Yeah, some of those old bolt shotguns where a canon. I'm thinking that my was made for hunting everything. I can adjust that choke from full right to cylinder bore! It also has what they called a sight dome, just ahead of the chamber. I tried shooting a few foster type rifled slugs without that dome and shot way low. I put the dome back on and tried again, shooting off the bench at 35yds. put the slugs right in there, right where you want for deer, so it does work! 2 3/4" Remington game loads #6's patterns very good also! scout4<><