Firing Winchester Dual Bond Deer Slugs

At the 2018 SHOT Show Range Day, I made my way to Winchester’s rifle and shotgun range. While there, I fired several rounds of their Dual Bond “bonded dual jacket sabot slugs” through a 12 gauge slug gun with a rifled barrel. I realize this ammo isn’t new, but still, the results were notable.

Accuracy was good, as was ammo quality.

This ammo would be one of my first choices if I were to hunt deer with slugs. It was certainly accurate enough, and 375 grains will hit mighty hard. A double-jacketed hollow point bullet is bound to do plenty of damage.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.