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I found a really good hunting spot but it is pistol or shotgun only. I want a full rifled barrel shotgun but never have owned one. I also want to put a scope on it, maybe a str8 4 power.

Any ideas?
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2010, 03:06:51 PM »
Yes but first you have to reveal your secret spot  ;)

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2010, 03:08:26 PM »
If its here on the westside you may want to add a silencer to it. 

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2010, 03:10:27 PM »
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2010, 03:10:43 PM »
I killed a coyote at 30 yards with a low base 6 I bet a big bite of 000buck would do fine to 80 yards or better.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2010, 03:13:26 PM »
if you had a 870 remington i'd throw a hastings slug barrel on it with the cantilever scope mount and a good 1-4x or 2-6x shotgun scope that will handle the recoil of the slug gun and roll with it. you can probably also use a muzzleloader or archery tackle there too if it's a firearms restricted area.
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2010, 03:21:01 PM »
18 inch smooth barrel on an 870 with  2 3/4 Federal Classic slugs.  cloverleaf at 50 yds with a 3 shot group.  4 to 6 inch group at 100 yds. 

I would imagine you might be able to do better with a rifled barrel but not sure.  Also remember no buckshot out of a rifled barrel.  I would stay away from buck shot for deer anyways.  Its kinda like shooting them 9 times with a 9mm and reduces your maximum affective range to 25 yards with a longer range of potentially leathel downrange rounds not hitting the deer.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2010, 03:38:56 PM »
870 would be my choice longer the barrel the better. i like the xps bullets and they make a slug with the xp3 bullet now also check out the remington acutip
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2010, 03:46:12 PM »
I think I would look at this Savage:

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2010, 04:06:11 PM »
I really like the look of the Remington. Also the Savage slug gun looks pretty cool. Anyone have one for a few hundred bucks or a trade for an odd 6?
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2010, 04:25:07 PM »
Remington sells an 870 combo that has a slug barrel and a "bird" hunting barrel Here's the link:


http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model-870/model-870-express-combos.aspx

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2010, 04:47:38 PM »
870 hands down.   :twocents:

That said, if you are gonna shoot 3" slugs, you better get used to recoil.   :chuckle:

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2010, 05:49:49 PM »
I don't know about "best" but I like the H&R models like the below with a heavy contour 24" fully rifled barrel at a cost well under $300.  Use the savings for some nice optics.


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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2010, 11:43:09 AM »
I think Remington has an 11-87 with a slug barell on it.  I'd take that over an 870.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2010, 02:05:19 PM »
I think I would look at this Savage:

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/
http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/220F

yeah, that one!  for some reason my link didn't work  ???
On some websites you have to right click and save link location to get the correct link, otherwise it will just read as the homepage. Savage's new website is somewhat hard to navigate now.

I would give another  :tup: to the NEF/H&R. If you get the combo package with a rifle barrel you can put any shotgun or rifle barrel on you want for future use. Plus they are nice guns with the right butt pad.
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #18 on: January 08, 2010, 02:18:54 PM »
sounds like a good excuse to buy a bow
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2010, 02:23:37 PM »
if you had a 870 remington i'd throw a hastings slug barrel on it with the cantilever scope mount and a good 1-4x or 2-6x shotgun scope that will handle the recoil of the slug gun and roll with it. you can probably also use a muzzleloader or archery tackle there too if it's a firearms restricted area.


That is all I use in NY when I am back home hunting, many many many deer have fallen to that combo, three brothers, myself, two uncles, 3 nephews all use it
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2010, 10:22:01 PM »
I have an 11-87 light contour with a fully riffled slug barrel and a bushnell 1.5-5 scope. Amazing combo. With the old winchester supreme 3" slugs I could hold a 3" group at 150, with the Partition Golds 2 3/4" it's about 4".  I wish they would go back to those old ones.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2010, 09:32:33 AM »
I have two 870's with slug barrels.  The 20 gauge has a cantilevered 20" barrel.  It is the perfect deer gun.  I also have a 12 gauge 870.  I replaced the Remington barrel with a barrel from Badger Mountain in Wisconsin.  They offer a great aftermarket barrel.

