With hornady SST slugs and my Mossberg 12 gauge it will put 3 slugs in an egg sized circle at 100 yrds EVERY DAY. IF AND THATS a big if you don't winch by the third shot. They kick if your shooting at paper. My buddy has the same set up but in 20 gauge and with a bdc scope its good to go out to 250. That 500 with the cantilever set up slug barrel is a tack drive with the sst slugs .....

That mossberg is a kicking mule.

ALL 12 gauges kick with those slugs. My 870 will rock your teeth fillings as well when shooting on the range!!!!

BUt that 500 will flat out shoot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes depending on what gun I choose to hunt with or if I am using a muzzle loader

really bad form a bench

I have taken to sighting the 500 in prone with a sling and it is not as bad mostly because it is pulled so tight into the shoulder by the sling you move with it before has a chance to build momentum but yeah it can shake the fillings loose from a bench. or if you don't hold it tight.

but it sure is easy to carry all day

Turkey ,dove,and deer. Kill them every year since I got it !! 199 bucks from duhnams.....Another 28 dollars for camo kit.

All slugs are not created equal ! That goes double for slug guns ! The savage 220 has turned the slug gun into a tack driving rifle, as long as you use the right slugs .

Yea I thought I wanted an Ithaca deer slayer until I priced one !!!!

That Mossberg shot plumb thru every deer I shot with it. at 1/10 the price !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had an Ithaca deer slayer years ago I liked it well enough with the right slugs, but it doesn’t compare to the savage 220 !

both the Ithica and the Savage are hard to justify when 98% of all the shots offered are inside 80 yards especially when it is for one place I hunt one weekend a year. everywhere else I can use a rifle.

I see people with the magnification turned up so they are seeing about a one foot circle when they are trying to find the target. Turn the power down and it will be easy. Turn it up if you have a good rest and a longer shot.

I've always used a peep site with aperture removed on a 30-30. I don't go hungry....

Nope eyes are not what they used to be.