First deer hunt I went on, ol dad had double barrel shotgun with slugs, I was little but I thought it looked odd but went on with the show, 85/86 timeframe we didn’t see any deer but I was wanted to see the taped up stock double barrel sears and roebuck bulch a piece of lead the size of my fist at the time lol, later I learned slug guns were common early days of deer hunting and ft Knox I believe all you could use back then.