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Originally Posted by Excalibur
A scope for a shotgun even if it's slug is useless. A slug does not have the range to require a scope. A red dot maybe or just better irons.
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A slug, going out of a smooth barrel has a range of ~50 yards. A slug going out of a rifled barrel can range from 80-100 yards, depending on the quality of the gun firing it and the ammunition used.
I know for a fact what you're saying is wrong, because I live in a shotgun-only hunting region, where scoped slug guns DOMINATE in the hunter's market. I myself personally use a Browning A-Bolt with a 3-9x scope using Lightfield Sabot slugs, and have taken deer at 80+ yards before, without adjusting for drop. While an A-Bolt is one of the most accurate shotguns you can (or rather could) buy, even a semi-auto slug gun can do decently at those ranges.
In fact, my craziest story to tell you is last season, using a smoothbore Browning A5 16 gauge with a 4x scope, I took down a button buck at I think 70-80 yards. I wasn't aware the gun was smoothbore (my dad let me use it as my A-Bolt wasn't sighted in yet) and assuming it had the capability, fired on the deer. It hit the shoulder and killed it, but if what you said was correct, that'd be impossible, which it isn't. /rant