Recently i had a chance to test the svarog sveroboy 12g slug versus 3 deer.
I have to say it will kill. It is very effective.
3 deer shot they all took 1 or two steps and died in place. One doesnt really count because i shot it in the spine.
On the other side. As meat hunter these slugs do waste some meat. The exit holes are just ridiculous and i found the little petals up to 10 inches away from the entrance wound in the most unlikely places.
I am pushing these to 1300fps with 800x in win AA hulls and a ballistic products green brush wad out of a savage 212 and i am very comfortable hitting a deer at 100meters. Past that it drops fairly quickly.
With ammo prices up and these still only costing me like 25 cents until i run out of supplies. This will be my slug of choice.
My buddy is also using a 212 with hornady sst. This is killing as quick if not quicker and doesnt cost 3.50 a round