Nightcrawler
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I want a shotgun. Ideally, I'd want an autoloader, maybe a Remington 1100 or 11-87 (one without the pansy-PC-magazine-tube-crimping), with several different barrels, a magazine extension, iron sights, a sling, the works.
Or maybe one of those Russian ones imported by EAA, that can take anything from weeny European 2.5" shells to 3.5" ulti-magnum shells, with either a 20" barrel or the barrel cut down to 18.5", with those fiber-optic turkey sights installed on the rib. 6+1 capacity with 2.75" shells.
There's a little problem though. I'm more or less broke now. I'm 19, the job market in this area bites (hopefully it'll pick up after the college lets out for the summer and all the out-of-state and foreign students go home), and money is tight. I will find a job if it kills me, but I've got a bad feeling that most of my paycheck will go to pay for gas getting to and from work (most likely I'll have to make a 12-mile commute to work, that's where the jobs are), and they say gas is going to break $3.00 a freaking gallon this summer.
So, no, the 11-87 and the EAA are out, for now. Now, this fall, once I start college, I'll be getting $900 a MONTH from the Air Force as part of my dad's death benifits for me, plus the GI bill, Guard pay, and whatever I can get from a part-time job.
Now what? You have to understand, first of all. I live in a small area (northern michigan). There are only two actual gun stores in my area, and neither is very big. The other places you get guns from are the usual sporting goods stores, (Walmart K-Mart Dunhams) so there aren't usually a whole lot of used guns available, and oftentimes finding the one you want can be difficult.
Anyway, the only shotguns I've seen that are in my current price range, that I can think of off the top of my head, are a Norinco Ithaca 37 copy ($149) and the NEF single shot ($80). Maybe there are a few others. I want to get something soon, as the summer months are about the only time you can shoot around here (little problem with our local shootin' hole being filled with four feet of snow, starting in November and ending in March) and I want to get used to firing a shotgun (my shoulder is still kinda recoil sensative, and I want to get over that, it's embarassing). If figure once I start getting my money (making sure, of course, all my college expenses are covered first) I'll start buying more "keeper" guns instead of the low-cost ones I usually grab nowadays. Some of the cheap ones I may, I don't know, give or sell to friends that want to get into shooting, whatever.
Any advice?
Or maybe one of those Russian ones imported by EAA, that can take anything from weeny European 2.5" shells to 3.5" ulti-magnum shells, with either a 20" barrel or the barrel cut down to 18.5", with those fiber-optic turkey sights installed on the rib. 6+1 capacity with 2.75" shells.
There's a little problem though. I'm more or less broke now. I'm 19, the job market in this area bites (hopefully it'll pick up after the college lets out for the summer and all the out-of-state and foreign students go home), and money is tight. I will find a job if it kills me, but I've got a bad feeling that most of my paycheck will go to pay for gas getting to and from work (most likely I'll have to make a 12-mile commute to work, that's where the jobs are), and they say gas is going to break $3.00 a freaking gallon this summer.
So, no, the 11-87 and the EAA are out, for now. Now, this fall, once I start college, I'll be getting $900 a MONTH from the Air Force as part of my dad's death benifits for me, plus the GI bill, Guard pay, and whatever I can get from a part-time job.
Now what? You have to understand, first of all. I live in a small area (northern michigan). There are only two actual gun stores in my area, and neither is very big. The other places you get guns from are the usual sporting goods stores, (Walmart K-Mart Dunhams) so there aren't usually a whole lot of used guns available, and oftentimes finding the one you want can be difficult.
Anyway, the only shotguns I've seen that are in my current price range, that I can think of off the top of my head, are a Norinco Ithaca 37 copy ($149) and the NEF single shot ($80). Maybe there are a few others. I want to get something soon, as the summer months are about the only time you can shoot around here (little problem with our local shootin' hole being filled with four feet of snow, starting in November and ending in March) and I want to get used to firing a shotgun (my shoulder is still kinda recoil sensative, and I want to get over that, it's embarassing). If figure once I start getting my money (making sure, of course, all my college expenses are covered first) I'll start buying more "keeper" guns instead of the low-cost ones I usually grab nowadays. Some of the cheap ones I may, I don't know, give or sell to friends that want to get into shooting, whatever.
Any advice?