Deer Gun

[cbbase34]

Im looking for a good deer gun that can shoot slugs realy good, can anyone help me out. I was thinking about buying me the Model 1300 Ranger Deer or the Model 1300 Black Shadow Deer, does anyone know anything about these? please get back with me asap thank you alot

[shaman]

I don't have any experience with either, but what I can tell you is that a good slug gun is a combination of the firearm and the ammunition. Whatever you choose, each individual shotgun will have its favorite ammo. Start off cheap and work your way up on ammo. I am lucky in that my two slug guns, a Remmie 1100 smoothbore and a rifled-barrel Mossy 500 both shoot inexpensive 2 3/4" shells very accurately. Don't feel you NEED 3" ( you definately don't need 3.5") and don't feel you NEED sabots. When I hit a nice fat doe with my Wally World Greenbox slugs, the effect is devastating.

I regularly read reports from guys who tested 10 different slugs to get the best possible performance and the subtext is that they probably spent over $200 in ammo getting there. Most slug guns are death-rays at 50 yards and get progressively less effective after that. Some go 100 yards. A few can go 200. When I'm shooting slugs, I pick my venues so that I am shooting within the effective range of the gun and the ammo. I started off life as a bowhunter so I do not feel all that limited with a slug gun.