For factory out-of-the-box slug shotguns, what brand do you have, and what is the most accurate one you've ever used?

I'm talking about scope sighted slug guns and really tight groups out to 100 yards.
Remington, Mossberg, Ithaca, Bolt action, pump, semi-auto?

What ammo are you using?

Just curious,

Thanks.

I have a Rem 11-87 SP with a 26" IC barrel .
With Brenneke K.O. slugs it will shoot 3" groups

Johnch

I think Guns and Ammo did a test on this awhile back.

Best gun out of the box was exactly the one I figured it would be:
The H&R/NEF Handi Rifle.
I believe it was something like 1.5" at 50 or 75 yards.
Needless to say, I was very impressed.

-Spencer

You are correct it was the H&R ultra slug gun and # 2 Is one of the model 37 Ithacas. I use an old Ithaca model 37 deer slayer smoothbore with a leupold 2.5 with winchester 2 3/4" 1 oz slugs and i can hit apples all day long at 50 yds and thats good enough for me. I have never tried it beyond 50

Pick a barrel with a cantilever mount so the scope is always mounted on the barrel. No movement between the receiver and barrel like some other guns. I like mossberg, as the first sabot loads were invented by BRI, using the mossberg rifled barrels. Ammo, Federal 2 3/4" sabots average around 5" groups for all shots fired @ 100 yds..

My Benelli has a drilled and tapped receiver. It is NOT a cantilever. The design of the gun does not need a cantilever to be an important criteria. Some guns do benefit from the cantilever design due to the bbl lockup into the receiver,not so the Benelli.

Mossberg is an economy item. Benelli "cryo treats" their slug bbls,meaning they are molecularlly improved to be more accurate. I get VERY good groups with my Benelli slug gun and I would like to see "Tar Hunt" guns do any better.

I like single shots,and the H&R seems sweet,but I would like to try a 12 ga. slug bbl for my Encore. I'd really like to see a comparison between a H&R and an Encore slug setup. My Benelli does just fine for now.

On the Benelli website there is a listing for a "NEW Cantilever Rifled Barrel-12-ga. 3" "

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Originally posted by small fish:
My Benelli has a drilled and tapped receiver. It is NOT a cantilever. The design of the gun does not need a cantilever to be an important criteria. Some guns do benefit from the cantilever design due to the bbl lockup into the receiver,not so the Benelli.

Mossberg is an economy item. Benelli "cryo treats" their slug bbls,meaning they are molecularlly improved to be more accurate. I get VERY good groups with my Benelli slug gun and I would like to see "Tar Hunt" guns do any better.

I like single shots,and the H&R seems sweet,but I would like to try a 12 ga. slug bbl for my Encore. I'd really like to see a comparison between a H&R and an Encore slug setup. My Benelli does just fine for now.

243winxb
I know guys who swear by Mossbergs,they can be very accurate slug guns.
I should have been a little clearer. My Benelli is the M1 Super 90 autoloader. The cantilever bbl on Benelli's site is for the Nova pump model. All of Benelli's slug model autoloaders are drilled and tapped at present. I had mine done by a gunsmith about 7 years ago.

Quote from Benelli's website:

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All Benelli slug guns are drilled and tapped for scope mount.

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Think of Benelli slug guns as rifle hunting with bigger bullets.

Cut & pasted from Big Game forum...

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Originally posted by Savage99:
My old Ithaka Deerslayer may be obsolete now so I hesitate to mention it.

I hope it's not obsolete. That would mean that MINE is as well.

I've been shooting an old Deerslayer for 28 seasons now. My dad was one of the first in the area to drill & tap a shotgun to mount a scope. People thought we were crazy back then.

I have the old original Redfield 4X with straight crosshairs (no duplex) still on it. I keep thinking about changing, but nostalgia keeps me sticking with it. Every time I pick up that gun I get some of my absolute best hunting memories...

I shoot "old style" Foster slugs in it, and out to 100 yards or slightly farther, I have complete confidence in it.

I would guess that that gun has easily killed over 100 deer.

I had an 870 with a rifled Hastings barrel that I tried one year. Ended up going back to the Ithaca before the season started. Bought an A-Bolt a few years back, but never even took it out in the woods...

I just love taking that shotgun out hunting. Last season was the first year I didn't hunt with it (hunted a different area, and used a rifle). However, I think next year I'll go back to one of my favorite spots, and take the Deerslayer with me.

My only shotgun is a Mossberg 500 24" smoothbore.
With a modified choke and a cheap Tasco on a reciever mounted base I shot one 2" group at 50 yards, then the groups opened up...and opened...and opened....
I shook the gun and something in the scope rattled. I wasnt surprised, I put the scope on just to have a lil fun/experiment.
I now have homemade peep sights on the shotgun.
I experiemented with slugs and found the best to be Brennekke KO 1oz 2.75" modified foster slugs. At 25 yards with my peep sights I can cloverleaf some of the rounds, so I guess at 100 yards it probably does 4-8" off a rest. Who knows, I gotta try it next time I'm at the range.

I shoot a Remington 11-87 with the rifled barrel with a 3x9x40 scope. Using the now discontinued Remington 1 3/8 oz copper solids it shoots 1.2 inches at 100 yards.

Win. Model 50/12 and Ithaca 37/20, both smoothbores, but will ruin a pie plate at 50 yards with a bead sight and Forster slugs. It's as good as it gets for me, I have no need or use for rifled shotguns.

Come on Dan....where is your spirit of adventure?? It's disappointing that you haven't had the snot kicked out of you like the rest of us shooting from the bench in the pursuit of a group, not a pattern.

I've evolved from a Model 12 in 12 ga, to an 870, 12 ga smooth bore to a 12ga Deerslayer with iron sights, to an 870 rifled with iron sights to an 1100 rifled with a cantalever scope to an H&R ultra in 12 ga to an Ultra in 20 ga and I think I'm done there. Winchester supreme sabots seem to work best. shoots with the best, I believe...3" at a 100 is good enough.

GLC,

My most accurate slug gun is not in the groups you mentioned. I have a 12 ga 3.5" Tristar sxs smoothbore choked cyl/cyl that has rifle sights on it. It'll keep 1 oz slugs in 1" @ 50 yards with 3.5" handloads. Haven't chrony'd them yet and don't remember the load off hand, but when I do I'll try to remember to post the results. This is my turkey gun that just happens to shoot slugs well.