I bought the stock smooth-bored Remington 870 Express from WallyWorld brand new for under $200 out the door. Based on my reading, I thought I might have to invest in a rifled barrel to use it as a slug gun for deer hunting, UNTIL I mounted a Leupold VX-1 1-4x shotgun scope on it and started shooting the Remington Slugger 2 3/4" and 3" rifled slugs and zeroed the thing at 100 yards. It gave me 3 inch groups out to 150 yards! I was amazed. That is a very versatile gun, and has already proven itself on two wild boars, and two turkeys. It's quite possibly the only hunting gun one might ever need/want for Eastern hunting.