Whats a good 20 gauge?
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Jackson, MI
Posts: 4
Whats a good 20 gauge?
Wanting to purchase a 20 gauge for my son and eventually my daughter. He is big enough to handle the full size gun instead of the youth version. What is a good all purpose 20 gauge? He will using it for deer hunting first. Probably a ventrib & slug barrel combo.
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
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RE: Whats a good 20 gauge?
I think both Mossberg and Remington (Express) have combo guns that have slug and birdshot barrels. They are usually under $300 (I think).
You can always try a Youth model and then add a recoil pad later to get the longer LOP.
You can always try a Youth model and then add a recoil pad later to get the longer LOP.
#4
RE: Whats a good 20 gauge?
ORIGINAL: WWhunter
I think both Mossberg and Remington (Express) have combo guns that have slug and birdshot barrels. They are usually under $300 (I think).
You can always try a Youth model and then add a recoil pad later to get the longer LOP.
I think both Mossberg and Remington (Express) have combo guns that have slug and birdshot barrels. They are usually under $300 (I think).
You can always try a Youth model and then add a recoil pad later to get the longer LOP.
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 109
RE: Whats a good 20 gauge?
i'd have to go with the Maverick88/mossberg500 maverick if your looking for the the black synthetic. I love my maverick88 and my dad loves his 500 so its even. all mossberg 500 accessories fit the maverick and you can get scoped slug barrels for the 500.
#6
RE: Whats a good 20 gauge?
If hes not going to do alot of fast wing shooting, an H&R/NEF(single shot) slug barrel and smoothie combo would be a great & economical deer ,turkey, rabbit combo. I have found that I just cant hang with slug guns anymore and use my muzzleloader in slug zones now but Ive owned a 500, an 870, an M37 and USH(nef) and the NEF was the best (and cheapest) shooter of them all.
A couple of notes, a new gun goes about 200$ and barrels are about 60 -120 $ . The barrels have to be fitted by the factory, and a rifle receiver can be fitted w/ a shotgun or muzzleloader barrel but a shotgun receiver cannot be fitted w/ a rifle barrel, so if you think you may want a centerfire barrel later, buy a centerfire 1st and fit it with shotguns barrels after.
heres a link http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Combos/handislug.asp
accessory barrels- http://www.hr1871.com/Support/accessoryProgram.asp
A couple of notes, a new gun goes about 200$ and barrels are about 60 -120 $ . The barrels have to be fitted by the factory, and a rifle receiver can be fitted w/ a shotgun or muzzleloader barrel but a shotgun receiver cannot be fitted w/ a rifle barrel, so if you think you may want a centerfire barrel later, buy a centerfire 1st and fit it with shotguns barrels after.
heres a link http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Combos/handislug.asp
accessory barrels- http://www.hr1871.com/Support/accessoryProgram.asp
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Posts: 7,684
RE: Whats a good 20 gauge?
Honestly, if legal, I'd go with a small caliber rifle over a 20 gauge slug gun. Much more accurate and just a deadly. Just my opinion though, take it for what it's worth.