPSon 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They're good for moose and grizz too

  • @rynerenzaglia8006
    @rynerenzaglia8006 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In my experience rifled choke tubes have a series positive impact on slug accuracy on every standard slug in every gun ive tried it in.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Outstanding, I may try a different barrel on this one in the future

  • @shovelhead2155
    @shovelhead2155 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was really hoping you started testing shotgun loads. Thank you. Your awsome.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad to be of service!

  • @oncall21
    @oncall21 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video Mason. Great point also on tying the right slugs to the gun. My first shotgun nearly 40 years ago now was a Mossberg 500 shotgun. Thanks for sharing!

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad to be of service!

    • @zzz7zzz9
      @zzz7zzz9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I still have my late dad's mossberg 500, "ol betsy".

    • @oncall21
      @oncall21 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@zzz7zzz9 great shotgun. 👌💯

  • @ronjones1414
    @ronjones1414 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is interesting to note that the billed velocity increase between the two was just about spot on. If you found a choke that got them shooting straight, the magnums would kill anything walking.

  • @cal1776
    @cal1776 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As always nicely done. Thanks.

  • @williameberhart3505
    @williameberhart3505 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video. Thanks

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

  • @Foxfire-traditional
    @Foxfire-traditional หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really love the shotgun leather

  • @johnnorman7708
    @johnnorman7708 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    These things compare pretty good to big bore muzzleloaders and black powder rifle cartridges. That bore size and 2 feet of penetration with good weight retention makes these Super X slugs serious deer 🦌 or bear 🐻 or pig 🐷 hunting ammo.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely

    • @blueduck9409
      @blueduck9409 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or bandit hunting ammo.

  • @ejsocci2630
    @ejsocci2630 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another good video, thanks

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

  • @johnnymccann5607
    @johnnymccann5607 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    after testing slug 12 ga shells and hunting with them for so lomg that winchester is my least favorites. federal and Remington my favorites. I've noticed the Winchester slugs when shooting rapidly the recoil pushing slugs farther back in the shells. i could shake the shells from my6 shot pump shotgun and fell and hear slug movement. and this most definitely has affected accuracy greatly. for years i used a 3×9 scope off sandbags testing. Winchester 12 slugs got to the point in testing accuracy that i only use one shell in the firearm at a time getting wonderful accuracy even at 75 yds with grandpas old high standard police issue with scope. with my mossberg 500 scoped 12 ga shooting crisco cans no problem 100yd. but federal or Remington slugs same shotguns loading 6 shells in shotguns a rarely had slugs backup in shells. papa wishing you well 😊

  • @polhokustaa4989
    @polhokustaa4989 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sometimes less is more!

  • @ckiefner715
    @ckiefner715 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I always found the difference was I got thumped around more for no reason with 3” Winchester slugs and deer died just as fast with the 2 3/4” slugs.
    My 870 loves the 2 3/4” 1oz. Winchester slugs, didn’t care too much for any of the Remington Sluggers.
    If you can find the 3” Black Magic slugs they are like the pinnacle of rifled slugs. They are going to recoil and they are not cheap.

    • @ThaGVPSon
      @ThaGVPSon 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The black magic are the best to take down charging grizzly bears

  • @jameskennedy6982
    @jameskennedy6982 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Good job!

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Glad to be of service!

  • @VaskoGeorgievski
    @VaskoGeorgievski หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

  • @shaneroot4899
    @shaneroot4899 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good test.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to be of service!

  • @chunt4694
    @chunt4694 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I only shoot the 2.75" inch Winchester slugs out of my 28" vent rib Remington 870, with a cylinder bore choke tube. I consistently get a 3 shot "clover leaf" group at 50 yards and they have great knock down power!! I can't get Remington slugs to group with a darn, go figure!!

  • @whatisrealwtf
    @whatisrealwtf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Always been my experience that 2 3/4 slugs are more constant with accuracy. With a rifled barrel even more so... Ithaca 37 deer slayer is basically a tack driver at 50 yards.

    • @joeymurphy5617
      @joeymurphy5617 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I had a Marlin 512 bolt action that really liked the 2.75” Hornady Custom Lite Sabots

  • @DonutVIP
    @DonutVIP หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Between federal, remington, and winchester, they always sway to the left or right, remington some how goes up and down at 10 yard, this is coming out of a smoothbore 22inch barrel, browning gold hunter, im looking for a fully rifle barrel at this moment as sabot tends to be more accurate these day

  • @SW-oo2jw
    @SW-oo2jw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great for home protection.

  • @marcielindustries9225
    @marcielindustries9225 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the retro grade furniture, I wish my 590 had it.

    • @dragonaut4208
      @dragonaut4208 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have been trying to find some for my 590a1

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My stocks were completely redone and hand checkered, the way they come from the factory isn’t like they look in the video, still nice but much darker and the checkering isn’t as good.

