Get a Remington 870 and buy a Hasting's Rifled Slug barrel.That will be all you need to complete you arnsenal.Try different slugs and see which one shoots the best in your gun.All guns shoot differently.......Ruger Redhawk

I have killed deer with both 12 and 20ga they were both pumps, I like the 20ga better a rem 870 in 20 with rifle barrel, would be excellent.

a remington 870, ithaca deerslayer, mossberg 500 or 835 slug guns, winchester 1300. they are all great slug guns but the mossberg and the deerslayer versions are more designed towards slug hunting, and ithaca's barrels are also perm. screwed into the reciever like rifles makeing them more stable and my personal choice, there are semi autos out there to but you have to check your state and local hunting regs first to make sure thier legal. i don't have any expierience with semi auto slug guns because they're not legal for big game hunting here in pennsylvania, so i can't answer about them.

one word benelli

I have a REM. 1100 semi auto with a Hastings fully rifled barrel. I put an A-Square scope mount on it and a 2.5 power scope. I shoot Federal sabots and get 2 3/4 in. groups at 100 yds.

I had a little trouble with the scope mount at first. If I tightened up the bolts that hold it to the gun too much the reciever was pinched and the gun would not cycle properly. If I losened it too much the scope mount would move a little making groups larger. I took it to a gunsmith and he used some barrel bedding epoxy between the mount and the gun and then tightened the bolts just enough. Works good now.

Robin

I (and the rest of my group 10 total) shoot Rem 1100 with a smooth bore. Full smooth bore barrel with rifle sights, none of that rem choke crap. Rem chokes heat up at a different rate than the main barrel and you get real arratic flight with slugs after a few shots. I don't have this problem with the older barrels without the rem choke. We also shoot winchester super X foster slugs. I have tried all the rifle barrels and super sabot slugs and always end up with the 1100 smooth bore. I practice by shooting clay pigeons off a post at 100 yds. According to all the experts I should't be able to do this with my 1100 smooth bore.

For more consistant down range shots a fixed barrel is the best. I own and shoot an Ithica Deerslayer II 12 ga. and I shoot Remington's copper slugs. This gun was made just for slugs and is tapped on the receiver for scope mount. This is a great gun.

I would get an Old Mossy 500 or 835, they are cheap and they are great guns. I will be getting one soon. You can do a lot to Mossbergs. You can get a slug barrel, a muzzleloader barrel, etc. They are great. All though I have heard, the Remington 870's are nice guns.

Bubba

I have a Remington 870 SPS Super Slug Deer Gun in 12 gauge. This gun has a cantilever scope mount. I have topped it with a Leupold 2-7 X 33 Shotgun scope.

I am just curious,I don't hunt with a shotgun and slugs but have used one with buckshot dog hunting.
Have you fellows that use the special slug barrels tried just using the rifled choke tube and what kind of results did you have compared to the slug barrel.
When I bought my 870 i got 3 chokes with it,a rifled choke, mod and a turkey choke.
I put a scope on it for turkey hunting and when I was zeroing it in I just had to try the rifle choke out I had no idea that it would shoot so good,at 50 yds I put 3 slugs in the same hole,but I didn't get to try it out at a farther distance so I am just curious,I dought if I ever use one deer hunting.