I haven't had any experience hunting with mine. If you go with the Ranch (which is what mine is) you a 18" barrel versus 16" that's on the Tactical. I have Bushnell red-dot on mine. If you're shooting less than 100 yards, that's really all you need. Even though I can still be half ass with the standard irons. The flash hider is Choate that's made for the older thinner barrels, had to cut of the back end off it to fit. I wish I would have waited and got the tactical. Would have saved about $150 (bought mine during the peak gun sales) and then purchased a factory wood stock for it. It also would have came with a flash hider from the factory.
I enjoy the hell out of mine, either way.
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