deer hunting

[armedindy]

lookiong for a good, and inexpensive deer hunting gun this season. any suggestions?

 

[bevilsiz]

I really like H&R slug guns. 12 gauge is heavy, but packs a punch with Hornady SST rounds. One with a scope will run around $250ish.

 

[armedindy]

Thanks, great price and seems like something id be comfortable and used to shooting.

 

[hammer24]

H&R handi rifle or Rossi .44 mag.

 

[parson]

+1 for the H&R 44 mag.

 

[Lonnie]

I really like H&R slug guns. 12 gauge is heavy, but packs a punch with Hornady SST rounds. One with a scope will run around $250ish.

Dicks has the Mossburg >500 with fully rifled slug barrel and scope mount , scope and extra shot barrell for $299

Why buy a single shot when for a few more bucks you get a lot more

 

[AZ Hunter]

Remington 870....lots of options. Coluld turn in into a tacticle/home defense weapon in the off season! Same with the Mossburg.

 

[AmericanBob]

870 or 500 with rifled barrels are your best bets.

 

[millfire517]

I picked up a used 870 with a rifled/smooth barrels for 250. Thats what I'm using

 

[patience0830]

yup

I really like H&R slug guns. 12 gauge is heavy, but packs a punch with Hornady SST rounds. One with a scope will run around $250ish.

I bought the 20 ga. It's plenty for whitetails and mine puts those cheap Remington Buckhammers in a real nice cloverleaf at 100 yds

 

[patience0830]

Remington 870....lots of options. Coluld turn in into a tacticle/home defense weapon in the off season! Same with the Mossburg.

Both good options. He said cheap so I started as low as i thought I could get away with.

If you happen to have a contender frame you can usually find a .44 mag bbl for less than $200.

 

[nate1865]

You could always go old school with a muzzle loader too. Pick up an inexpensive CVA Wolf @ Walmart, pick up some Powerbelts and powder. Boom Deer gun. AND, you can hunt in muzzleloader season.

 

[1911Shooter]

Im with nate1865. It will give you an extra 2 weeks of season.

 

[djl02]

H and R slug guns are some shooters. Cant beat'm for the money.

 

[joeman3285]

Mossburg 500s are relatively cheap and pretty good guns. I carried one all summer for bear defense in AK (3 inch slugs and 00). Took it out and shot it after 3 days of slogging through the alders in the mud and rain and it still functioned well. My buddy uses one in 12 gauge smooth bore for whitetails here. I use an 870 20 gauge rifled and it knocks them over pretty well

IMHO, 12 gauge is too much for whitetails. Could ruin a lot of meat. My buddy shot a nice buck a few years back at about 60 yards. The slug went through the front chest and out the ass end braking a back leg. Didn't even need a meat grinder when we were cutting it up.... A 20 gauge is plenty.

Do a pump before you do a single shot. Wouldn't want to get excited and miss the first time and not have a chance for a follow up.

Dick's had a Savage pump for around 200 last I was in there. Don't know much about them but pump actions are hard to screw up.

 

[PistolBob]

Best deer gun I have ever owned is an old Western Auto 12 ga pump I bought used at a gun show about 18 years ago for $65. It was made by Mossburg, I added a slug barrel to it and a decent set of sites, and a sling. It's killed better than two dozen deer I'd say. It's no beauty contest winner, and it shows a little wear and tear from being dragged through the brush and over a few trees. It has never misfired, and has never failed to chamber a round.

I wouldn't take $400 for it.