Shotgun/Deerhunting Advice Needed

You might be pleasantly surprised at how accurate plain old full-bore rifled slugs can be out of a smooth bore shotgun. It is quite possible that you'll be able to shoot to 70 yards or so.

The limiting factor for someone starting out in shooting is going to be your ability. An experienced shotgunner will be able to place a slug very surprisingly well with just a plain bead sight. However, it could be very, very hard for a beginner. Your ability to aim your shotgun under pressure and excitement, possibly from a very awkward, non-standard shotgunning position, in your first hunting season is much more likely to be the limiting factor than the accuracy of your slugs.

I'm not sure what sort of mounts are available for the gun you are considering, but I urge you to put some kind of sight on it that will be more user friendly. Perhaps a red-dot sight.

Good luck hunting.

RG

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Ruffed Grouse said:
You might be pleasantly surprised at how accurate plain old full-bore rifled slugs can be out of a smooth bore shotgun. It is quite possible that you'll be able to shoot to 70 yards or so.

The limiting factor for someone starting out in shooting is going to be your ability. An experienced shotgunner will be able to place a slug very surprisingly well with just a plain bead sight. However, it could be very, very hard for a beginner. Your ability to aim your shotgun under pressure and excitement, possibly from a very awkward, non-standard shotgunning position, in your first hunting season is much more likely to be the limiting factor than the accuracy of your slugs.

I'm not sure what sort of mounts are available for the gun you are considering, but I urge you to put some kind of sight on it that will be more user friendly. Perhaps a red-dot sight.

Good luck hunting.

RG

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Ruffie has is spot on.

Using an Ithaca Deerslayer, I slayed a wild boar at 75 yards in 2007.(LAPD 'wedge' type rear sight, acrylic triangular front)
I practiced alot, to know the drop of a Brenneke out to 100 yards.
 
The limiting factor for someone starting out in shooting is going to be your ability. An experienced shotgunner will be able to place a slug very surprisingly well with just a plain bead sight. However, it could be very, very hard for a beginner. Your ability to aim your shotgun under pressure and excitement, possibly from a very awkward, non-standard shotgunning position, in your first hunting season is much more likely to be the limiting factor than the accuracy of your slugs.

I'm not sure what sort of mounts are available for the gun you are considering, but I urge you to put some kind of sight on it that will be more user friendly. Perhaps a red-dot sight.
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Anybody got suggestions for putting sights etc on a Mossberg 500?
I don't want to spend tons of money. Any experiences with:
a) drilling and tapping a base onto the receiver, for a red-dot or small scope
b) getting a seperate barrel with rifle sights
c) using one of those el-cheapo heat shields from Marstar
d) having a gunsmith do ghost rings

- Yes I have considered just getting a mossberg 590
- Yes I am asking this because I shot and MISSED last season. Totally underestimated the range and was using bead sights.

PM me or post it here. Thanks!
 
MusicianShooter,

Millet makes a 'saddle mount' htt p://ww w.millettsights.com/controller.php/cat09/shotgun

They list one for the Mossberg 500. I have not used one on my guns, but my cousins have the version for 870s for their turkey guns. Those seem solid to me and they are happy with them.

RG

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Re: Hornady slugs

Ahsan Ahmed,

I have tried Hornady SSTs in my Savage 210 & was VERY impressed, by both the accuracy and the price tag. I plan to switch to the Hornadies once I've shot through the 30 or so Federal slugs I have left, just because of the price. I bought my stock of Federals with Barnes slugs several years ago, they were priced around $20/5 back then, and the SSTs weren't around.

I've also set my wife up with 20ga. SSTs in her Remington 870, and she shot her first buck with them last fall. It was a quartering towards shot at about 25 metres. It went through the near side rib cage, deflected up to the spine somehow, and down through the far side rib cage, going through the tops of both lungs in the process. The deer dropped where it was standing, and when I butchered it I found the slug under the hide outside the ribs. Nicely opened up.

So a big thumbs up for the SSTs!

Cheers.

Tim
 
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