3 MUST HAVE shotguns?

870/500 12 ga field gun. Very versatile

870/500 20 ga "youth" for when I bring along female and/or younger shooters.

Third... Toss up between a good combat shotgun, a good semi auto, and a good over/under.
 
Must?

Must have....hmmmm.
Ok....an Ithaca 37 Featherweight for sure.
A Browning Citori......or some such....with 30-32" barrels for clay games.
Something very light for walking all day in the PA uplands.... Like a Franchi 48AL
in 12 ga.......gotta be around six pounds.
Pete.
 
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For me it's an HD gun. I currently have an 8 shot Mossberg 500.

A turkey/duck gun. I currently have a camo 5 shot Mossberg 500. 20" barrel for turkeys, 28" barrel for ducks.

A field gun for upland game. I use a Franchi Renaissance 28" O/U 12ga.
 
I guess maybe:

First. Remington 870 (with 3 or 4 extra barrels & 2 extra stocks)

Second. Remington 1100 (with 3 or 4 extra barrels)

All of these in 12 ga. with aftermarket chokes running from cyl. to X full, and any spe. chokes that you may need/want.

Third. Remington 1100 (20 ga.) for the wife...
 
Browning B25 O/U

Browning BPS (Variety of Barrels: HD, smooth and rifled slug, MC barrel of preferred length)

Either a Browning Maxus or Beretta A400 in the model and barrel configurations to suit you as with the BPS

(PS I hope budget wasn't a restriction, we can but dream!)
 
  1. Mossberg 590 Special Purpose
  2. Mossberg 500 Field/Security Set
  3. Charles Daly Miroku Premium Single-Barrel Trap
 
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Since the days when I once preferred mega-blasters long gone, I now prefer very lightweight shotguns:

A 28ga and/or 20 ga SxS ( I have an Ithaca Flues & a Stevens 311)

A .410 and/or 20ga autoloader (I have a Remington 11-48 & a Franchi 48AL)

A 20ga pumpgun (I have an Ithaca M37 Deerslayer)


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In no way is this a list for anyone other than myself:

#1) Belgium Browning Auto-5 Sweet 16(Just happen to have a 1957 model choked modified)
#2) Browning Superposed Lightning choked Mod/Mod(Still in search of this)
#3) Beretta 3901 20ga(Made in Italy, just happen to have 3 of these)

There are lots of choices today, but there just isn't any current models I see as a must have. I probably should have a pump on my list and if I did it would be a Remington 870 Wingmaster 20ga with a I/C choke.
 
I'll start with the two I have, a scoped 870 for deer and my Winchester 1300 with 22" and 28" WinChoke barrels. That's where my must haves stops. The only additional one that holds my attention at the gun counter is a 12ga. coach gun.
 
Well, for trap I use a Maverick 88 with a 26" bbl.
For hunting, I use a Maverick 88 with a 26" bbl.
And for HD, I use a Maverick 88 with an 18.5" bbl.
That's my MUST HAVE list. My WANT list is quite different.
 
A. Remington 11-87 Sporting Clays
B. Charles Daly Superior Grade 20 ga skeet gun
C. Browning Model 12 28 ga Grade 5
I have all three plus a few more, shot a lot of skeet, five stand & sporting clays.
 
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