After shooting my brothers 30 06 Encore pistol I knew I needed one. I have tried to find good quality information via the net and just have not found what I have needed. Here in Illinois, shotgun slugs are the only option for deer so I plan on purchase the walnut blued trigger and shotgun barrel. Questions:

1) With slugs, how has your accuracy been?
2) Maximum distance with the slugs?
3) Reliability issues with slugs?
4) Best site that has these for sale?

I also plan on using this rifle for our annual elk hunts. Has anyone had any real experience using this gun on larger game such as elk? Results?

This gun is replacing my Remington 1100 so it had better be a good one!

Griz