Slug Gun Thoughts

[simpson.will]

I'm looking for a dedicated slug gun. I want a rifled barrel for sabot slugs. I am debating red dot or scope.
I'm thinking a Mossberg 88 with a side saddle mount, an 870 with a cantilever barrel, or a Savage bolt. I have rifles - this is a side project for me. I'm open to all opinions on gun and ammo selection. Will be used to deer hunt in thick bottoms.

 

[Tex]

Browning Maxus II rifled version would be my first pick.

 

[Chiro1989]

The preferred slug gun in Central MN is the Savage 220 followed by the Savage 212, Remington Accutips are the preferred sabot's, otherwise buy a slug barrel for what you have and experiment. I will say Hornady sabot's did not expand at 40 yds out of an 870 20 ga. with a Remington rifled slug barrel, still removed the top of the heart and ended up under the offside hide.

 

[simpson.will]

The preferred slug gun in Central MN is the Savage 220 followed by the Savage 212, Remington Accutips are the preferred sabot's, otherwise buy a slug barrel for what you have and experiment. I will say Hornady sabot's did not expand at 40 yds out of an 870 20 ga. with a Remington rifled slug barrel, still removed the top of the heart and ended up under the offside hide.

Is the 20 gauge a recoil thing? I'm guessing the Maxus II that Tex recommended probably has less recoil, but that is at the high end of my budget. I'm going to look for Accutips locally.

 

[Chiro1989]

I think it is an accuracy thing, less recoil is a bonus, it is a rifle stock vs. a shotgun stock thing too, albeit a plastic Savage stock, but it works.