if your not going to be taking shots past 50-60 yards on deer, you dont need a rifled barrle, but you want one just like i wanted one, but if your are on a really tight budget like me i got a H&R tracker 2 slug gun and you can maybe 60 bucks for another barrle for other stuff the only thing i am not sure of is if they have them with changeable chokes, because they are single shots, now i know not very many people like singles, i do, you only need one shot, that makes me know that when i aim that gun at that deer i no its dead, this way i dont relay on 2-3 more shots in the mag. like with a pump or autoloadergo to hr1871.com and look around.