Bolt action slug gun

[PGTMG]

Does anyone use/hunt with one of these? If so which one and your thoughts please. I am looking into a dedicated slug gun.
Thanks

 

[Redneck]

Lots of people hunt with the savage models, but I have seen ejecting issues with those. I wouldn't buy one, they might be accurate, but good luck with that second shot if need be from what I have seen. Have you considered an H&R or 870 super slug?

I love my 870 SS with Leupold VXII 3-9

 

[JCB003]

I have a Savage 220F. I like it - it's light, accurate, relatively inexpensive and I really like the 20ga slugs over 12ga from my 870, plus it has the Accutrigger. I got it in the fall and used it for deer hunting. It offers a bit more range, maybe 50 yds, than I would be comfortable taking with the 12ga with accuracy.

If you baby the bolt you can have issues with feeding / ejecting, but if you work with the right amount of effort it's fine. The action is not smooth like a rifle.

 

[PGTMG]

Lots of people hunt with the savage models, but I have seen ejecting issues with those. I wouldn't buy one, they might be accurate, but good luck with that second shot if need be from what I have seen. Have you considered an H&R or 870 super slug?

I love my 870 SS with Leupold VXII 3-9

Can it keep 3-4 inches at a 100 yrds?

 

[PGTMG]

I have a Savage 220F. I like it - it's light, accurate, relatively inexpensive and I really like the 20ga slugs over 12ga from my 870, plus it has the Accutrigger. I got it in the fall and used it for deer hunting. It offers a bit more range, maybe 50 yds, than I would be comfortable taking with the 12ga with accuracy.

If you baby the bolt you can have issues with feeding / ejecting, but if you work with the right amount of effort it's fine. The action is not smooth like a rifle.

What kind of group do you get with the Savage?

why 20 instead of 12?

 

[Jester1341]

Love my mossberg 695! Bought mine because of shooting my fathers, got mine with a synthetic stock for just under 200 at gander mountain.

John

 

[clandestine]

SAVAGE Bolt Shotgun is the most accurate mass produced Slug Gun you can buy.

3" groups at 100 is a bad group on a Savage Bolt Shotgun.

 

[pop-gunner]

SAVAGE Bolt Shotgun is the most accurate mass produced Slug Gun you can buy.

3" groups at 100 is a bad group on a Savage Bolt Shotgun.

The man speaks the truth...

I have been getting reports from customers of the 20ga shooting 2 inch groups at 150 yards.
Yes they are more expensive than the H&R with comparable accuracy, but I don't want to carry a car axle through the woods and like the adjustable trigger.
If you need follow up shots get better glass and go practice.

 

[mopar92]

This thread needs some snobbery.
Get a Tar-Hunt everything else is crap.




Reference user title

 

[pop-gunner]

This thread needs some snobbery.
Get a Tar-Hunt everything else is crap.




Reference user title

Granted you may be correct, but given the price of your gun...
Do you have any idea how many Savage 220s, how much ammo, and how many whores I could buy for the money I would spend on just 1 Tar-Hunt????
Use your head man..

 

[mopar92]

Like I said reference user title.

 

[Redneck]

Can it keep 3-4 inches at a 100 yrds?

Better

 

[Redneck]

The man speaks the truth...

I have been getting reports from customers of the 20ga shooting 2 inch groups at 150 yards.
Yes they are more expensive than the H&R with comparable accuracy, but I don't want to carry a car axle through the woods and like the adjustable trigger.
If you need follow up shots get better glass and go practice.

Ahh a follow up shot basher. I guess you get the perfect opportunity every time? Deer move, paper doesn't. I have never found a single hunter that at least once didn't need a follow up shot. Things can happen in the woods, I like being able to add a follow up shot on the same deer or another, but that's just me.

 

[Russ D]

No complaints about my 220 Savage.

 

[rob b]

I bought the mossberg 695 it now wears a leupold shotgun/muzzleloader scope
and with hornady sst ammo I have shot 2" groups at 100 yards

 

[Redneck]

I like that stock rob

 

[JCB003]

What kind of group do you get with the Savage?

why 20 instead of 12?

I picked up the Savage 220F based on reviews I read when I went looking for a new slug gun. I had been shooting a 870 with a rifled slug barrel for 15 yrs and wanted something new. The Savage was designed as a rifle and to use sabot ammo. 20ga sabots shoot flatter and reach a bit farther than 12ga. Groups with Winchester premium ammo were 1.5 at 100 yds...that was my first time sighting it in and using the shotgun with a new scope. I didn't have enough ammo to get any better, 20ga sabots were hell to find last year, probably due to the popularity of this gun. I hope to tighten that up with some Remington Accutips. It's not a multipurpose shotgun, it's made to kill deer. 2 friends of mine bought the 220F after shooting mine.

Read some reviews online and then go check one out.

 

[PGTMG]

I picked up the Savage 220F based on reviews I read when I went looking for a new slug gun. I had been shooting a 870 with a rifled slug barrel for 15 yrs and wanted something new. The Savage was designed as a rifle and to use sabot ammo. 20ga sabots shoot flatter and reach a bit farther than 12ga. Groups with Winchester premium ammo were 1.5 at 100 yds...that was my first time sighting it in and using the shotgun with a new scope. I didn't have enough ammo to get any better, 20ga sabots were hell to find last year, probably due to the popularity of this gun. I hope to tighten that up with some Remington Accutips. It's not a multipurpose shotgun, it's made to kill deer. 2 friends of mine bought the 220F after shooting mine.

Read some reviews online and then go check one out.

I really appreciate yours and others feed back. I am leaning towards a 12 partially due to what you mentioned.

 

[pop-gunner]

Ahh a follow up shot basher. I guess you get the perfect opportunity every time? Deer move, paper doesn't. I have never found a single hunter that at least once didn't need a follow up shot. Things can happen in the woods, I like being able to add a follow up shot on the same deer or another, but that's just me.

Now you know better than that...
I love the ability for follow up shots. That's why I hunt with a LR308.

 

[rob b]

I like that stock rob

its a factory stock I stippled the grip area it feels nice