Looking for a shotgun for my wife...

Check the Beretta 3901 RL Target - 12ga, reduced length buttstock, light recoiling semi-auto, adjustable comb, adjustable LOP w/spacers, shoots up to 3" shells. This is the gun my wife bought for herself. We (she) paid $875.00 out the door brand new.
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Interesting suggestion, as it probably indeed would fit her without any gunsmithing. However, I've never seen one listed anywhere for under $900 Did you get your wife's gun a while back?

$900 might be a bit pricey for his budget, too.

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I still think that the Weatherby SA-08 is worth looking into. Bud's Gun Shop.com has the wood stock version for $533

It is a brand new design that just came out in 2008

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i'm thinking i may go with a used 1100 or 1187 and buy a youth stock for it. for my hunting guns, i prefer synthetic, because face it, if you hunt hard, your gun has a greater chance of showing it. And i absolutley HATE the idea of ruining a good stock. All my hunting guns are synthetic and target/range guns are wood. just my personal preference. I've never been very nice to my shotguns as far as looks go. I see a shotgun more as a tool, thats why I see it as silly to spend more than $700 on one. they may be a tich more reliable (but thats what they invented the art of cleaning firearms, isn't it?), but they aren't any more "accurate". As long as she fits you good, you'll shoot well.

Hogue makes a stock for the remmys with a 12.5" lop. so that should be plenty off of it.

Brownings look good, but in my experience on days below 20 degrees F. they don't function well. a few friends had the gold fusion. they maintained them well, tried a lighter lube and everything, but they just didn't hunt well in the cold and we hunt into the -0 as long as the geese keep flyin by.

One question though, I haven't done a lot of diggin, because i am a little prejudiced against remingtons for various reasons, (but I do know they work as long as their clean) is the difference between the 1100 and 1187 that the 1187 is gas/mechanical and the 1100 is gas only? not that it makes much of a difference, and I believe I'll be goin with the 1187 anyway (the local gunshop has ample amounts of used ones to choose from) but just out of curiousity.

Nice bird and dog lance, btw.

Thanks all for the suggestions too. I really appreciate it.
 
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No, that was not a photo of me. I'm much older than that. That is only a photo from a review that was done on the Weatherby SA-08 last year. Sorry, I did not mean to confuse anyone.

I don't have any personal experience with Weatherby shotguns. I have always used Browning/Winchester or Beretta semiautomatics myself.

Here is a photo of me pheasant hunting with my son and dog:

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I gave my son my camo Winchester Super X2 some years ago as a Christmas present, even though it was my favorite treasured hunting shotgun at the time. My son has gotten to be so good at shooting it. He keeps his game shooting skills sharp all year by killing Jack Rabbits. He has become so good at it too. If he spots a Jackrabbit, it is basically dead. They just don't get away from him and his Super X2

This second photo was taken after he had his jaw surgery. He had a real bad overbite and recessed jaw. The operation was a nightmare to recover from, as it was so extensive. But it really changed his looks a lot. His teeth are now perfect, and his bite problems completely solved.

His face looked like something out of a horror movie when he came out of surgery. And he was in so much pain afterward too.


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those sx2's are nice guns. I have a buddy that has one and it performs nicely. picked it up for a steal too. i think he paid $800 out the door, brand new.

Maybe it's me, but I can't believe the price of shotguns. then again like i said, I see shotguns as a tool and nothing else, the more money you spend, you only increase reliability. this point could be argued, but I'm a rifle/pistol guy. I see a gun's value in terms of accuracy. shotguns are nearly all the same as far as accuracy.

thanks,
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shotguns are nearly all the same as far as accuracy.
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This not actually a true statement. A SXS and OU have to have the barrels "regulated" or POA/POI will not be true at any range. The "accuracy" of a single barrel needs to be consistent shot to shot just like a rifle and not all gun/ammo combinations will perform this task well.
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The little rabbit with the heart sticking out... OUCH! But for the wife, can't go wrong with a 20 gauge Mossberg Bantam mondel... shoter grip and pump action length, made for kids and little people. Good luck...:cool:
 
shotguns are nearly all the same as far as accuracy.
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No more so than all rifles are the same or all pistols. Just like their counterparts in the metallic world, individual guns can have a preference for one load over another
 
Synthetic stocks are difficult to cut to fit, as most are hollow. 12.5" + 1" recoil pad =13.5", almost the length of a standard stock.

A wood stock can be painted black if you like the look.
 
Synthetic stocks are difficult to cut to fit, as most are hollow. 12.5" + 1" recoil pad =13.5", almost the length of a standard stock.
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Almost the standard length of a rifle....or a youth stock....Standard LOP for shotguns can range from 14-1/4 to 14-3/4, with variations on either end of the scale
 
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