I recently picked up a brand new Stevens 320 for a song. It includes a 28" field bbl and an 18.5" security bbl. The gun itself is a Win 1300 knock off, and a pretty decent one if you ask me. Certainly a spectacular value.
Anyhow, I'm curious if anyone has luck lobbing slugs with a smoothbore security barrel and bead. I'm talking maybe minute of pie plate at fifty yards...accurate enough for thick woods deer hunting.
Pretty much my whole life I've used either a muzzleloader or 20 gauge BPS w rifle sights on deer and neither have let me down. That BPS is smoothbore and makes me believe in the accuracy of rifled slugs within about 80 yards, but I've never tried slugs with just a bead.
Anyone with experience in this area?
Anyhow, I'm curious if anyone has luck lobbing slugs with a smoothbore security barrel and bead. I'm talking maybe minute of pie plate at fifty yards...accurate enough for thick woods deer hunting.
Pretty much my whole life I've used either a muzzleloader or 20 gauge BPS w rifle sights on deer and neither have let me down. That BPS is smoothbore and makes me believe in the accuracy of rifled slugs within about 80 yards, but I've never tried slugs with just a bead.
Anyone with experience in this area?