  • @RobertSmith-ub6tk
    @RobertSmith-ub6tk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hornady SST 12 gauge slugs at 2000 ft./s I’d like to see what they actually going that be a good video

  • @dragonaut4208
    @dragonaut4208 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do the federal truball next

  • @harrypeterson9287
    @harrypeterson9287 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Exactly the info I was looking for delivered in a way that doesn't make me want to bang my head into a table like a lot of the other TH-cam ballistics channels.
    Any chance you could do the same type of testing with Remington and Federal too? I know it ain't cheap but I'm searching for the king of the Foster slugs.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤣 I’m glad to be of service! Absolutely, the Remington video will be out in the next several weeks and I will be doing the same for ALL slugs.

  • @fisherdave9192
    @fisherdave9192 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To my understanding, shotgun barrel length doesn’t affect velocity anywhere near handgun or rifle barrel length differences do. I’ve seen experiments concluding about 7 fps slower per inch of barrel. So even using an 18” barrel like you were, I’d think your velocities would be closer to the advertised 1600 and 1760 listed on the box than what you were getting. Does that matter all that much for slugs? Probably not. But it would sure be nice to get the ballistics they advertise

  • @michaelkeselman
    @michaelkeselman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 3's are accurate from my 28" CZ 612 with no choke. Hope that's helpful.

  • @Roosterboy_00
    @Roosterboy_00 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When it comes to foster slugs, i’ve seen modified cylinders do better than improved cylinders and full chokes do worse than cylinders, Improved done a little better than cylinder

  • @johnjones5511
    @johnjones5511 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Do the 20 ga also. THANKS

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will at some point

  • @rockkicker5527
    @rockkicker5527 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SuperX 3" slugs deform on impact into bizarre shapes and travel through into random areas of whitetail deer..normal hole on one side normal hole on other side during broadside impact, quartering away impacts deflect in all sorts of directions .
    Remington 3"on the other hand seems to either travel slower or the slug is a harder and plow straight through and I have never recovered one in a whitetail

  • @dalaanibombina8822
    @dalaanibombina8822 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The 2 3/4” slugs are longer than stated, as I can only fit four in my Benelli M4 compared to the five snap caps it can hold.

  • @davidstrickler6570
    @davidstrickler6570 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If your bore is a smooth bore, then is it really a slug gun?
    Using a rifled slug gun, you should try Winchester gold partition two and three-quarter inch. Three inch doesn't groop very well.

  • @tylertapp131
    @tylertapp131 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Id be curious to see how these did out of a 14 inch 590. Wonder how much more velocity is lost.

  • @jason200912
    @jason200912 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You kinda look like Tom hanks in the movie Forrest gump

  • @user-ru5be4iy9t
    @user-ru5be4iy9t หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've noticed that magnum loads in a short barrel tend to be inaccurate due to excessive muzzle blast which causes the slug or shot to disperse more than a lighter loading. IMHO.

  • @canuckmagnum5841
    @canuckmagnum5841 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always found the 2 3/4 vs 3" slugs interesting because the ones I use in 20ga are the same velocity so.. what's the point in going 3", odd right? I have those same win slugs in 12ga.

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Interesting ~ I’ll be doing 20g at some point

  • @shaneboyle9982
    @shaneboyle9982 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    3inch slugs r never accurate in any of my gun

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They certainly leave a lot to be desired

    • @Timerman765
      @Timerman765 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Have you ever shot them through a rifled barrel?

  • @jason200912
    @jason200912 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Video request for 00 buckshot please

  • @Dm87509
    @Dm87509 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If u continue doing shot gun ammo maybe a cheap walmart shot gun with a 20 to 24 inch barrel I think they have a Hatfield for like $230 ish

  • @WayStedYou
    @WayStedYou หลายเดือนก่อน

    Strange the same slug, but 3 inch didn't group well

  • @liverpool6380
    @liverpool6380 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    308 copper

  • @masonleather
    @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน

    Test

  • @Dm87509
    @Dm87509 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had better luck with remington slugger

  • @chadwallace3598
    @chadwallace3598 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow those things look like they’re awfully soft. Softer than I would have thought.

  • @jerrykemphfer9436
    @jerrykemphfer9436 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The 3inch isn't a the same has a x on it instead of a hollow point wish you would have looked

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      These are both “rifled slugs hollow point” as printed right on the box. It’s an ounce of lead, if there’s some little X on one I can guarantee you it makes zero material difference.

    • @whiteoakfarmsc2604
      @whiteoakfarmsc2604 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don’t know if it really makes a difference, but the 3” version does not drill the little hollow point in the slug. And Winchester put a little X on the face. Technically the box is wrong. I shoot a lot of slugs. I found the 2 3/4 are great. The 3” shell groups 4 times wider at 75 yards. The 3” also uses completely different gas seals and wads than the 2 3/4.

    • @jerrykemphfer9436
      @jerrykemphfer9436 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your reply could you try federal next.i noticed federal 2 3/4 are shorter than other brands

    • @dekir7663
      @dekir7663 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which ones do you favor for HD ? 😊

  • @haydenleist8852
    @haydenleist8852 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should get a Garmin chronograph to replace the one you have now

    • @masonleather
      @masonleather  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The one I have works perfectly fine

    • @brianklamer3328
      @brianklamer3328 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Why don't you buy one for him then? Making TH-cam videos is probably very expensive for him to produce.

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They cost about 5x what the chronograph he already has does.
      If he breaks the current one maybe

  • @kingspino9116
    @kingspino9116 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro got that pump from fortnite and 💀