Hello folks,
I'm heading to a gun show the weekend after the 4th of July with about $400 to $450 in my pocket for a used shotgun, my first. What I'm looking for are some general 'good deal' types of things that I should keep an eye out for in my price bracket. Who knows what's going to be there, or what condition anything might be in...but I'd like a list of guns to look twice at.
I'm pretty much set on a 12ga autoloader. I'll be shooting alot of informal trap, but the gun needs to do some backup HD duty as well. I'll be getting a dedicated HD shotgun in the future, so I'd emphasise the trap shooting over defense. Meaning it has to be classy, utterly reliable and cycle light loads well.
Leaning towards a Light Belgian A5 w/ a 26-28" bbl or so...but am open to suggestions. For comparision's sake, if I had the $ I'd grab a Browning Gold Hunter (the 'classic' version).
Thanks folks,
- gabe
I'm heading to a gun show the weekend after the 4th of July with about $400 to $450 in my pocket for a used shotgun, my first. What I'm looking for are some general 'good deal' types of things that I should keep an eye out for in my price bracket. Who knows what's going to be there, or what condition anything might be in...but I'd like a list of guns to look twice at.
I'm pretty much set on a 12ga autoloader. I'll be shooting alot of informal trap, but the gun needs to do some backup HD duty as well. I'll be getting a dedicated HD shotgun in the future, so I'd emphasise the trap shooting over defense. Meaning it has to be classy, utterly reliable and cycle light loads well.
Leaning towards a Light Belgian A5 w/ a 26-28" bbl or so...but am open to suggestions. For comparision's sake, if I had the $ I'd grab a Browning Gold Hunter (the 'classic' version).
Thanks folks,
- gabe