Worst Slug Ever? Sterling Tornado 2-3/4" 1oz Slug Test W/ Smooth Bore, Rifled Choke, & Rifled Barrel

[@tripplebeards3427]

Thats like throwing a hotdog down a hallway😂

[@theshotgunscientists]

Exactly

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Haha yep, pretty much!

[@theshotgunscientists]

Oh man we’ve tried all sorts of stuff to make the accurate and failed every time. It’s a .670 slugs making it trusty a 16 gauge slug, they are paper thin and not nose heavy. They even did terrible in a rifled barrel using a much better wad. Wee even took them apart and loaded the actual slug in 16 gauge shells and even that was just awful to say the least. It truly is the worst 12 gauge slug on the market. Their mini slugs are good though. Totally different design.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, I saw you guys did a bunch of testing with them and didn't get any good results. That's part of the reason why I didn't expect these to do as well as they did through my setups, granted they were still terrible

[@chateaudedoggy9193]

Did it ever occur to you to test them in the weapon they were designed for? A smooth bore with cylinder choke.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Well, these are a sabot slug. Sabot slugs are designed for rifled barrels, not smooth bores. Plus, both the slug and sabot are undersized, so if we were to test them through a cylinder choke, it would essentially be like firing a hotdog down a hallway. That's why I decided to go with the full choke in the smooth bore with the hope that it would roughly match up with the diameter of the slug and sabot and potentially help them out a little

[@caniaccharlie]

Oh wow!!! How are these so bad? How is the group out of the rifled barrel so big but they were obviously flying stabilized? Then the groupings out of the full and rifled were tumbling so much but tighter? I hadn't seen other videos of these before, so I would've probably bought some to try out, but I'll pass on these if I ever see any. Thanks for the testing!

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, they are pretty terrible. It's an undersized projectile in what is supposed to be a sabot but is actually just a field style wad, so it's essentially like firing a hotdog down a hallway. The guys over at The Shotgun Scientist channel tested these with the same, if not worse results, so I would definitely avoid them

[@thannydevitos2332]

Shot these out of a 28” barrel mossberg 940 pro and I missed paper so many times from a rest at 25 yards lmao😂

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, they were definitely pretty bad

[@Darthdoodoo]

I bought 200 of these at the height of the pandemic and i found out they were shit later. I just figured the company had a bunch of random stuff that didn't go together and they threw it together anyway 😂

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, that would kinda make sense with how they performed

[@byroncharles]

so glad i came across this, those slugs were in my cart

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, they were definitely a huge disappointment

[@curtiseggemeyer5681]

Matt really good expanded testing I also have one of those rifle chokes , have not even tested it.The Sterlings might be good inside of a barn if you are trying to hit the barn LOL the tumblings really is what I see as the worse part of it. Not stabilizing. A pumpkinball might be as good.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, I was surprised to see that the rifled barrel was the most stabilized but the least accurate. The smooth bore was definitely the worst, so I was surprised we saw as "decent" of accuracy as we did out of it

[@Svt1000]

They dirt cheap can’t beat that

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

For a cheap day at the range, maybe. But for anything else, they are terrible

[@lukea2806]

Matt, what would be your choice of lead turkey load to use in a 12 gauge with a 2-3/4 inch chamber and fixed full choke?

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I don't think I've really tested many 2-3/4" lead turkey loads yet, simply because their just aren't very many out there. We have tested the Remington Nitro Turkey 2-3/4 shells and they are terrible. I do know that Winchester makes, or at least did make the Longbeard and Double X shells in a 2-3/4, but I don't think they are really easy to come across lately. You might want to look at Salt Creek. I don't think they have any lead turkey loads listed on the website, but I know that they will load almost anything you want if you send them a message about it. We have tested some 3" lead loads from them with great results in the past, so I know they can load a great shell. They are great guys, so it might be worth looking into

[@lukea2806]

@@matttyreeoutdoors Longbeard XR in 2-3/4 doesn’t exist any more, I’ve looked very hard for them. Whatever the ones in the grey box are (super x?) I’ve found the 4s and 5s but haven’t patterned them yet. I’m not expecting to be too impressed but I guess I could be surprised.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

@@lukea2806 we've tested some of the super x 3" shells with some surprisingly decent results, so you may be surprised. I think the biggest limitation is that fixed full choke. If you want to use a lead shell, you might just have to limit yourself to like 30 yards or so

[@junkcollector93]

I heard the sterling big game slugs are way better than the tornado slugs.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I actually do have some of those big game slugs. I plan on testing them soon, so I guess we'll see how they perform

[@junkcollector93]

@@matttyreeoutdoors I'll be on the lookout for that video. If they are decent I might have to pick some up.

[@clips3rdround928]

What brands do you guys recommend?

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

If you're looking for slugs, Brenneke is usually a pretty good bet. You can get good results from Federal and Remington and others, but Brenneke generally does well through most setups with a good majority of their slugs

[@craigsly9335]

I definitely won't be picking up any of these. I'll stick to my challenger slugs.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I need to see if I can find some of those Challenger slugs to test

[@joeescobar900]

Instructive! Great videos.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Glad you enjoy!

[@User-nx7rs]

Thanks I now know not to waste my money on those

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yep, I wouldn't even bother looking at them

[@PROFESSIONALCRASHOUT]

Interesting. I got like 60 of these slugs to test. I haven't shot them yet. They are dirt cheap though near me so i got some to try. Edit This is after i watched the video. I will be back later when ive shot these to give you my results. I do believe that the best slugs are just the ones that shoot rifled slugs themselves. They are really aerodynamic and give you the accuracy you are asking for at 75-100 yards.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I wish you the best of luck when you test them, but they don't seem too promising. Let me know your results

[@antonelloromeo2118]

For this sabot is a terrific rifled and full chocke barrel! The optmal test use the cyl bore for my opinium. Sorry for my english my friend 😊

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Well, it is an undersized slug at .670 diameter, so a cylinder choke would most likely make it even worse

[@MrWallst72]

For the money, sterling shotgun shells are okay for me.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

The Sterling buckshot was decent and the Big Game slugs weren't too bad, but these Tornado slugs are just terrible

[@Darthdoodoo]

I suppose they are good for shtf close quarters stuff or just use them for breaking in a gun😂

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yep, maybe in a hallway's distance, but that's about it

[@robertbent7999]

Bought bunch in 410ga. There trash i ever bought

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I honestly didn't even know they made these in 410. But after seeing this, like you said, I doubt they would be any better

[@Cr0wmagnum]

Must be a European thing? I don't usually use slugs very much but I would not even use those for function testing!

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, I don't know. The Italians can make some great trap shells, but their turkey shells and slugs have been terrible in my experience

[@guardianminifarm8005]

That is bad!

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

I would agree for sure

[@goodcitizen3780]

Let me save you some time. Hes gonna say he thinks they are terrible and he wouldn't trust them and he wants you to comment what you think and hes gonna say it like 30 times in a row

[@ilganis]

this slug special designed for rifled barrels

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Well, we did try them in a rifled barrel, rifled choke, and a smooth bore in this video and they still were terrible. There's no way that the "sabot" they were using would ever hold up and consistently withstand being fired through a rifled barrel, that's why they just flat out suck

[@pensnut08]

I got them for HD, not deer. I'll try them in my 870 with a rifled barrel and my Mossberg smooth bore.

[@matttyreeoutdoors]

Yeah, they would do fine for close range stuff, but I definitely wouldn't trust them for a hunting scenario