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Hey Guys,
As a few of you guys know I occasionally write articles for other sites. (Both Hunting and Financial related).
This is the second article that I have written with Mike. The last was written when he was still blogging for Outdoor Life and was a review of the available Bolt-Action slug guns on the market.
I always enjoy writting these types of reviews and would like to send a big thanks out to Mike once again for helping me to share the info... :yeah:
JC
http://www.mikehanback.com/
As a few of you guys know I occasionally write articles for other sites. (Both Hunting and Financial related).
This is the second article that I have written with Mike. The last was written when he was still blogging for Outdoor Life and was a review of the available Bolt-Action slug guns on the market.
I always enjoy writting these types of reviews and would like to send a big thanks out to Mike once again for helping me to share the info... :yeah:
JC
http://www.mikehanback.com/
Field Test: Winchester XP3 Slug
NJ slug gun expert Jeff Herrmann sent this report:
Hey Mike: I tested Winchester?s new 12-ga. XP3 slug in prep for a hunt in Brown Co., Illinois last fall. This trip was special because my girlfriend and hunting partner, Melisa, would join me.
Melisa was shooting my Savage 210, which is capable of 2-inch, 3-shot groups at 100 yards with quality ammo under optimal range conditions. I was amazed when my first 3-shot test group with the XP3s came in at 2.25?, despite the windy conditions. Subsequent groups were impressive, and we did no cherry picking to achieve good group size. I am confident we could have shot 1-inch-plus groups with the XP3s if we had really tried to ring the accuracy out of them.
Equally amazing was the consistency of the velocity; the velocities of those first 3 shots were less than 10 fps apart! The slugs averaged 1,860 fps in the Savage?s 24-inch barrel.
Melisa decided to shoot a 5-shot group, which came in under 2.5?. She was really surprised by the lack of recoil. Given the excellent accuracy and low recoil of the XP3s, Mel was fired up to try them out on a big IL buck.
I had located a nice 8-pointer with a G-2 sticker. I hunted him for 2 days and saw him twice, but never got a shot. With a day left in the first 3-day slug season I convinced Melisa to join me in trying to tag this buck. Well, a half-hour after daylight she shot him! The buck ran 45 yards and expired. The XP3 performed beautifully, smashing through the ribs, taking out the lungs and passing through the ribs on the offside.
On the range and in the woods, the XP3s get a big thumbs-up from us. Thanks, Jeff and Melisa
Jeff, thanks for the great report, today?s ammo technology continues to improve each year.
Melisa, great job shooting Jeff?s 8-pointer, fine-looking buck, way to go girl!