Best?!? Dedicated Slug Gun.....

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For accuracy and handy in the field? I know ammo selection has a lot to do with the end result but there has to be a 12ga out there that excels in this dept.... It will never have to do double duty as a scatter gun.

Cheers,
Dirk
 
Not sure if it excels, it's all I've ever used

Remington 11-87 with Rifled barrel and Leupold 1-4 Shotgun scope with Remington Copper Solid Sabot Slugs shoots as accurate as most of my rifles.

JJ
 
I'll throw in a Browning BPS with a dedicated 22 rifled slug barrel with a Cantiliver scope mount. There's a fair push back on the recoil if one hasn't shot slug guns. And not a great deal of difference between a 2 3/4 or a 3'' shells.
 
I got terrific performance out of a couple of Savage 210 bolt-action shotguns back when I lived in a shotgun zone. However, the gun that blew me away with its accuracy and handling/shooting qualities was an H&R Ultra single shot slug gun. A bit heavy, but very compact and capable. I sold it when I moved to a rifle area, and it's the only slug shotgun that I actually miss.

Like all H&R singles, it's discontinued now. Guys selling them on the EE seem to consider them valuable collector items now...:)
 
The savage bolt slug gun.lol seems to me the new favorite. But I had the pleasure of shooting a Ithaca 20g slug gun.lol and fell in love. What a pleasant gun to shot and clover leaf at 100 yards with scope.
 
Best slug gun for the buck I've owned was the H&R Ultra Slug Hunter, and the first thing I did was remove the 2 lb. steel bar that was hidden in the butt stock under the recoil pad. The Savage & Browning A Bolt slug guns are good shooters as well.
 
MaxKW said:
I really like the feel and performance of my Browning A-bolt.
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What he said.

Sold both my 210F and H&R Ultra slug hunter and got the A bolt.

Buy once cry once, not bashing Savage its a great gun for the money but its never a Browning.

Blueing is thin on the Savage and the tupperware stock flex too much of my liking, have to yank really hard on the bolt before you can eject an empty shell otherwise it will drop right back in after hitting the scope.

H&R is supposedly very accuracy and affordable, probably most accurate slug gun money can buy but at almost 9 pound dry imagine after topped with scope you are lugging over 10 pounds in the bush and don't think I can walk very far before the deer will hear me breathing heavily so I sold it before put a round through it.

Don't get me wrong I like all my guns and Browning has its draw back too, the Duratouch stock scratches easily and already show some wear after 2 days in the bush, was told if you use mosquito repellent with deet will literally stripped the finishing off but after handle almost most affordable slug gun finally settled on the Browning and never handle the newer Savage (212 or 220) although I really wanted a slug gun in 20ga or if I won the lottery a Tar-Hunt will be in order.
 
Spcamno said:
H&R is supposedly very accuracy and affordable, probably most accurate slug gun money can buy but at almost 9 pound dry imagine after topped with scope you are lugging over 10 pounds in the bush and don't think I can walk very far before the deer will hear me breathing heavily so I sold it before put a round through it.
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Did you actually sell it without even trying it? Were you aware of the massively weighted buttstock, as explained by Shell Shucker above? Taking that out transformed that gun, making it a very easy carry; a real compact powerhouse.

OP, you should also consider trying one of the other H&R slug guns if you can locate one of them. The Ultra was made with a 10-gauge barrel blank bored out to 12-gauge, so it had extremely thick and heavy barrel walls. The other H&R slug shooter, I think it was called the Tracker, had a standard-weight barrel and open sights. I never tried one, so can't comment on its relative accuracy.
 
jjohnwm said:
Did you actually sell it without even trying it? Were you aware of the massively weighted buttstock, as explained by Shell Shucker above? Taking that out transformed that gun, making it a very easy carry; a real compact powerhouse.

OP, you should also consider trying one of the other H&R slug guns if you can locate one of them. The Ultra was made with a 10-gauge barrel blank bored out to 12-gauge, so it had extremely thick and heavy barrel walls. The other H&R slug shooter, I think it was called the Tracker, had a standard-weight barrel and open sights. I never tried one, so can't comment on its relative accuracy.
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Unfortunately no one tells me about the embedded steel bar and I am not too crazy the the hammer without an extension and don't like the hardwood stock so I sold it for a song before even put a round through it thought I won't miss it and should able to easily replace it with an ultralight hunter in 20ga but I was wrong and knowing they are so hard to come by now so guess I made a stupid mistake.

Anyway the A bolt is definitely a keeper unless I have money to buy a Tar-hunt ( which is most likely not gonna happen ) lol.
 
I have an 870 rifled pump with the leupold ultimate slam on it. It does the trick. But i tried my friends new savage 20g bolt action, and Im no savage fan at all, but it shot damn nice. Must admit.

Duff
 
It should be obvious that rifled barrels threaded to receivers is the recipe for top accuracy. Modern bolt action shotguns from Savage and Browning are top choices for anyone looking for accuracy above other considerations. Tarhunt shotguns might be considered, but their price is up there at custom rifle altitude from what I see on their website.
 
The Ithaca deer slayer is threaded to the recever as well .I was very impressed with it .and you get three smooth shots for guys that Luke pump shotguns.
 
The Ithaca deer slayer 2 and 3 both have rifled barrels.i shot a 3 in 20g and it clover leafed sabot at 100 yards
 
Tarhunt RSG. I have owned and tried every rifled barrel shotgun. None of them can (that I've tried) beat the accuracy of the Tarhunt. Number 2 is the Browning A Bolt slug gun.
 
Browning A-bolt slug then Savage 212. Had and H+R Ultra slug and I Traded it back to Ellwood Epps after it constantly misfired from light primer strikes. Would have lost a nice buck if it wasn't the dumbest buck alive to let me try several rounds till one went off
 
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