Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Wide open Nevada
Posts: 515
RE: Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
I know this is way off base but is a very inexpensive way out . If you have a good suitable shotgun with screwin chokes I belive that hastings has a rifled choke as well as other supliers . Ofcourse I can't fault a fellow for "needing" a new gun.
#13
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
In that price range I would suggest the two you are looking at, the savage or the H&R. I would also go with a 20 ga over the 12 ga. They seem to have an accuracy advantage to me because the twist rates and bullets are very similar to that of what the inline MLs are using.
And newer 20 ga loads have plenty of power to kill a deer out to 150-200 yards if you can shoot one that far accurately.
Paul
And newer 20 ga loads have plenty of power to kill a deer out to 150-200 yards if you can shoot one that far accurately.
Paul
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,828
RE: Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
I actually own three...... Remingtons 1187 and870. I also have a Mossberg 500. Only the 1187 and the Mossberg have rifled barrels and scopes. The 870 I use in the thick stuff, a smooth bore barrel and iron sites. I'm loyal to my Remingtons but to tell you the truth my Mossberg is more accurate, I just shoot it better. I use foster slugs in all three. I may pick up some sabots and shoot thru the Mossberg this year.
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location:
Posts: 215
RE: Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
If you have a shotgun already and have a mod choke screw in all you need to do is buy the new FEDERAL TRU-BALL slugs..they have to been seen to be believed...they are designed for the smooth bore and shoot groups as good as my rifled barrel..they are the best going..I've tried at least 7 other types and none even came close out of the smooth bore..I shot a big ole OHIO whitetail last year with one and smashed it in it's tracks..TRY EM ...save yourself the money for very little if any gain.....
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 122
RE: Looking for a slug gun- input wanted
I've got a really good but inexpensive slug gun. It is a mossberg 695 bolt action gun with a rifled barrel. It is accurate with lightfield slugs out to 100-125 yards and inexpensive. I bought a used mossberg 695 witha leupold 1-4x20 scope for 200 or 250. So far in two years using it I've killed three deer. One at 50 yards, one at 18 yards, and the other at 70 yards. The last one went the furthest at around 40 yards. The other two went down where they were hit. This gun/slug combo is just devasting.
Paul
Paul