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Then hand-thrown rocks can work too....................
Beginners shotgun recommendations??
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Then hand-thrown rocks can work too....................
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The Mossy pump has been used by our military for 25+ years. Reports of Mossy,s having fired 50,000 rounds in training without any gun malfunctions are pretty good evidence they keep on chunking.
Police dept´s use Mossy´s and I see nothing in print that says they have a unacceptable failure rate. I have several 25 year old ex-police model 500´s and they function without flaw. I have one here in Peru and I am staking our home proctection on it without any concern of firearm failure. It has consumed some rather high pressure round ball loads without any problems.
Mike in Peru
The Mossy pump has been used by our military for 25+ years. Reports of Mossy,s having fired 50,000 rounds in training without any gun malfunctions are pretty good evidence they keep on chunking.
Police dept´s use Mossy´s and I see nothing in print that says they have a unacceptable failure rate. I have several 25 year old ex-police model 500´s and they function without flaw. I have one here in Peru and I am staking our home proctection on it without any concern of firearm failure. It has consumed some rather high pressure round ball loads without any problems.
Mike in Peru
pabuckslayer08
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Ok pump guns is where your at and you want to go 300 bucks, still save the money and buy a wingmaster 870 once you have the money. The express 870s are just not a 870. The 500s are ok and work well for the money but once you start getting into it you wont be satisfied
anonymousFolk
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@capflyboy05
To quote someone else on this forum who previously posted this:
"Remington vs Mossberg is like Ford vs GM"
Go in the store, handle both, see which one you personally like better.
Or go out to a place that rents them, rent both, see which one you like shooting better.
I was in your boat not long ago.
Start touching the things in person, you'll form an opinion.
But don't touch them like Anthony Weiner
To quote someone else on this forum who previously posted this:
"Remington vs Mossberg is like Ford vs GM"
Go in the store, handle both, see which one you personally like better.
Or go out to a place that rents them, rent both, see which one you like shooting better.
I was in your boat not long ago.
Start touching the things in person, you'll form an opinion.
But don't touch them like Anthony Weiner
In shotguns - you often get what you pay for ....and you can't just look at a gun ...its in the internals, the steel, the quality of the parts, how they fit, etc ...that makes up a lot of cost. It isn't just fancy wood / or machine engraving - that makes up the cost ...although that is part of it ...
There are a lot of good pump guns on the market - Remington 870 Wingmaster and Browning BPS are 2 of the better ones ( selling in the $ 600 price range) ...the lower end of the 870's is the Express models...and there is Mossberg, etc ...Benelli Nova is another gun worth looking at. On a $ 300 budget, I think I'd stay with one of the Rem 870's.
O/U's cost a lot more to produce - if they're done right / and Browning and Beretta have set the market for a long time with solid guns for the money and long term durable ( 250,000 shells or more ).... but to get into that arena means an investment of $ 1,500 - $ 3,000 depending on the model. But Browning makes about 25 different models of their Citori O/U ...and some of them may fit you / some of them may not. I like the Citori's a lot - but only 3 or 4 models - fit me personally.
In Semi-auto world there are gas guns and Inertia guns. A lot of the gas guns will cost you from $ 800 - $2,000 and there are good guns from Beretta, Browning - Winchester basically the same now, and Remington - and Benelli on the Inertia gun side. There are other mfg's out there ...but they have very spotty reputations for the most part. There are pros and cons to gas or inertia / but at least look at them as you get into this hobby.
Heed OneOunce's advice - and stay away from the SXS's for now...
Be careful what you hear from gunstore sales guys ...many of them have little to no experience. Go to your local club ...talk to some of the shooters, see what they're shooting, and why they decided to buy and shoot that gun ...look for some good used guns on their boards....
I wouldn't be in a rush to buy a gun until you really know more about the various mfg's and models / see what fits you ...
There are a lot of guns being imported from Turkey these days ...and a lot of them look pretty good / but they are not holding up to reasonable target usage ( a few thousand shells a yr ) ...but you might get one of the 3 of 10 that are ok / or you might not ---its hard to tell. One company that is selling a lot of guns is Cabelas - a TriStar brand / priced right - and they come with a 5 yr warranty ...so if you're looking for a gun on a budget / give their offerings a look.
There are a lot of good pump guns on the market - Remington 870 Wingmaster and Browning BPS are 2 of the better ones ( selling in the $ 600 price range) ...the lower end of the 870's is the Express models...and there is Mossberg, etc ...Benelli Nova is another gun worth looking at. On a $ 300 budget, I think I'd stay with one of the Rem 870's.
O/U's cost a lot more to produce - if they're done right / and Browning and Beretta have set the market for a long time with solid guns for the money and long term durable ( 250,000 shells or more ).... but to get into that arena means an investment of $ 1,500 - $ 3,000 depending on the model. But Browning makes about 25 different models of their Citori O/U ...and some of them may fit you / some of them may not. I like the Citori's a lot - but only 3 or 4 models - fit me personally.
In Semi-auto world there are gas guns and Inertia guns. A lot of the gas guns will cost you from $ 800 - $2,000 and there are good guns from Beretta, Browning - Winchester basically the same now, and Remington - and Benelli on the Inertia gun side. There are other mfg's out there ...but they have very spotty reputations for the most part. There are pros and cons to gas or inertia / but at least look at them as you get into this hobby.
Heed OneOunce's advice - and stay away from the SXS's for now...
Be careful what you hear from gunstore sales guys ...many of them have little to no experience. Go to your local club ...talk to some of the shooters, see what they're shooting, and why they decided to buy and shoot that gun ...look for some good used guns on their boards....
I wouldn't be in a rush to buy a gun until you really know more about the various mfg's and models / see what fits you ...
There are a lot of guns being imported from Turkey these days ...and a lot of them look pretty good / but they are not holding up to reasonable target usage ( a few thousand shells a yr ) ...but you might get one of the 3 of 10 that are ok / or you might not ---its hard to tell. One company that is selling a lot of guns is Cabelas - a TriStar brand / priced right - and they come with a 5 yr warranty ...so if you're looking for a gun on a budget / give their offerings a look.