lil hunter Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 If your gonna be deer hunting, you'd be way better off buying an actual slug barrel. In my opinion, thats the only way your gonna be very accurate. If you want to hunt deer and turkey, look into a combo gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length I have to agree with Lil, if you plan to use the same for turkey, deer with slugs, and anything else, I would go with a combo setup. This will give you a slug barrel that is either rifled (for sabots), smoothbore that uses choke tubes (rifled slugs), or a smoothbore with a fixed improved cylinder choke (rifled slugs) that is typically 24" long. The other barrel is typically a 28" barrel that uses choke tubes and can be used for turkey, small game, upland birds, and clay shooting. If you are going to be using buckshot for deer you don't need the slug barrel. The standard barrel will work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length You can buy the gun as a deer gun, as a standard shotgun, or the combo. You can get any of the barrels after the fact. Here are the barrels Remington offers as accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length This is a slug gun. It is designed to shoot slugs, rifled or sabots. Sabots can only be used with a rifled bore. Notice the rifled sights on the barrel and the monte carlo butt stock. This is setup for deer hunting. They also have cantilever scope mount slug barrels that allow the mounting of scopes. Here is a pic of one. A combo set offers both barrels, deer and standard shotshell barrels. Its like this. Standard shotguns can shoot shot loads, buckshot, and rifled slugs in their barrels. You can not use sabots in a smoothbore barrel. Due to there being no real sights it is not the best for slug use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length Yes, Personally, I prefer the scope mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length Yes you can. Part No 26229 Description Special Purpose Deer Barrel Fully Rifled Cantilever Gauge 12 Length 20" Cantilever Bore Fully Rifled Price $304 If you do a search on Google you can probable find a better price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length The barrel is just the barrel. If you get the cantilever barrel you will need rings to mount your scope. These barrels use weaver style rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MadHuntinPastor Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Re: Barrel length If you are on a fixed income get the longer vent. ribbed barrel with the mod. choke. It is the most versatile. rifled slugs shoot decently out of it, plus you can buy a full choke and shoot buckshot out of it, then in the spring put a superfull choke and kill a turkey. I love my 870 express and have taken several deer with slugs and buckshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Re: Barrel length Why a 24" barel for deer? My Nova has a 28" and patterns well. It shoots about a 4 foot pattern at 100 yards shooting 3" 00 buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 Re: Barrel length Compro, The 870 comes in two barrel lengths (i think) 26",28" go with the one that fits you better, shoulder the gun and see what you like best. Its only two inches and I'm shure its all a mind set, but i cant shoot 26" tubes for crap unless there on a pump/auto. If its a doublegun it HAS to be 28 for me. As for what you should get that depends on you use as everyone has said in here. I'd get the 28"inch ventrib barrel, because a shotgun to me is a wingshooter first and deergun second. I have never used a slug barrel for deer (other than a rifled one on an 835) and never had a problem killing deer out to 100 yards with just the front and mid bead set up, as long as i did my part finding a load and sighting her in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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