The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post

Bill Bryant · December 13, 1999, 12:36 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>As for the Defender and the Mossbergs, I've little experience with either, so my opinion counts for little. And as long as the 870 with its JM Browning design, it's admirable track record and its availability is around, I'll have little experience with the others.[/quote]

Fair enough, Dave, and experience counts a lot. Of course this works both ways. If you've been in hundreds of duck blinds with a Mossberg, or pheasant hunts with a 1300, the 870 in your bedroom has the controls in the "wrong" place. On the other hand, if you've had an 870 in your squad car for 20 years, the 1300 or Mossbergs feel all "wrong."

My HD gun definitely needs to be a gun I have experience with and can use instinctively. This counts right up there with the reliability of the tool itself.

December 13, 1999, 12:36 PM	#19
Bill Bryant Member Join Date: September 16, 1999 Location: Deep in the South Posts: 46	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>As for the Defender and the Mossbergs, I've little experience with either, so my opinion counts for little. And as long as the 870 with its JM Browning design, it's admirable track record and its availability is around, I'll have little experience with the others.[/quote] Fair enough, Dave, and experience counts a lot. Of course this works both ways. If you've been in hundreds of duck blinds with a Mossberg, or pheasant hunts with a 1300, the 870 in your bedroom has the controls in the "wrong" place. On the other hand, if you've had an 870 in your squad car for 20 years, the 1300 or Mossbergs feel all "wrong." My HD gun definitely needs to be a gun I have experience with and can use instinctively. This counts right up there with the reliability of the tool itself.