Two recommendations: Shoot 2 3/4" slugs and don't get a 3-9X scope. 3" slugs are completely unnecessary for deer hunting. All they do is give you a little more KE at range. Not worth the extra bruises, believe me. On the 3-9X scope, it's really overkill for a shotgun. the very most i'd go with is 2-7X. a friend has a custom made Tarhunt 870 with a 3-9X Zeiss, way too much scope for that gun, even thought the thing can shoot out to 175 or 200 yards. I have a 1-4X Leupold and i love that thing to death. I shot a doe this past year at 131(LRF) yards. Dropped her in her tracks. However, average shots for a shotgun will be 50-75 yards. For slugs, i'd shoot a few different brands. Yes, its expensive, as I quickly found, but getting your gun to shoot straight is more important. I don't have to have to have 1" groups like alot of guys. Same with my rifles. I don't go for that high precision crap. If the slug goes where i want it to go, i'm cool with that. Getting it to put 3 slugs in an 1" group or getting 3 .270 bullets in a 1/2" group isn't what I'm looking for. I'm looking for hunting accuracy, being able to put the bullet in the vitals when i have to make it shoot through gaps and tough shots. sure, its nice to have ultra tight groups, but necessary? No.

My slug of choice is the 2 3/4" Remington CopperSolid. Most of my group in iowa shoots copper solids. And almost all of us shoot Remington 870's(exception being an 1187 and an Abolt shotgun). The copper solid has the best weight retention of any slug on the market, and it really puts them deer down. Other slugs i'd recommend: Barnes Expander(by Federal), Winchester (I can't remember the name, i think premium something..extremely expensive, but good. I've seen the lightfields in the field before, and I don't like them. They get mad expansion, but i think they could break up easily upon hitting say, the opposite shoulder. They roll out flat to a little more than a quarter shaped pancake style chunk of lead. That i don't like, as i think the slug could break up too easily. I prefer pass throughs by far. Two holes is always better than one. Hope all this helped

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