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Your propbaly wondering whats this deer hunters dream your talking about ... Well im talking about the savage 212 bolt action slug slinger. With a 24in rifled barrel and hornady 300g sst 2 3/4in slugs. You just cannot go wrong shooting under 200 yards and realistically how often are you shooting over 200 yards. Or your stuck hunting a rifle restriction unit and have the choice of pistol, muzzleloader, bow, or shotgun.

So picked up this sweet gun in a trade and put a cheep Leopold 3x9x40. Good pice of glass for a very good price. Took the gun to the range for a quick sight in and well ... No paper at 50 yards ... One shot a 25 and far left. Then a spin of the turets and center. One more shot a 50 yards and center. Now at 100 yards got a 3 shot group all touching. 0729181151.jpg
Well happy with 100 yards outta the hornady slugs i had some winchesters and federal saboted slugs. Long story short they are garbage. The sabots dont grip the rifling like they should. And then i could get 2 to gruop and the third was a flyer... Like big time flyer .... Like BIG time...

So we stepped out to 200 yards and,after a box we found that you need about 10in of hold over but will hold a 3in group of 5 shots. The other 3 where a mix of my buddys handy work and figging out the hold over. I wanna try this thing at 300 yards but i figure about 2 ft of hold over for it. 15329018387464894631679255625118.jpg
Not bad for a shot gun ehh ... Only problems we had was with the feeting but i conclude that to be operator error and a new gun breaking in. The thing is a damn good shooter and a head tuner at the range when they see shot gun shells hitting the floor and the only targets on your lane are at 200 and 300 .... I feel she will kill a deer this year as long as i can,find one
 
I just saw these on the Cabelas site and came here to see if there was any local information. Amazing.

I hunt in SE MN so a slug gun is a must. Been using my trusty pump for years but it may be time for a change.

Thanks for the write up.
 
The last time I was forced to hunt with a shotgun was on a trip outside the Caledonia/Houston area. Even considering the shotguns, it was still an awesome nyertaining hunt.
 
I just saw these on the Cabelas site and came here to see if there was any local information. Amazing.

I hunt in SE MN so a slug gun is a must. Been using my trusty pump for years but it may be time for a change.

Thanks for the write up.

If a slug gun is a must and your going to be hunting with it alot( year after year) then i would say get the savage 212. But if its only for one hunt or one season i would go with a cheaper cva hunter in 20g ... I got the savage 212 so i can also hunt elk with it
 
If a slug gun is a must and your going to be hunting with it alot( year after year) then i would say get the savage 212. But if its only for one hunt or one season i would go with a cheaper cva hunter in 20g ... I got the savage 212 so i can also hunt elk with it

That is a great point. I currently hunt one season in MN so I shoot my 12ga @5 shots a year. 2-3 before I leave WA to make sure nothing has changed. 2-3 when I unpack in MN. And 1 to make the harvest. :D

I wouldn't have considered my 12ga to be a suitable elk gun mostly because of the range.
I need to do a little more research on that.
 
Well the damn things are effective to about 300 ... And if i can get out and figure it out at 300 i would take the shot ... If your going out there every year or if you hunt pretty closeish range i would get the savage ... Im accualy gonna use it on a bear once the season opens
 

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