Best Bet on a Deer shotgun
11-22-2005, 08:27 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Flora, IL
Posts: 165
Best Bet on a Deer shotgun
I just want everybody's opinion on what the best slug gun aviable is for $300-$350. I would like camo, but it is not a necessity. I'm leaning hard on an 870 with rifled barrel.
11-22-2005, 08:32 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Livonia,new york
Posts: 564
RE: Best Bet on a Deer shotgun
can't go wrong with an 870. i myself have a Mossberg 835 with a rifled barrel and it's a tack driver with 3" lightfield commanders. threw a recoil pad on the stock and now i have no problem following through with my shots through the scope. good luck shopping and hope you kill a slob this year
11-22-2005, 08:44 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Darien, IL
Posts: 6,744
RE: Best Bet on a Deer shotgun
xenia sez....
Dick's had 870 synthetic w/ rifled barrel and cantilever scope mount on sale recently for 299.99. But, of course they had only one or two at each store around here, and some stores with none. They also had the Moss 500 with rifled barrel, canti mount, scope, two different rise cheek combs, shot barrel and scopes. Wood stocks. Virtually none of these in the stores around here either. They supposedly get 1-2/month.
Dicks was so gracious to offer rainchecks on these guns - they had like 50 rainchecks issued already. Let's do that math - maybe they would call me in, maybe 3 years.
I think Dick's is a big bait & switch store and they can stick it. (I was going for the Moss in 20 gauge - but BS was all they were selling.)
Ever consider an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter? Around $200/$225. You can put on a scope and be under $300/$350 easily.
Whatever you get i would say..............
DON'T GET IT
AT DICK'S!
$300-$350
Dicks was so gracious to offer rainchecks on these guns - they had like 50 rainchecks issued already. Let's do that math - maybe they would call me in, maybe 3 years.
I think Dick's is a big bait & switch store and they can stick it. (I was going for the Moss in 20 gauge - but BS was all they were selling.)
Ever consider an H&R Ultra Slug Hunter? Around $200/$225. You can put on a scope and be under $300/$350 easily.
Whatever you get i would say..............
DON'T GET IT
AT DICK'S!
11-23-2005, 09:32 PM
#8
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 34
RE: Best Bet on a Deer shotgun
Check your local pawn shops. Right now there are at least four 870s w rifle bbls in my local shop. Price is about $100 less than new.
Good luck.
Good luck.
