Brenneke Slug Difference?

[scothill]

It seems that the Brenneke Black Magic is the gold standard of slugs for a smoothbore, but is there any difference between the Black Magic 2 3/4 and 3 slugs? I know that the 2 3/4 is a 1oz slug and the 3 is a 1 3/8 slug but other then that are the the same design and hardness? Is there a recoil difference.

Also what do you guys recommend for a good all round small game shell from a 12 gauge? Mainly pot hunting for birds and rabbits.

 

[alaska bush man]

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Just make sure it is the 1 1/8 OZ -2 3/4" Mag slug if you have smooth barrel like I do in a Ithaca 37.

 

[scothill]

so you would use the Classic Magnum instead of the Black Magic Short Magnum?

 

[alaska bush man]

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Just make sure it is the Heavy Field Short Mag 1 1/8 OZ -2 3/4" Mag slug if you have smooth barrel like I do in a Ithaca 37.

www.brennekeusa.com/web/text/faq.html#whicha[/url] 37.

 

[BrownBear]

There's noticeably more recoil from the 3" in a light shotgun. Shoot ten or fifteen from the bench, and you'll reconsider the 2 3/4". Not that bench shooting will have much to do with field use, but it does indicate how quickly you will be able to make aimed second, third and fourth shots.

 

[scothill]

Brown Bear that is pretty much why I am looking at the 2 3/4 instead.