shotgun (slug gun for deer) needed.. opinions


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I'm glad this came up because I was about to post a question. I have an 870 wingmaster 12ga. smooth bore and have never slug hunted for deer. Here in Jersey I wanted to be able to slug hunt during the firearms season and was contemplating buying a slug gun with rifled barrel etc. Is it ok to shoot a slug out of the gun I have? I don't know much about slugs at all because I have never had a need for them. Most of the time I hunted in Texas where I used a .243. Can I buy just a rifled barrel for my gun? I know I can buy a slug gun for cheap, but if I can just buy a barrel I would rather do that than deal with the headache of buying a gun in Jersey.

If you have a IC choke, stick that in and get an adjustable turkey sight. I can shoot cheap riffled Winchester slugs and get a very respectable 2" pattern at 75 yards. I would feel confident at 100 yards with it. That's with a 28" barrel Benelli Nova pump.

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