If only someone made a lever action slug gun

Jason_W · Post by **Jason_W** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:58 pm

I'm almost feeling like a traitor of sorts since I've been playing more with shotguns and deer slugs over the last few months than leverguns. Additionally, I plan to field my mossberg 835 slug gun this deer season in lieu of my Marlins

Now, if someone made a lever action dedicated slug gun, I wouldn't have to feel guilty

Terry Murbach · Post by **Terry Murbach** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:59 pm

THEY DID. LOOK BACKWARDS...

Barcelona Rick · Post by **Barcelona Rick** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:19 pm

Didn't Ithacha make a single shot lever action shotgun with rifle sights ??

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Barcelona Rick · Post by **Barcelona Rick** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:27 pm

Jason it was the Ithacha Model 66 RS Buck Buster.......22" with rifle sights. I have only seen it in 20 gauge but I believe it also came in 12 gauge.....

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Jason_W · Post by **Jason_W** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:36 pm

jumbeaux wrote:Jason it was the Ithacha Model 66 RS Buck Buster.......22" with rifle sights. I have only seen it in 20 gauge but I believe it also came in 12 gauge.....

jumbeaux

Did it have a rifled barrel?

My mossberg seems to be a pretty good slug gun, but there are a couple flaws in my opinion.

1. It's a very bulky gun that isn't comfortable to carry. It was clearly designed to be a sitting gun.

2. The pump rattles

Barcelona Rick · Post by **Barcelona Rick** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:45 pm

Jason I don't think it was rifled....I believe it was made in the 1960's thru early 1970's....

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Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:55 pm

http://www.gunsamerica.com/918246142/Gu ... HOTGUN.htm

Don't know if it's got a rifleled barrel or not. Doesn't matter. There are some very accurate 12ga, smooth bore, slug, shotguns around that can do the job.

Barcelona Rick · Post by **Barcelona Rick** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:59 pm

Jason the Gun Doctor in Longview, Texas has a real sure enough Winchester 1887 for sale on consignment. Looked at it last week but don't remember how much he was asking.....

jumbeaux

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:00 pm

Jason_W wrote:
jumbeaux wrote:Jason it was the Ithacha Model 66 RS Buck Buster.......22" with rifle sights. I have only seen it in 20 gauge but I believe it also came in 12 gauge.....

jumbeaux
Did it have a rifled barrel?

My mossberg seems to be a pretty good slug gun, but there are a couple flaws in my opinion.

1. It's a very bulky gun that isn't comfortable to carry. It was clearly designed to be a sitting gun.

2. The pump rattles

WellSir, a 12ga Rifle ( .729 Caliber ) is quite likely to be bulky, and I've never heard a pump that didn't rattle. You might find something smaller/lighter in a auto shotty......

Don McDowell · Post by **Don McDowell** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:15 pm

Pickup one of the 87 winchester knockoffs used in CAS, have it fitted with a rifled choke tube.......

Jason_W · Post by **Jason_W** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:51 pm

BlaineG wrote:
Jason_W wrote:
jumbeaux wrote:Jason it was the Ithacha Model 66 RS Buck Buster.......22" with rifle sights. I have only seen it in 20 gauge but I believe it also came in 12 gauge.....

jumbeaux
Did it have a rifled barrel?

My mossberg seems to be a pretty good slug gun, but there are a couple flaws in my opinion.

1. It's a very bulky gun that isn't comfortable to carry. It was clearly designed to be a sitting gun.

2. The pump rattles
WellSir, a 12ga Rifle ( .729 Caliber ) is quite likely to be bulky, and I've never heard a pump that didn't rattle. You might find something smaller/lighter in a auto shotty......

Granted that a 12 ga is going to inevitably have some mass, but the 835 turkey/slug combo I have isn't nearly as handy feeling as an 870. Just my opinion, anyway. If I ever have a decent paying job again, I might go with an H&R for days on the stand, and as you suggested, some kind of short barreled auto for brush busting.

Jason_W · Post by **Jason_W** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:53 pm

Modoc ED wrote:http://www.gunsamerica.com/918246142/Gu ... HOTGUN.htm

Don't know if it's got a rifleled barrel or not. Doesn't matter. There are some very accurate 12ga, smooth bore, slug, shotguns around that can do the job.

I've read that. Especially at close ranges like those I usually find myself hunting at. I can't experiment with slugs for smooth bores as my only 12 ga is overbored and the manual said not to fire slugs through it.

pdawg.shooter · Post by **pdawg.shooter** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:26 pm

There is a gun auction Nov 8th in Larned Kansas that has 2 or 3 1887 lever shotguns for sale. At least one of them is in 10ga. That should kill a deer just fine!

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:27 pm

Well you could buy a marlin 410 shotgun in a lever, but you gonna have to sneak close to kill a deer with a 410 slug!!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:48 pm

I sorta consider my .444 Marlin a 'slug gun' only without the little plastic sabots, and a skinnier barrel...

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:22 pm

Don McDowell wrote:Pickup one of the 87 winchester knockoffs used in CAS, have it fitted with a rifled choke tube.......

Can't offer better advice than that...

'Course, my '86 kinda fills the "slug-gun" role, too...

barbarossa · Post by **barbarossa** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:13 pm

I ve got one of the winchester 9410s and it is hell on wheels with slugs but alas 410 slugs.

Don McDowell · Post by **Don McDowell** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:56 pm

Thaks Buck,

One other option, smoothbore a 50-110 call it a 36 gauge

kentdep · Post by **kentdep** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:06 am

I do know of guys that take a Marlin .410 shotgun, rebarrel it to have a rifled boar and make their own slugs to shoot in them. As I understand it they shoot like a .45-70 which of course is very good on deer.

Jay

Roland · Post by **Roland** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:22 am

Jason_W wrote:I'm almost feeling like a traitor of sorts since I've been playing more with shotguns and deer slugs over the last few months than leverguns. Additionally, I plan to field my mossberg 835 slug gun this deer season in lieu of my Marlins
Now, if someone made a lever action dedicated slug gun, I wouldn't have to feel guilty

1887 Winchester replicas around now can fire 12ga slugs. Coyote Cap makes some interesting 1887s using norincos as a base.

EDIT: I see I am not the first to offer up the '87 as a solution. I like the idea about fitting it with a rifled choke tube.

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:50 pm

kentdep wrote:I do know of guys that take a Marlin .410 shotgun, rebarrel it to have a rifled boar and make their own slugs to shoot in them. As I understand it they shoot like a .45-70 which of course is very good on deer.

Jay

Kinda the long way around the barn, ain't it...?

But then, the .444 Marlin is just a step-child of the all-brass .410 case anyway...

tman · Post by **tman** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:09 pm

got a 1887 copy. put a rear stickon sight on it . with cheapo slugs, it's good to 50 yards. rifled choke tube sounds interesting, but, this combo works well enough for what i use it for.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:18 pm

jumbeaux wrote:Didn't Ithacha make a single shot lever action shotgun with rifle sights ??

jumbeaux

Seen them, but not one with rifle sights. Should be simple enough to install sights.

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