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Shotgun under $500 for deer.
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Remington 870
i think you can get the combo ( bird barrel & rifled barrel) for about $450
i think you can get the combo ( bird barrel & rifled barrel) for about $450
Remington 870
i think you can get the combo ( bird barrel & rifled barrel) for about $450
i think you can get the combo ( bird barrel & rifled barrel) for about $450
It's $499 at dicks and it's a sweet setup.
tuna
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Just browse the used rack at your lgs. I'd look for A5s or their copies, buy that's just my taste. My smoothbores do fine to 75 yards with sluggers.
I like old shotguns more, they do fine and have more character.
I like old shotguns more, they do fine and have more character.
My 220f is the only gun I regret getting rid of. might buy another for deer season. Recoil was nice compared to my 870.
For the most part hunting in MA you don't get to many open area distance shots.
All but a few of the hunters in my circle growing up ( I have not actively hunted in 15+ years) used buck shot and I would say most deer where taken at 50 yards or less.
Just consider this if your going to buy a full rifled barrel remember you need to shoot the correct ammo.
Shooting the berneke style or foster style slugs are a waste of time and money in a rifled barrel.
The savage bolt shotty is very good. My friends son has proved its accuracy. Put a 5 shot group at 200 yards at 4.3" with 3 shots about 1/2" apart. Used hornady 20g SST. With the savage 20g bolt gun and a leupold shotgun scope. Shot supported from the bench He has shot some impressive groups at 100 with several different brands although he seems to do best with hornady and some other brand I can't think of blackmagic ?
I know he was complaining about the cost of the other sabot ammo?
Each gun smooth or rifles will have ammo it likes.
My 870 will shoot remington sluggers out to 50 yards to about 4" group
or MOD.
My Winchester 1400 prefers federal and shoots a tad better at 50 yards.
Most of my time in the field we used buck shot. Thick brush and about 30 yards of visual distance.
Good luck
All but a few of the hunters in my circle growing up ( I have not actively hunted in 15+ years) used buck shot and I would say most deer where taken at 50 yards or less.
Just consider this if your going to buy a full rifled barrel remember you need to shoot the correct ammo.
Shooting the berneke style or foster style slugs are a waste of time and money in a rifled barrel.
The savage bolt shotty is very good. My friends son has proved its accuracy. Put a 5 shot group at 200 yards at 4.3" with 3 shots about 1/2" apart. Used hornady 20g SST. With the savage 20g bolt gun and a leupold shotgun scope. Shot supported from the bench He has shot some impressive groups at 100 with several different brands although he seems to do best with hornady and some other brand I can't think of blackmagic ?
I know he was complaining about the cost of the other sabot ammo?
Each gun smooth or rifles will have ammo it likes.
My 870 will shoot remington sluggers out to 50 yards to about 4" group
or MOD.
My Winchester 1400 prefers federal and shoots a tad better at 50 yards.
Most of my time in the field we used buck shot. Thick brush and about 30 yards of visual distance.
Good luck
That's not to bad a price as a rifled barrel last I seen was 175$ itself.
Not sure how good the scope is.
Only scoped shotty I had was my Winchester 1400...mounted to receiver. Pointless IMHO with a smooth bore.
You can also get a used wingmaster and buy a barrel for about the same amount. (I got a '63 wingmaster for $250 on Wednesday)
Just throwing out an alternative that gets to the same general thing. (Only can do 2 3/4" shells but also head and shoulders above an express made today)
any serviceable 12 or 20 GA will work. i have an Ithaca 37 featherweight pump from the 70's that was chopped down to 18.5" for home defense, kicks like hell but is plenty accurate with slugs at 100 yds to take a deer. you don't even need a rifled barrel, don't overthink it, deer are not tough skinned, get some trigger time, don't go crazy, eat some venison. its about that simple.
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StevieP
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My solution a few years back was to go up to Kittery Trading Post. Bought the 870 express combo with 26" VR barrel and rifled deer barrel, USED. It's very accurate with the Remington Premier Accutip sabot slugs out of the rifled barrel. The 2 3/4 do just fine. The 3" just has more recoil but no better ballistics (functionally).
This gun does triple duty, as I got a (Mossberg) 18.5" smoothbore home defense barrel. Lots of fun shooting buckshot out of that thing.
www.ktpguns.com
This gun does triple duty, as I got a (Mossberg) 18.5" smoothbore home defense barrel. Lots of fun shooting buckshot out of that thing.
www.ktpguns.com
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