Exmasonite
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Hey all...
So here is the situation: I'm a late bloomer and have decided with the recent gift of a mossberg 500 and the fact that i live in michigan, I want to try deer hunting. I love venison and figure this will kill all three birds with one stone. I'm just looking for a doe to get the meat and to see if i like hunting.
Gun: Mossberg 500 12ga 8 shot w/ 20 inch cylinder bore barrel (i have the dowel to limit the capacity)
Environment: Mid-michigan woods. The friend i'm hunting with says that 50-75 yds would be the max range.
Now, i ONLY want to do this if i can do it right. I want a good, accurate gun/scope that will put the slugs where i need to if i do my part.
I tried a crappy Accushot/leaper's scope from my AR but it was set way too high off the gun. After taking it off, using just the bead front sight and some help from the rangemaster, i was able to get 5 straight slugs in a dinner plate sized target at 50 yds using Bennoke KO slugs. (tried some win super x and rem sluggers but couldn't get all 5 in that area). After that, i was getting a quite a flinch (25 slugs fired over < 45 minutes) and decided to call it a day.
So, i'm thinking that the Bennoke's are the slug for my gun.
Scope: Here's where i need your help. I am a BROKE grad student. I need to cut all corners here. I have the following questions:
1) What is the BARGAIN BASEMENT cheapest i can get away with? It doesn't have to last forever. I'd rather buy cheap, have it last 1 season to figure out if this is something i want to do more. If so, i'm gonna go for a rifled slug gun w/ a longer barrel.
2) My mossy is pre drilled w/ 4 holes on top and i've got the weaver rail on there now. Can i get away with a red dot scope? I only ask b/c some of the ones i looked at already accept the weaver rail without having to spend more $$ on rings (which are at least $20, it seems)
So, thank you very much in advance for all your help. I totally understand if you buy cheap, you get cheap. I just want the bare minimum i can get away with while not disintegrating on my first shot. I hope this makes sense.
So here is the situation: I'm a late bloomer and have decided with the recent gift of a mossberg 500 and the fact that i live in michigan, I want to try deer hunting. I love venison and figure this will kill all three birds with one stone. I'm just looking for a doe to get the meat and to see if i like hunting.
Gun: Mossberg 500 12ga 8 shot w/ 20 inch cylinder bore barrel (i have the dowel to limit the capacity)
Environment: Mid-michigan woods. The friend i'm hunting with says that 50-75 yds would be the max range.
Now, i ONLY want to do this if i can do it right. I want a good, accurate gun/scope that will put the slugs where i need to if i do my part.
I tried a crappy Accushot/leaper's scope from my AR but it was set way too high off the gun. After taking it off, using just the bead front sight and some help from the rangemaster, i was able to get 5 straight slugs in a dinner plate sized target at 50 yds using Bennoke KO slugs. (tried some win super x and rem sluggers but couldn't get all 5 in that area). After that, i was getting a quite a flinch (25 slugs fired over < 45 minutes) and decided to call it a day.
So, i'm thinking that the Bennoke's are the slug for my gun.
Scope: Here's where i need your help. I am a BROKE grad student. I need to cut all corners here. I have the following questions:
1) What is the BARGAIN BASEMENT cheapest i can get away with? It doesn't have to last forever. I'd rather buy cheap, have it last 1 season to figure out if this is something i want to do more. If so, i'm gonna go for a rifled slug gun w/ a longer barrel.
2) My mossy is pre drilled w/ 4 holes on top and i've got the weaver rail on there now. Can i get away with a red dot scope? I only ask b/c some of the ones i looked at already accept the weaver rail without having to spend more $$ on rings (which are at least $20, it seems)
So, thank you very much in advance for all your help. I totally understand if you buy cheap, you get cheap. I just want the bare minimum i can get away with while not disintegrating on my first shot. I hope this makes sense.