Both have Nikon shotgun scopes that were $129/each when I bought them.  No problems.

Remember - if you ever plan to hunt elk with the gun you will need a 12 gauge.  That was my mistake.  I bought the 20 for deer, then found an area for elk that was firearm restricted so I had to buy the 12.

Realistically, if you can get 3" groups at 100 yards you are doing well.  Slug barrels can be extremely finicky.  Some of the sabots are slightly undersized, or a barrel may be slightly oversized, so the sabots do not engage the rifling and the slug may not spin properly.  (Can you say "knuckleball"?)
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #22 on: March 08, 2010, 04:16:13 PM »
I would scrap the shotgun idea and buy a Thompson Center pistol in .308 and put a nice scope on it. Savage also makes a very accurate bolt action pistol called the STRIKER. I own a striker in 22-250 with a Burris scope on top and I have shot deer with it beyond 200yrds with no issues at all. If you buy one of these pistols you get to utilize the range of a .308 or basically whatever other rifle cartridge you want but you are still legal in the woods. Just something to think about I guess. Back in Winnebago county WI its all shotgun/pistol I had to make the same decision you are about to make, I went the pistol route because of the rifle cartridges they shoot. Handgun hunting is additive once you start its much more of a sport if you're into that sort of thing.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #23 on: March 08, 2010, 04:30:17 PM »
Elkaholic,

I don't believe that type of handgun is legal in firearm restriction areas. The regulations say "revolver-type handguns" are legal. Look on page 67 in the 2009 Big Game pamphlet.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #24 on: March 08, 2010, 04:59:38 PM »
Yeah I have no idea about WA state handgun hunting laws I was just assuming that like most other states if its a handgun/shotgun county you can hunt with it. I've never hunted here in WA with my Savage 22-250 because you can't use a 22cal for hunting deer anyway. So I apologize if I confused anyone. So if it's a Revolver only type handgun can you still get a BFR in 45/70 444 Marlin or 450 Marlin? Those would be a good choice for Deer and Elk. I'm just trying to give you some other ideas to think about. I don't have a regulations pamphlet on me right now (I'm at work) but I will take a look when I get home.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2010, 05:05:46 PM »
I don't have a regulations pamphlet on me right now (I'm at work) but I will take a look when I get home.
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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #26 on: March 08, 2010, 08:35:50 PM »
What Jackalope said: "If you had a 870 remington i'd throw a hastings slug barrel on it with the cantilever scope mount and a good 1-4x or 2-6x shotgun scope that will handle the recoil of the slug gun and roll with it. you can probably also use a muzzleloader or archery tackle there too if it's a firearms restricted area."

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2010, 07:23:01 AM »
So if it's a Revolver only type handgun can you still get a BFR in 45/70 444 Marlin or 450 Marlin?

Those would meet the letter of law, maybe not the intent.  But that is a lot of firepower for deer; a .357 is plenty of gun for deer.

A longer range option would be a scoped muzzle loader.  With the right load and range work they are effective out to 250y or so.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #28 on: March 09, 2010, 10:03:26 AM »
Mossberg 500, cantilevered scope rifled barrel, set comes with a smooth barrel as well.

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Re: best shotgun for deer hunting, found great spot but shotgun only
« Reply #29 on: March 09, 2010, 09:36:18 PM »
Standard shotgun works just fine.  If your shooting a 3" Remington Slug it drops about 14" at 100 yards.  Make sure the deer is standing still or you will shoot behind it.  I have shot many deer with my shotgun and it dumps them hard.  If your up close hit them in the head with 00 buck shot.  I usually shoot my deer when I am out duck hunt as I push the river bottoms.  Since we have to use steel shot. I shoot the Dead Coyote in the 00 buck or the Hevi Shot slugs.  Just use I/C or Modified. If you try full choke you may be missing the end of your barrel.
If you think your going to have to take a long shot, then you probably need to get a rifled barrel with a scop or iron sites.  If you use a sabot round your good up to a 150 yards.
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