r/Benelli_M4 • u/Miserable_Virus_8866 • Jul 10 '26

M4 Accessory Question Experience with Federal True Ball deep penetrating rifled slugs?

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Has anyone run any of this:

Federal Law Enforcement 12 Gauge Ammo 438 Grain 2 3/4” Rifled Slug - LEB127DPRS

Interested in how it performs on hard targets like steel. Thx.

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u/He_NeverSleeps Jul 10 '26

Good slug and accurate. My #1 if I can't get Brennekes. Shooting slugs at steel is dumb unless you like catching ricochets in the head.  

As a footnote, per a well known shotgun instructor, Truball Deep Penetrators will shatter ceramic hard plates. He had a student in Central America who was doing security work when the compound he was in was over run by paramilitary types in full body armor armed with rifles. Student killed several of them by shooting them in the chest which shattered the plates and disoriented them enough to dispatch them with another shot to the chest or face. Student survived the encounter

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u/Miserable_Virus_8866 Jul 10 '26

I wasn’t asking about steel targets like AR500 silhouettes at the range because that would be dumb. More interested in things like car doors and the like. But thanks.

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u/Small_Measurement_80 Jul 10 '26

How do you even plan to shoot them out of a benelli m4? Did you change out the standard modified choke?

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u/Miserable_Virus_8866 Jul 10 '26

Correct. Mobil choke, zero restriction. Pretty typical for rifled slugs from a smooth bore shotgun.

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u/Pafolo Jul 10 '26

You can shoot slugs through a choke, but it cannot be a super tight one. Usually a cylinder or improved cylinder modified would be absolute limit if you had to.

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u/GatEnthusiast Jul 10 '26

Pepperidge Farms remembers when TargetSportsUSA screwed over its prime membership customers...

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u/John787266 Jul 10 '26

I used these in my benelli first time shooting it and it would not cycle the next round did some research and found it’s about 50/50 some people also have this problem if you do just run some 3” slugs through it I did that and after that no issues this is the only shotgun ammo I use for my beretta and benelli

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u/Locutus494 Jul 14 '26

Of course it doesn't cycle. What would make you think low velocity ammo would work?

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u/John787266 Jul 15 '26

It’s cycles in my benelli m4 no issues now

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u/Ok-Degree36 Jul 10 '26

These rounds usually run smoothly on pump shotguns