Shotgun/Deerhunting Advice Needed

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No matter what you purchase, ultimately the true test, pre-season, is you with your shotgun at a range, testing various brands of slugs & using your shotgun in a rifle-like manner from a rest against paper targets at reasonable ranges.

Ditto on the buckshot, this stuff is only okay, at less than 15 yards only! Not many of us would have the self-discipline to keep it to these close close ranges.
 
I suggest you buy some Challenger slugs, I've been using them for many years in both smooth and rifled barrels and I cannot find any other type of slug with that much accuracy. Out to 100 yards or so they will dump deer in their tracks or they will not go far 73 cal. makes a big hole.
 
Crazy Chaingun,

If it helps you may wish to check out the couple of used Super Novas at Accuracy Plus dot biz (Peterborough, ON).

1. Tag #V219 - Slug gun
2. Tag #X158 - Smoothbore

Best of luck in your search!

P.S. I've no affiliation with that gunshop.....just passing on the relevant info.
 
Ahsan Ahmed said:
Benelli products offer great value....I assume that you've Waterfowl hunting in mind as well? If no, then a rifled bbl Benelli Slug Gun shouldn't be hard to locate - believe Epps still has a few Super Novas. As you stated, it starts to get really expensive when it comes to acquiring an additional bbl for a Benelli.

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Ahsan Ahmed

I don`t think a slug gun is what I`m looking for.
I am planning on hunting turkey and waterfowl, as well as deer and I can`t hunt birds with a slug gun.

As for the accuracy/range issue I doubt I will be shooting more than 80 Yds.
The woods that I hunt in / my 40 acre back yard :rockOn: Has a lot of vegetation, so most shots will not be super long-ranged.

Thank you for the advice though, I appreciate it.
 
Single- or double-aught buck will knock Bambi's mom or dad right of their hoofs, if you can get close enough and put the shot right in the sweet spots. If you can't get that close or if you aren't 100% sure of your ability to place spot-on (don't feel bad about it, we were all new to this once), stick with slugs. There's not much worse than one getting away to die slow... :(
 
My 5cents,Buy a Remington 870 Turkey regular stock 21" barrel.You can mount a scope for turkey and deer in the pre drilled holes in receiver.Remove after deer and turkey season.Get the one with the double bead and you are good to shoot all of the game you want.Change the choke as needed.Cheapest solution going.ps I would shoot slugs not a fan of Buck Shot,unless used by a experienced hunter who knows the limitations of the shell.
 
Stick to the Benelli, it will serve you well. I have a nova that shots cheap 3" Whinchesters ok out to 75 yards. And loves to eat up 3 1/2" 00 buck. Alot more knock down power than a 22 and patterns all 27 (iirc) pellets on 3ft x 3ft paper out to 25 yards with cyl. bore. I starts to open up conciderably after that and cant hit 4x8 plywood at 75 with any predicability.
 
Use slugs. Buckshot of any size is unreliable at best. Totally useless past 30 yards.
"...at least $5.00 per slug..." $5 per box of 5 maybe, but not each. Actually $6.95 per 5 for Remington 12 guage, 2 3/4" slugs at Shooter's Choice.
The choke the barrel has matters too. Cylinder is best for a smooth bore slug barrel.
 
sunray said:
Use slugs. Buckshot of any size is unreliable at best. Totally useless past 30 yards.
"...at least $5.00 per slug..." $5 per box of 5 maybe, but not each. Actually $6.95 per 5 for Remington 12 guage, 2 3/4" slugs at Shooter's Choice.
The choke the barrel has matters too. Cylinder is best for a smooth bore slug barrel.
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These slugs are about $20 dollars a box for 5

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I tried the Rem copper solids and was very disapointed at their performance on game. I hit a nice buck right through both lungs at about 65 yards. There was no indication he was hit until he slowed and did a half cicle and dropped about 200 yds away. His flag was still up until he slowed and very little blood. Mind you he was flat out running when I shot. He was just a mess inside and no doubt he was dead on the hoof, but if he had made it to the bush I don't know how difficult he would have been to find. I think the slug whipped through too fast and didn't make a big enough hole. I would prefer to see a slug stay in and expend all its energy in the deer. It kind of bothers me that when I hit one with a foster type slug they drop on the spot but seem to just keep going when hit with a sabot style slug. I've used Rem Buckhammers and find them better at putting them down on the spot with better accuracy at 100 yds then foster style. Thats my 2 cents worth of real world experience.
 
Fwn You meant to say he was broad side standing still,then ran full out.The #### storm is coming your way.
 
fwm said:
I tried the Rem copper solids and was very disapointed at their performance on game. I hit a nice buck right through both lungs at about 65 yards. There was no indication he was hit until he slowed and did a half cicle and dropped about 200 yds away. His flag was still up until he slowed and very little blood. Mind you he was flat out running when I shot. He was just a mess inside and no doubt he was dead on the hoof, but if he had made it to the bush I don't know how difficult he would have been to find. I think the slug whipped through too fast and didn't make a big enough hole. I would prefer to see a slug stay in and expend all its energy in the deer. It kind of bothers me that when I hit one with a foster type slug they drop on the spot but seem to just keep going when hit with a sabot style slug. I've used Rem Buckhammers and find them better at putting them down on the spot with better accuracy at 100 yds then foster style. Thats my 2 cents worth of real world experience.
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I have had simmilar situation with both remington and winchester premium sabots
 
CROWCA I can take it. I shoot quite a bit not just off a bench and I'm confident in my judgement. Maybe I could question those slinging the S**t how much they shoot outside of hunting season.
 
I'd go with the Remington 870 turkey gun, smooth bore barrel, the extended rifled choke tube, and slugs for deer. It's the most versatile. You can go back to other chokes for other game. Or a similar setup with your preferred action. As others have said, the main thing is to practice.
 
I shoot hornady SST's out of my mossy 535 rifled barrel. They shoot awesome, took 8 shots out of it to line it up, last 3 shots at 100 yards were almost touching. I tried the Remington accu-tip sabots as well and they seem to shoot well, not as good at the hornady though.

bought 5 boxes of hornady at 14.99 a box, that was last years price, they are 16.99 now. cost me almost $30 to line up my gun. but atleast now I should beable to take any deer within 150 yards, if I dont it's my fault, not the gun.
 
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