I'm more a M-L guy when it comes to a 'restricted area', but shotgun slugs don't seem to shoot as well as a tuned centerfire rifle. By tuned I mean the whole setup, sights, scope, trigger, ammo, etc are usually a few steps behind CF performance.
If you cut your groups below an honest 4" at 100 yards, I would hunt with it. I sight in my Gold 12 ga with a Hastings barrel as backup for my IL hunt, but I hardly stray from my Knight Elite. My buddy has used it more than me, but I did take one deer with it.
I don't spend an excessive amount of time with my slug gun, since I hardly use it. I've mostly used Hornady SST slugs at 75 yards. I did a 'shoot off' just last year with the Gold against the Knight, the Knight handily won.
