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i hunt deer with a maverick 88 and have for the last 3 years, i have been hunting where my shots are 50yds or less in deep woods. i get a deer every year except last year when i got permission to hunt another area and thought i would try there. its woods but also a few open fields of 100-150yds max. i tried a shot using my regular shotgun beads and missed on the last day. i don't have the money for a rifle and need my shotgun also for turkeys so i thought about sights. how are the Williams "Universal' Slugger Firesight?, they seem well built and wonder if anyone has them and how well they will improve my shooting? my gun isn't drill and tapped so i can't use a scope and i don't care much for scopes anyways. so for those that use these or something like them are they worth the $30 they cost on making better shots? thanks
 
I don't know of any sights that you can use but I do believe a mossy 500 rifled barrel will fit your maverick and would really help you out if your shooting at or over 100 yards.
 
The Williams sights would work just fine for what you are wanting. However, if were me, I would spend another $15 and get the Pro Series Magnum Gobble Dot sights from Truglo. Here are my reasons:
1. Williams is made of aluminum. Truglo is made from steel.
2. Williams is a "universal" size that fits different width ribs. Truglo comes in different sizes to exactly fit any given rib width.

I am not necessarily recommending Cabela's, but here is a link on their website for the Truglo sights I have suggested.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/TRUGLO-reg-Pro-Series-Magnum-Gobble-Dot/742447.uts

I have a set of Pro Magnum Gobble Dots on a Remington 870 and have never had an issue with them.
 
No matter what you put on it, 150 yards is further than i would want to try with shotgun slugs. Its a darn shame the $80 mosin nagant carbines dried up a few years back- otherwise you could put aside $12 a month for one and be good by next deer season.
 
No matter what you put on it, 150 yards is further than i would want to try with shotgun slugs. Its a darn shame the $80 mosin nagant carbines dried up a few years back- otherwise you could put aside $12 a month for one and be good by next deer season.

I'm under the impression that some locales are shotgun only for deer.
 
I don't know of any sights that you can use but I do believe a mossy 500 rifled barrel will fit your maverick and would really help you out if your shooting at or over 100 yards.

I would get a rifled slug barrel too. It will almost certainly be more accurate than your current barrel. I also believe 150 yards needs an optic.
 
Once past 100 yds you need to consider power as well as accuracy. Some of the new sabot loads fired from rifled barrels will do the job well beyond 100 yds, but you need to be aware of your trajectory. That means range time.
 
I had a Remington 870 with a rifled barrel and a 4x scope. With Remington Copper Solids it would group the size of a tennis ball at 125 yards, my sight in distance. My best shot was a moving coyote at 140 yards. Witnessed.

Anyway, the mount was a saddle type that required no drilling. I'd look to see if you can get one of those that fits your shotgun. As noted above, optics are really handy once the distance exceeds 75 yards depending upon your eyesight
 
If you have been successful in an area for 3 yrs in a row , What are you moving for.? You will continue to be successful there . No need to change anything. Deer are creatures of habit, and the does teach the trails to their offspring. I have been hunting and taking deer for 50 yrs . If you are on to their movements in your area you are 1 up on every one else . I never had a need for scopes or rifled barrels or any of that stuff. I have taken deer sitting on the same stand year after year, Why , because that is where they were taught to go . I've never changed using the plain lead foster slug at $ 4. 00 a box .Relax , rely on your self and your instincts and you'll do fine
 
Ballistic charts only go to 125 yards for a reason. slugs drop like a rock beyond 100 yards and disperse as well. A Sabot slug, rifled barrel and optic sight all help to extend range. From a bench you can also shot further because you are steady and know the range. And some guns require experimenting to find what shoots well in them. I like Winchester High Velocity Supremes in my Rifled barrel 11-87 with a red dot sight. I have a Mossberg with a rifled slug barrel and 1-4 scope that isn't accurate with anything I have tried. But some guys do well with them. Probably need more testing. I have used a Trueglow on a ribbed smooth bore field barrel. 50-75 yards tops and over 50 is a stretch with that set up.. Like another poster you might get lucky at a little further but that would be a fluke with the set up I had then. I would challenge anyone with a single standing shot to hit a paper plate on the other end of a football field with a slug gun. Much less a snap shot on a moving deer. It happens but I believe it when I see it and measure it myself. Good luck. If you are lucky enough to have a private place to hunt like Flnt, the odds tip heavily in your favor if you do it right. You are a lucky man Flnt.
 
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