HRNDY AW 12GA 2.75″ 325GR SLUG 5/100

Description

The Hornady American Whitetail slug is built around one specific task: putting deer down cleanly at distances where most shotgun slugs run out of authority. Loaded with a 325-grain InterLock bullet, the design pairs a hollow point with a serrated tip that initiates expansion quickly and consistently on impact, rather than relying on impact velocity alone to trigger the opening sequence. That matters when shots stretch toward the outer edge of practical range, where impact energy is lower and predictable expansion is harder to guarantee.

The slug seats in a rigid polycarbonate sabot, which serves two purposes. It seals propellant gases behind the projectile for consistent velocity, and it engages the rifling of a fully rifled barrel to spin-stabilize the slug for the kind of accuracy that smooth-bore or rifled-choke setups cannot reliably produce. This is ammunition designed specifically for fully rifled barrels — running it through a smooth bore or a rifled choke tube will cost you both accuracy and the performance the sabot is engineered to deliver.

The InterLock construction bonds the bullet’s core to its jacket mechanically, keeping the two together through the expansion process so retained weight stays high and penetration remains deep enough to reach vitals through shoulder bone or heavy muscle. The lead alloy core is formulated to be tough rather than soft, which keeps the slug from fragmenting prematurely on impact. The result is a hunting load built around clean, decisive terminal performance on mature whitetails, with enough capability at distance to cover the long shooting lanes common in midwestern agricultural country.