Okay, this is some serious newb stuff.

I took my shotgun to the range. I fired slugs at 30 and 50 yards. This was my first time ever shooting slugs.

Both times, I put up two targets. I fired at the target on the right and EVERY TIME the slug hit the target on the left. About a foot in the wrong direction.

Obviously, I thought to myself “okay, I’ll Just shoot a foot to the right.” When I did that, I have no idea where the round went.

So I guess my question is, do I have such a lack of control over the gun that it’s popping left every time? Is my shotgun inaccurate? It did fairly well shooting trap.

Anyway, any help or guidance would be appreciated.

what's your choke?

I used an improved cylinder choke.

Screw-in, fixed, or adjustable?

Screw-in, it came with three chokes that are removable.

Different shotguns will have different tastes in slugs. I have an old Remington 1100 smooth bore rifle sights barrel that shoots exceedingly well with the old-fashioned Remington rifled hollow-based slugs, and won't shoot anything else worth a darn. A combination gun I have really likes Brenneke slugs.

I would try several different types of slugs, to see if you get better results.

If you have a replaceable choke shotgun, I have seen choke tubes with rifling in them, in an effort to improve accuracy.

Shoot it from a bench, which will beat hell out of you, but it is steadier than offhand. Ask someone else to shoot it.

I don't shoot a lot of slugs through smooth shotgun barrels anymore. I transitioned to rifled shotgun barrels, which shoot a lot better, at much longer ranges. If you have a shotgun which takes interchangeable barrels, look for a rifled barrel that has a scope mount on the barrel, on a cantilever reaching back over the action.