Hornady SST

vint2 · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

Thankee sir!!!! Very Happy

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

vint2 wrote:

It is the enjoyment of the hunt and the ethics that count here, not the indvidual differences!! We all have our personal preferences and dislikes, but that does not make right and wrong. Smile

Thanks for bringin me back to earth with this one, and sorry for hijacking your thread.

HOW we hunt is not nearly as important as THAT we hunt. That we CONTINUE to hunt is dependant on the young'uns.

I tend to get defensive when I think someone is criticizing how WE do things. Many times the "criticism" is perceived, and ,especially with the written word, inferred by myself.

Nuff said about it.

Vince · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

hunterjoe21 wrote:

Vince wrote:

Gidday HJ. My shotgun is an Italian Fausti Stephano O/U. A very nice sporting piece that I also use to bust a few clays every now and again.

I guess a pair of rifled O/U barrels is outta the question??

Imagine busting off 2 heavy slugs in a row with that thing!

OUCH Reckon it would let me know that I am alive.

Do slugs out of a rifled barrel recoil more than a slug in a smoothbore, assuming similar loads of course? A 1 ounce slug weighs in at 437.5 grains as opposed to 300 grains for the SST so I suppose that what you gain in one area you loose in the other.

Cheers, Vince

vint2 · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

Vince,
With the rifled bore you gain considerable accuracy. With the SST you gain speed and accuracy and not so much recoil as a little more whip and buck, which throws the barrel into the air a bit more. It is not hard to deal with but takes a little getting used to. Just make sure you have a good grip on your weapon!!
joe21, understood!:)

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

The H@R Ultra Slug Gun I have weighs so much ( about 10 pounds ) It doesn't kick to bad at all with the sst's.
Joe

vint2 · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

Recoil is worse from a 3" 1 7/8 oz magnum duck load, or even a baby mag, as far as that goes!! Smile

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

Vince wrote:

hunterjoe21 wrote:

Vince wrote:

Gidday HJ. My shotgun is an Italian Fausti Stephano O/U. A very nice sporting piece that I also use to bust a few clays every now and again.

I guess a pair of rifled O/U barrels is outta the question??

Imagine busting off 2 heavy slugs in a row with that thing!

OUCH Reckon it would let me know that I am alive.

Do slugs out of a rifled barrel recoil more than a slug in a smoothbore, assuming similar loads of course? A 1 ounce slug weighs in at 437.5 grains as opposed to 300 grains for the SST so I suppose that what you gain in one area you loose in the other.

Cheers, Vince

Vince,

It may just be in what you're used to. It seems that from the bench rifled slugs recoil more, although I have no proof. I still don't know if PB will compute shotgun recoil calcs, and if it does, don't know how to compare it to a rifled gun. If you're bustin pigs with your O/U, and your shoulder HAS NOT been reversed, keep shootin the damn things!!

vint2 · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

When game is in your sights a weapon goes off and there is no recoil, but on the bench it is a little more noticable!!! Smile

Morax · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

vint2 wrote:

When game is in your sights a weapon goes off and there is no recoil, but on the bench it is a little more noticable!!! Smile

no truer words spoken!! nothing i own recoils when there is something in the crosshairs... strange the way that works

vint2 · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:58 am Post subject: Re: Hornady SST

Yupper, it is a wonder, is it not!!!! Very Happy