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Boy do I have one for you...a 1969 Browning A5 Light Twelve "Buck Special." Comes with a 24" slug barrel and is a potent deer slayer. PM for details.
I missed a doe high with three successive shots last year shooting with open sights. I don't want to miss again.
I'll vote this, Err maybe a browning pump too !Ithaca deer slayer
First: Budget? For less than $100, you can get a used mossy bolt gun that will likely be more accurate than the ammo.
Second: Why a dedicated slug gun? An 870 with a couple different barrels (slug, regular) might be better.
Third: Remember, that if you're going for deer, you'll get few shots beyond 50 yards in most area of Mass. You'll have to test it with several different types of ammo.
far beyond what slug gun you buy is what you put into it.... If it says sabot on the box or not.... Spend 750 bucks in a nice slug gun and put in a lead slug or a rifled slug it will not out shoot a 300 dollar 500 with a sabot....
I have an old Mossberg 835 with a new rifled barrel and a cantilever scope mount. I was shooting Hornaday sst sabot's and it was terrible. I can group better with my smoothbore 870 and open sights at 50 yards. I suggest the 220 or the H & R slug hunter. Anybody have suggestions on better slugs for my Mossberg. I got sick of paying almost $3 a shot and not hitting crap!