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View Poll Results: Best Pump Shotgun Ever? | |||
Remington 870 | 234 | 47.46% | |
Mossberg/maverick 500/590/88 | 121 | 24.54% | |
Winchester 1300 | 24 | 4.87% | |
Browning BPS | 35 | 7.10% | |
Beneli Supernova | 31 | 6.29% | |
Other? | 48 | 9.74% | |
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June 11, 2008, 03:46 PM | #51 |
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870. Has been for a long time
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June 12, 2008, 02:26 AM | #52 |
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Mossberg 500 is my choice....havent shot the others listed,but I can say the 500 is a great shotgun!
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June 12, 2008, 06:30 AM | #53 |
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I have 3 590s and am about to get another one today.
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June 18, 2008, 12:04 AM | #54 |
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500 please
Mossy 500/590 for me. Just feels more comfortable. I have broad shoulders and a little shorter arms so the 870's a stretch - great gun though. Wifey can't even shoulder an 870, but the 500s perfect.
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June 21, 2008, 05:11 PM | #55 |
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870 for me. When I was shopping, I compared to Mossberg. 870 felt like a more solid gun. Mossberg had a lot of slop and noise coming from the fore-end; didn't care for that much. Also, I don't see the logic of a top-tang safety unless you are left-handed. IMHO it's a wasted motion to move the thumb there. The finger is going to the trigger anyway; why not put the safety on the trigger guard? Of course, before I bought a pump I shot a Browning A-5, so I was used to trigger guard mounted safties.
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June 21, 2008, 06:20 PM | #56 |
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Ithaca 37 or Win 12.
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June 21, 2008, 10:09 PM | #57 |
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I would have to say that i like the mossberg 500 the best.The price is what gets me,I know you get what you pay for,but i couldn't pass my 500 up.It was a steal for $164.98 nib and even came with a rifled slug barrel.
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Another vote for Ithaca. Very light, very reliable, bottom eject and feed keeps trash out of action. Can have slug, trap, and field barrels for the same receiver.
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June 21, 2008, 10:37 PM | #59 |
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The Mossberg 500 can stand with any when it comes to dependability. I tore into my buddy's abused 500 and found it so rusty that I swore it had been at the bottom of a pond. Even before I cleaned it up, it still functioned flawlessly (though a bit noisey). You just can't beat the simplicity of this shotgun...
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June 21, 2008, 11:47 PM | #60 | ||||
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Also, I just had to put a plug (pun not intended) in for my personal favorite shotgun, the Winchester 1897. I've got one that I absolutely love -- though it has a serious problem. There is only one of it and I have three (3) sons who each think they are in direct line to inherit -- perhaps before I stop shooting it... So, I've started collecting them -- I have one that will make a nice piece with about 30 to 40 hours worth of work; I am keeping my eyes open for two (2) more because I am not in a hurry to pass along MY shotgun. Anyway, the two now in the family are 12 gauge take-downs with the 29-inch full-choke barrel. We don't do a lot of shotgun hunting; but, love shooting at clays. I am convinced that the old-fashioned full-choke throws a tighter pattern than its modern counterpart. These guns will powder clays (if you can hit them) at distances that other shotguns simply break them into two or three pieces... I also like the external hammer -- you can carry a shell in the chamber w/o having the gun cocked and ready to fire (put the hammer on half-cock). Also, lacking a "disconnecting rod," this shotgun will slam fire. It is, of course, another great John Browning design! Quote:
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June 22, 2008, 10:47 PM | #61 |
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870, but you forgot ithica
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June 23, 2008, 02:19 AM | #62 |
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I have both 870 and 500. Much prefer my Mossy the way safety is and the fell. I also enjoy using my M1897 Winchester also.
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June 23, 2008, 02:31 AM | #63 |
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870. 12 gauge.
Only guns that I shoot more often are .22lr. For fun or HD or small game or birds...
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June 23, 2008, 02:58 AM | #64 |
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+1 On the 870. I have only shot the mossberg 500, browning 10 gauge SxS, remington 1100, and the 870. for a pump the 870 wins hands down.
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December 8, 2008, 11:58 PM | #65 |
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Remington 870 is the easiest to take care of; Ithaca 37 is the most beautiful; Remington 12 is the most sensuous.
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December 9, 2008, 07:45 AM | #66 | |
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the only pumps ive owned have been mossberg. there are finer shotguns out there i imagine, but ive never had any issues so i will continue owning them, and vote that you really cant go wrong with mossberg.
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December 9, 2008, 09:56 AM | #67 |
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835 for me (other)
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December 9, 2008, 10:30 AM | #68 |
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With so many voting for other, either your list is too short, or you should have restricted it to shotguns presently produced. My vote is for the Winchester Model-12. Sadly, like their Super-X autoloader, it was too well made to compete in the modern market. Last edited by zippy13; December 9, 2008 at 07:15 PM. |
December 9, 2008, 01:12 PM | #69 |
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Can't go wrong with an 870
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December 9, 2008, 04:53 PM | #70 |
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poll?
I was really surprised that neither the Win. m.12 nor the Ithaca 37 was listed. How could they have been left off? Classic guns.
I voted for the Ithaca 37. I have a Featherweight that is as slick as can be. Easy to carry, about a half pound or so lighter than a Wingmaster. Pete
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December 9, 2008, 06:56 PM | #71 |
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kind of a loaded question, best shotgun for what?
I NEVER thought I'd EVER purchase/own a Mossberg, always had considered them for people too poor to spring for a real shotgun, a Remington or a Browning.
That said, and I purchased a Remington HD model in Feb 08 (haven't fired it yet), BUT after a lot of playing with it and researching the Mossberg's dependibilty in this forum, I recently purchased the Mossberg's Persuader. The Mossberg stays loaded near my bed and the Remington 870 HD is in a gun case unloaded. Yes the 870 feels smoother, tighter...however I don't think that a tighter "feel" has anything to do with how reliable a firearm is. (?) I picked the Mossberg PURELY for the location and easy access in an emergency of it's slide release. If i hunted with a shotgun I would never have even considered a Mossberg, again never thought I'd ever own one, but hunting and self defense when someone may be firing back or a gun might jam etc is a big difference. SO as the poll goes, Remington pump shotgun for hunting, admiring, displaying (if I had a wingmaster)-hey and even maybe because it shoots better, again I haven't fired it yet, Mossberg for down and dirty easy to access vital controls defensive shotgun. So there. Last edited by Katrina Guy; December 9, 2008 at 06:59 PM. Reason: add on text |
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December 9, 2008, 07:49 PM | #73 |
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My favorite is my 1928 Winchester Model 12. I love it for trap. Balanced, accurate, shoots better than any modern gun I've fired. For home defense though, 870.
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December 9, 2008, 08:20 PM | #74 |
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Mossberg 500 are cheaper then 870's,
and Remington's express line is rather new to me so when I said that I was more referring to 870 Wingmaster vs Mossbergs.
Still, as I said, Mossberg 500's are cheaper (near a hundred bucks) then 870 expresses. |
December 9, 2008, 08:50 PM | #75 |
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Marine 870
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