I have rifles,handguns and ML what I need to complete my deer hunting battery is a good slug gun.What would be your choice for a slug gun? pump or auto, 12 or 20 gauge and what slug would you use/

I love decsions like that,don't you ?
I have never shoot slugs so I'm sorry I can't help with that.just thoughI would say
good luck on getting the new gun,and congrats.


I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

A good pump action like an 870 Rem. or Ithaca M37 type with a fixed, rifled barrel and a low-power scope, using Winchester Partition Gold sabot slugs. Using this round, a 20 Ga. is as good as a 12Ga.

Larry

I'll Agree with eldeguello,on the shotguns and sabot slugs.But for me I perfer light weight ,I like my NEF 20 gauge rifled barrel with a 6x scope,and winchester sabot slugs.

SingleShot.

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All answers given are good advise, now all you have to do is decide.

F4YG has a good point. You probably have an idea of which action to use, and which gauge. Me, I use an older (pre-1978) Remington 1100 12 gauge, which I'm going to get a fully-rifled barrel for in the next couple of weeks. I seem to think that it would be a heluva brush gun, for where I hunt in NY's Northern Zone.

For a pump go with a 870 with a cantilever scope mount with a GOOD scope. You need a good scope that can take the pounding that the slug delievers. You could go high class and get a costum slug gun. There are a few companies that make special barrels for shooting slugs or just buy the whole gun costumized (barrel, action, trigger all upgraded).
I have a factory 870 with the cantilever scope barrel 20" fully rifled. shoots great. Use the Lightfield slugs. At 100yds I can touch all three shots. 50yds same hole.
Rem also has the new "super slug" barrel. 23" and larger diameter.

These are all great Ideas. I am leaning towards the pump action in a 20 gauge.What's the better of rem 870,win 1300,ithica deerslayerII or mossberg 500?

Yes Singleshot, I like single shots also. I wonder if a Ruger No. 1 could be converted to 20 gauge to shoot slugs?? Probably not, but it would make a great deer gun so converted!! I have a TCR single shot rifle which used to have a 12 Ga. rifled barrel available, but they quit making barrels for it!!

Larry