Best shotgun for home defense and hog hunting?

JerryHN · January 13, 2011, 12:04 PM

Hello,

I'm looking for the best shotgun for both home defense and hog hunting. Which shotgun would you pick? (let's keep it under $2000)

Here are my priorities:

Durability/reliability/ruggedness
Accuracy
Comfort

I'm leaning towards the Benelli M4.

Thanks everyone,

Jerry

zippy13 · January 13, 2011, 01:26 PM

Hi Jerry,
I'm sure our resident hog expert, Brent (hogdogs), will be along shortly.

ronto · January 13, 2011, 01:44 PM

Mossberg 500A...and you'll have about $1,700 to spend on something else.

Bones · January 13, 2011, 01:58 PM

Its not about the gun, its about the gunner. Pick the one that looks best to you, and train, train, and then practices...

Pattern, shoot skeet, shoot trap, shoot clays, shoot pepper poppers/steel, and then get out there...

Of course I'm not a hunter, and this is just my opinion...

January 13, 2011, 12:04 PM	#1
JerryHN Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2010 Posts: 124	Best shotgun for home defense and hog hunting? Hello, I'm looking for the best shotgun for both home defense and hog hunting. Which shotgun would you pick? (let's keep it under $2000) Here are my priorities: Durability/reliability/ruggedness Accuracy Comfort I'm leaning towards the Benelli M4. Thanks everyone, Jerry

January 13, 2011, 01:44 PM	#3
ronto Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2007 Location: Smack Dab in the Middle of Nowhere. Posts: 505	Mossberg 500A...and you'll have about $1,700 to spend on something else. __________________ "We will do this: we will hang together, we will keep our organization, our arms, our discipline, our hatred of oppression, until one universal shout goes up from an admiring age that this Missouri Cavalry Division preferred exile to submission, death to dishonor". General Joseph O. Shelby, CSA (1830-1897) The only Confederate General who refused to surrender himself or his 1,000+ "Iron Brigade".

January 13, 2011, 01:58 PM	#4
Bones Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2010 Posts: 122	Its not about the gun, its about the gunner. Pick the one that looks best to you, and train, train, and then practices... Pattern, shoot skeet, shoot trap, shoot clays, shoot pepper poppers/steel, and then get out there... Of course I'm not a hunter, and this is just my opinion... __________________ READY on the "LEFT!"....READY on the "RIGHT!"...PULL!

January 13, 2011, 01:26 PM	#2
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Hi Jerry, I'm sure our resident hog expert, Brent (hogdogs), will be along shortly.