Slug Pump Options

[Steverino]

Hey folks,

I'll tag along with the below posts on slug guns. Awhile back, some of you may recall that I acquired an older (early 70's) 870 Wingmaster (2-3/4"-12 ga.- Modified barrel) and passed it along to a buddy of mine that was looking for his first shotgun.
Well... it seems that his wife doesn't want him to have a gun in the house (I gave him both a trigger and cable lock along with an old locking gun case that I had lying around in the garage) I spent a day with him out at the clays course going over the safe handling and shooting characteristics of the shotgun and then accompanied him home to review the proper disassembly and cleaning of his new shotgun. I've since discovered that there's other marital issues involved here that have little to do with the shotgun.

So anyhow (had to provide a little backdrop-just cuz) it seems that I will be receiving this shotgun back from my buddy. Do I need another pump you ask? why no I do not. I have a perfectly fine Browning BPS that is taking up residence in the back nether regions of my gun safe. Since I have been shooting my Beretta auto, I no longer really shoot the pump anymore.

I've been kicking around the idea of turning the BPS into a dedicated slug gun and with this new development, am torn between which shotgun to "dedicate" into Slugger. Would appreciate your insight. Either way that I go, I will need a fully rifled barrel to shoot sabots. I'm leaning towards the new Hastings Paradox scope mount barrels.

My thinking is that if I sell the Wingmaster, I can pay for the majority of the new barrel for the BPS and I have a couple of scopes collecting dust that I could add to the set-up quickly with no additional out of pocket expenses.

So what do you guys think? Yes, I would love to pick up a new semi as a dedicated slug gun but can not justify the expense with what will appear to be two perfectly good autos taking up room in the safe.