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Check out the link below.
NEF (New England Firearms) has a barrel exchange program and can fit an extra 20 gauge slug "Tracker" barrel to your son's single-shot shotgun, for approximately $60 plus S&H. Your son's gun is most likely a an SB-1 type single-shotgun, and with NEF's barrel exchange program can be up-graded to anything larger than a .410, except 10 gauge.
Two conditions you need to keep in mind when taking advantage of the barrel exchange program are that the SB-1 action CANNOT be fitted with rifle-caliber barrels, and you will have to send your son's receiver to the factory to be hand-fitted.
I realize an 14-YO boy may not be as big as his dad yet, but if your son can handle the recoil of a 20 gauge slug, you might look at that route. I don't have a youngster of my own to take hunting, but I started with a single-shot .410 myself, and if your boy was properly taught to shoot his gun with another barrel (probably with open-sights, although NEF makes barrel that can also be scoped) if he's patient the 20 gauge will easily take a deer at most ranges.
NEF Barrel Accessory Program http://www.hr1871.com
Check out the link below.
NEF (New England Firearms) has a barrel exchange program and can fit an extra 20 gauge slug "Tracker" barrel to your son's single-shot shotgun, for approximately $60 plus S&H. Your son's gun is most likely a an SB-1 type single-shotgun, and with NEF's barrel exchange program can be up-graded to anything larger than a .410, except 10 gauge.
Two conditions you need to keep in mind when taking advantage of the barrel exchange program are that the SB-1 action CANNOT be fitted with rifle-caliber barrels, and you will have to send your son's receiver to the factory to be hand-fitted.
I realize an 14-YO boy may not be as big as his dad yet, but if your son can handle the recoil of a 20 gauge slug, you might look at that route. I don't have a youngster of my own to take hunting, but I started with a single-shot .410 myself, and if your boy was properly taught to shoot his gun with another barrel (probably with open-sights, although NEF makes barrel that can also be scoped) if he's patient the 20 gauge will easily take a deer at most ranges.
NEF Barrel Accessory Program http://www.hr1871.com
