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That is a hell of a deer!!!

I shoot a Remington 11-87 12 ga. here in New Jersey, a lot of guys shoot 870's, Savage 220's in 20 ga. and the H&R single shot.

Darn nice buck!

Started out with a H&R single shot ultraslugster 12 gauge. Also have a 1187 cantilever. The H&R is heavy but very accurate for a slug shotgun. I go between the two depending on the hunt. Have only used Remington copper solids and haven't been disappointed yet.

. X2 ! I have let a few people shoot mine and they can't believe a slug gun can be that accurate

My slug gun is a Winchester Model 25 with an E.R. Shaw rifled barrel, I had it built many years ago before rifled barrels were available from the factory. Most of my deer were shot with Federal Hydra-Shok slugs, all were bangflops.

My slug gun is an Ithaca Model 37 with rifled barrel. Love the feel of the shotgun.

Yeah. I was impressed with a 20G ultra slug hunter I shot last fall. It was as accurate as the Savage 220 we were also shooting at 100 yards.

For a lot less money.

. I am sure there are a couple of guns out there that will stay with the Savage at 100 yds or less. But between 100 and 250 yds I haven't seen anything that will come close.

What ammo do you use in the savage 220 past 100 yards?

. Remington Accutips

I have limited experience hunting with slugs.

20 years ago, I used a 870 with a cantilever barrel and a rifled choke with Winchester 3" BRI slugs. Killed one deer.

Recently I had an elk tag in a zone where we had to use a bow, muzzleloader or a sluggun. I had purchased a fully rifled barrel for the 870 and installed a Timney trigger. Tested several slugs and the Hornady SST was the most accurate. Unfortunately, Never had an elk volunteer to be within range on property I had access to.

I installed the Timney trigger myself. Pretty easy. Make a big difference when shooting slugs.

I use a Savage 220 with Remington Accutips. I have no complaints.

At 100 yds, my savage 220 shoots 1 to 1.5 inch groups with the accutips. For nontoxic the federal trophy copper shoots 1.5 to 2 inches for me. This is my gun when I expect shots at 10 to 200 yds. For 10 to 75 yards I go with an 870 with lightfield exp. If your shots are close I would test the trophy coppers out of a pump or auto. While I love the 220, shell ejection is not the best.

. Is the empty case hitting the scope mount ?

No the empty case is not hitting the mount. It is just that 220 ejector/extractor leaves a lot to be desired. You really need to be forceful with the bolt to get spent shells to eject properly. Doesn't really bother me a you rarely need more than one shot. And I normally open all bolt rifles slowly and pull the spent case out by hand.