Hastings barrel best slug choices???

[Screaminta]

Now I’ve never been a big slug gun hunter, but I saw the favorite slug gun thread below and it got me thinking. I have a 12ga 870 magnum and I just recently purchased a 24” Hastings barrel for it for a good price. I see that a number of guys still shoot the Hastings barrels, and I was wondering what slugs seem to shoot best out of them? Let me know, thanks!!

[Nomad]

I shoot Federal 2 3/4 Barnes Expanders out of my Rem 1100 with the Hastings Barrel, very accurate.  I don't think they make them anymore.

Edited November 29, 2018 by Nomad

[MGHunter66]

What twist rate? Faster twist rate shoot sabots with 50cal best while slower twist rates shoot larger projectiles like lightfields better...usually but there are exceptions


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[Screaminta]

1 minute ago, maximus66 said:

What twist rate? Faster twist rate shoot sabots with 50cal best while slower twist rates shoot larger projectiles like lightfields better...usually but there are exceptions


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I believe the hasting’s are 1 in 34” twist rate. 

[BHC]

Best thing to do is try a few different brands, but a great starting point would be Lightfield EXP, for the 12ga stick with 2-3/4" shells......sight in to be 2.5" high at 50 yards

[MGHunter66]

I believe the hasting’s are 1 in 34” twist rate. 

As BHC said, try a couple different brands, a couple that shoot 50 cals like winchester partition golds or hornandy sst, and a couple bigger projectile slugs like lightfields or accutips. Stick with 2 3/4, you really don’t need 3”. 1:34 usually does really good with bigger projectile

 

 

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[Gypshunter]

I have a 20 gauge hastings barrel on my 870. Lightfields have always shot the best. This was my first gun and barrel combo I ever had and still use it every year.

[rocky]

I shoot 12 gauge Lightfields out of my Hastings barrel attached to my Remington 1100. 

[Gobblengrunt]

I thought a read somewhere to NOT use any copper or hard alloy bullets through hastings barrels.  I believe i read that direct from hastings.  I may be wrong and advising only from memory (which isnt always reliable, lol!). I have a browning with a hastings barrel  that throws lightfields really well past 100 yards.

[Bucksnbows]

I thought a read somewhere to NOT use any copper or hard alloy bullets through hastings barrels.  I believe i read that direct from hastings.  I may be wrong and advising only from memory (which isnt always reliable, lol!). I have a browning with a hastings barrel  that throws lightfields really well past 100 yards.

It shouldn’t matter if the projectile is in a plastic sabot sleeve. The plastic is all that touches the grooving.


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[Greg]

1 hour ago, Gobblengrunt said:

I thought a read somewhere to NOT use any copper or hard alloy bullets through hastings barrels.  I believe i read that direct from hastings.  I may be wrong and advising only from memory (which isnt always reliable, lol!). I have a browning with a hastings barrel  that throws lightfields really well past 100 yards.

It was for the remington copper solids which I have used in it before anyone knew better through my 1100

Edited November 30, 2018 by Greg

[Gobblengrunt]

9 hours ago, Bucksnbows said:

 

It shouldn’t matter if the projectile is in a plastic sabot sleeve. The plastic is all that touches the grooving.


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I read that it was the harder alloy that could possibly bend the barrel!  I would stay with lightfields, they will shoot great!

[Bucksnbows]

3 hours ago, Gobblengrunt said:

I read that it was the harder alloy that could possibly bend the barrel!  I would stay with lightfields, they will shoot great!

I guess I understand the worry, but I'm also guessing the plastic sabot sleeve is going to deform far more than a steel barrel will.  I'm no physicist though.  In fact I just spelled that word incorrectly and had to change it.   

[Daktari]

16 hours ago, Nomad said:

I shoot Federal 2 3/4 Barnes Expanders out of my Rem 1100 with the Hastings Barrel, very accurate.  I don't think they make them anymore.

Best slug out of a rifled barrel ever made......discontinued few years ago

I use Federal Trophy now or try Remington Copper Solids both a 2nd place to the Barnes Expander....IMO

[Screaminta]

Has anybody tried the newer Browning BXS slugs? They look like they may be similar to the copper solids.......