Mostly importantly, it has a huge detraction. It is ported. I think any serious slug hunter would be foolish to risk their hearing by shooting this gun without hearing protection. (Lets face it very few hunters wear hearing protecion in the field). For this reason alone I would never consider purchasing this gun.
Well said. After I shot my first doe with mine, my ears rang for nearly a week afterwards. And their is no way that porting can reduce recoil, it kicks like a mule. Even the 2 3/4" sabot slugs do. And the 3" ones shoot the best,isn't that the way it always works?[:@] But it is a shooter, once I got the trigger adjusted.