All-purpose Shotgun Suggestions?

Another vote for the 870. If the OP provides more details I might revise my answer but it is hard to go wrong with the 870 no matter how much, or little money you have.
 
sorry for you I guess.....
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I actually thought $11k for a 2002 Z71 Tahoe with less than 35k miles was a darn good deal three years ago when I bought it...

I hate gun snobs BTW... I've got no problem with people who like expensive guns, I like them myself, but don't try to tell me that a Mossberg won't kill a dove/duck/pheasant/quail/rabbit/squirrel/etc just as dead as a Perrazi that cost 50 times as much...

Just because something costs more doesn't mean it gets the job done any better...

never said 20K,
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Really?

I have seen someone toss an $18K Perazzi in the back of his truck - to him it was no different than you with your Mossberg...so??????
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$18k is in the $20k range... When you get to that point, a couple thousand doesn't really matter I guess...

Now let's return to the original purpose of the thread shall we? The part before we started talking about multi-thousand dollar guns for a guy who's looking for one, do-it-all, affordable (for the masses) shotgun...
 
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And Brent - I have a Savage/Fox BSE in 20 - been through the mud and muck hunting ducks back when lead was still legal....earned its scrapes hunting chukar in NV (something you flatlanders have NO idea about), would have done the same with a good Spanish SxS had I had one at the time...too many folks here focus on walmart's 199 specials...OK....but you folks need to stop bashing those of us who can actually appreciate something more than a plastic wally world special....and i will forever fight the BS prejudice spouted by folks who have nothing but wealth-envy on their mind
 
remington 870 and mossberg 500 are cheap. get one type of model, and then get barrels and stocks and fore ends to swap out and make them like something else. after all the extra barrels and furniture, it becomes affordable.

those are pumps. if there was a reliable semi that had swappable barrels and stocks and fore ends, id recommend that one, but i dont know of any.

i have a benelli m4 with a 6" briley barrel extender and an improved mod choke. it lets me hit clay out to 40 yards
 
but you folks need to stop bashing those of us who can actually appreciate something more than a plastic wally world special
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Plastic Wally World special? I think not... It goes everywhere I go up here...

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and i will forever fight the BS prejudice spouted by folks who have nothing but wealth-envy on their mind
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Not really prejudice, just distaste for those who love to rub in others faces that they've got money to burn, which really means that they think they are better people because their wallet has more stuff in it...
 
very nice........is the wood original? I have an 1100 with a butt stock like that.....gotta love good wood compared to black plastic...... WELL DONE

Not really prejudice, just distaste for those who love to rub in others faces that they've got money to burn, which really means that they think they are better people because their wallet has more stuff in it..
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...And I'm about as rich as hogdogs - doesn't mean that I can't appreciate nice stuff
 
.75-1MOA if I do my part.. Figuring out the placement of the BOSS is a bugger if you switch loads often. I finally broke down and took about 20 boxes of ammo and a camera to the range. I sighted them all in individually, counting my clicks and recording them for each load. Then I started adjusting the BOSS for tightest group. Took a picture of the BOSS placement and set the scope and BOSS back to zero... Took a long time, but I've got good data for that gun and all the factory ammo I use.
 
I remember when that BOSS was "the thing" according to the gun mag writers.......never bought one - do you think it works worth anything or is it hype?
 
and to NOT TOTALLY veer this thread - this is from another forum, from someone that only shoots SxS, but the information is first rate:

My experience is based on SxSs, but O/Us follow the same rules. So I'll just call them "doubleguns"

There are plenty of good doubleguns that are inexpensive. They work. But a doublegun needs to have the barrels "regulated", that is, adjusted to shoot to the same place. That is a difficult labor-intensive job to do well. An inexpensive gun may not be well-regulated. Indeed, on SGW there are several ongoing threads right now that bemoan this fact. An expensive doublegun will generally not have regulation problems; an inexpensive one could.

But what really is an elusive issue is the "feel" of the gun.

If you shoot a pump or semi-auto, they mostly feel the same except for possible differences in recoil. (Please note - I assume that any gun you shoot fits you so it is immaterial if you don't like an "X" gun "because it doesn't fit" If it's a good gun it's worth restocking)

Now doubleguns have distinctive "feels" to them. The way they mount and swing; their motion dynamics - all of these very subjective qualities that exist in a gun. It is not possible to describe this - but if you ever get the chance to shoot a Baikal and then a Boss O/U you will immediately know what this is all about. My 35-yr-old F. Anitua Spanish SxS kills as many clays as my AyA but the experience is not nearly as satisfying.

I shoot SxSs only. I have some superb guns and I also have some very inexpensive older Spanish SxSs that literally cost me less than $500 each. They are fun guns - I don't really care what happens to them. They fire each time I pull the trigger and al of them are well-regulated. I have re-stocked many of them so they all fit me perfectly.

However, they lack that certain "zing" that makes just mounting and swinging a "best" so wonderful.

A fly fisherman once smiled at me and told me he began to really like fly-fishing when he realized that fishing was not about catching fish.

Same for doubleguns. It takes experience and some good coaching to learn how to properly mount and swing a gun and once that's down then the difference between an ordinary doublegun and a good one is the difference between croaking and singing.

If the guns all go "bang" then the only thing more expense gets you is the "bling" that you feel when you use the gun.

And it is that "bling" that makes a really fine doublegun so wonderful.

A Hyundai will get you home, as will a Jag. You pay for the experience.

(flamers- please note this is a statement about guns, not people or their ability to afford guns! It does not involve engraving, wood quality or wood/metal fit. No social statement of any kind is intended.)
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Again -these were NOT my words, but I agree with them.....they explain it better than I seem to be able to do here with certain folks
 
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It turns a 3.5" 200yd group to a <2" group. The one down-side is increased noise levels, but you don't really notice it from one or two shots in the field. A worthy investment IMO, even if you have to have a smith install one, definitely worth it.
 
awesome - my little 18-1/2 barrel does OK, but it isn't a tackdriver - good enough for deer or elk though......glad to hear the caliber is capable of more than I can do!
 
Sorry for the confusion. I have never owned a shotgun. Have shot 410 and 20 gauge when I was younger. Looking primarily for home defense. May wish to try my hand at skeet and/or Deer Hunting in the future.

Thanks for all the help!
 
Then before you go buy one, you might want to go to a shotgun club and try some models for that trap/skeet down the road. You might also check out some of the other shotgun venues - 3-gun, etc. to see if you can rent/borrow one and try their course out to see which might be the best alternative for you
 
i'll reiterate. remington 870. it has a lot of after market parts for swapping out components for the task at hand: 28" barrel and a traditional wood stock and forend for clay and hunting, to a 18" barrel with a synthetic pistol grip stock with a synth foreend for HD. I think everything included would run you 400 tops.
 
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