*What is the best combat shotgun on the market?

And just how many are planning on combat in their homes????

PLEASE step away from the video games............................



Thanks ONEOUNCELOAD, this tactical shotgun craze is ridiculous to me. I own one, but that's just because I own a lot of shotguns and rifles. Some people it seems like all that matters to them is being John Rambo.
 
I dont recall John Rambo using a shotgun. Definitely not gonna use a bow with explosive tipped arrows as my HD weapon and probably not a 10" bowie.
 
Another thing to look at is cost. Some semi autos will cost a lot more than a pump action.


Benelli m4 = MSRP which is $1625.00
Buds gun shop didnt show the m4s price.

Browning HD = 397.00
CZ USA 432.00
Escort 290.00
Interstate arms 198.00
Maverick 205.00
Mossberg 500 = 315.00

Prices are all over the place, I would pick one of the pumps over the benelli due to cost alone. Some can afford the best and most expensive, I cant so my HD shotgun is a field grade winchester 1300 with 22 in barrel.

Gun shows may find a good shotgun for less than these go for.
 
and how many " Tactical Shotguns " are just sitting around in safes ...not having more than 10 rds a year put thru them .....or less ....

when you could have a decent field pump gun ....that will work just fine for "Defense" if you ever needed it ???

one of my son's buddies recently admitted he's having such a good time shooting clays ( 5 Stand, skeet, Trap and Sporting clays with my son and I ) that his Rem 870 tactical was a giant waste of money ....and now he's looking at a "clays" shotgun where he can have some fun ....

Its fun to have "cool" guns ......and I'm not saying the tactical stuff isn't cool ...but is it fun ?? They sure aren't your best choice for shooting clays - if you want to be competitive ...
 
I agree with BigJimP.

I have an 18" barreled shotgun for shooting slugs...and I guess it would be called tactical, but I call it my slug gun.

However, my favorite shotgun is my 21" Benelli M2. It has a vent rib, is fast pointing, light weight and would serve very well as a HD or 'tactical' shotgun. However, it is also very good for shooting skeet, clays in the desert, plinking, hunting, slugs, buckshot, etc, etc...which are the activities I engage in about 90% of the time.

To each his (or her) own, but unless you have to maneuver very tight corners inside your home, a shotgun with a vent rib and slightly longer barrel is probably going to serve most folks better that a 'tacticool' shotgun.

Oh, and my vote still goes to Benelli...as I stated on page 2.
 
I never use my Benelli M4. I'm kicking myself for not selling it last year when prices for tactical weapons went threw the roof. I had bought one of those telescopic stocks for it for 100 bucks from a guy that didn't know what he had, at the time they were going for 250. Then the stock alone went up to a thousand dollars, the hole set up I have last yr was going for 3800 and I had like 1700 in the rig. Really wish I would of sold it and bought a nice Dakota or Perazzi.
 
Don't sell anything ....you'll regret it down the road ....

I think I'm at about 25 shotguns ....( nothing tactical ) and I rarely shoot some of them anymore ...because I have 8 or 9 favorites for hunting, Skeet, Trap and Sporting Clays ...( most of them are Browning O/U's ) ...in 12, 20, 28ga and .410 ....but I'll divest a few of them to the kids here pretty soon ....

There is always a new home for some of the old guns ....
 
Yeah that's what my father always tells me, but you have to admit a trade for one of those would have been nice :rolleyes:. I currently have 22 shotguns, and could use a few more. One of which is a Browning Superposed. I'm sure you have one.
 
There's no such thing as the best, since all opinions are subjective. Benelli's and Mossbergs all have their fans. However, when 870's show up in shotgun courses, they just run and run. Just like on the street or in the field.:cool:
 
This thread is nearly 10 years old.
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So what if it were? Reviving an old thread for an up to date discussion isn't a bad thing, is it? And that means it isn't old anymore.:D:p
 
can't believe/ why wasn't the SPAS-12 ever mentioned in the last 3 pages... sure it was discontinued from production 10 years ago....but...
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Because the SPAS-12 is not a very good combat shotgun. It's heavy, hard to pump, not all that reliable, complicated, and expensive.

They are like H&K guns. Highly overrated and largely unavailable to civilians.
 
Really wish I would of sold it and bought a nice Dakota or Perazzi
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Take the P gun - Dakotas are imported and overrated

A P gun can be ordered EXACTLY how you want it - down to barrel weight, balance point, stock dimensions, etc. all for no extra charge...(I'm saving my pennies)
 
They are wonderful guns. I bought an old one imported by SKB (the price was right), about 5yrs ago. Definitely wouldn't mind having a new TMX though :D
 
One of the reasons I really like the Mossberg is that I can take of the 18 1/2" barrel and put in the 26" barrel and go hunting with it - takes about 2 minutes.
So it's "tactical" and "sporting" all at the same time....


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He did use an M60, those are super cool

I carried one for 13 months Heavy b3T@H But only time she wouldn't go bang is when we went into a rice Paddie . Drained the water & muck out wiped her down squirted with LSA and she fired again
 
If you're after a pump, then I'd recommend the old M1917 trenchgun. If you want a semiauto, get a Saiga-12. If you want an automatic, get the AA-12. If you just want to make everyone wonder what the f*ck you're doing, get a blunderbuss.
 
Ithaca 37.

They still make 'em (unlike the seminal M1917 trench gun - although you may find a half-decent reproduction... if you're lucky, and have a money tree in your back yard).
 
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