I liked the BRI style deer slug in the WW High Impact Supremes.
Rifled bore, it shot 5 under 2" at 100 yards.
.50 cal hole...........I only recovered one slug. That deer shot at 12 paces, front edge of onside shoulder, the slug stopped under the hide on opp ham.
That was a decent slug.
Would still take a slab sided levergun in deference to a full sized pump/auto bird gun.
I'm not a lever gun fan. My deer slug guns were high comb stocked, drilled and tapped receivers and trigger jobs........dedicated rigs............not bird guns.
Have had 1894 in.44mag.
BigBore 94 in .307
Reg 94 in .30-30
Sav 99 in .300 sav
and four 9422M
Tried and tried and still no likey a lever gun.
I wouldn't mind a Ruger #1 in .44 mag or .357...........but rather have one redone in .35 rem.
Around here the rubes think of them as lever action single shots LOL.
It depends on a lot of things.
Id take a lever simply because of handiness on drives and portability on still hunts with ample accuracy.
A dedicated accuracy shotgun from a stand makes sense too, but if the ground n pound is needed, its now a HEAVY assed bird gun.
Ive hunted quite a bit with a handgun the last several years on stands and still hunting. For drives its still the 12 gauge. A lever would work nicely in that regard and is welcomed.
