choosing a shotgun

[brokexj]

I have a Mossberg 590, hard to go wrong with that. I also have a Benelli M1 S90 that's just way to good for me.

 

[ILLXJ]

I own a Mossberg 500, Winchester 1300 & a Remington 870. If you are going to be hunting small game & lugging the gun around alot, I vote for the Mossberg. The Winchester is alot heavier. The Remington 870 is in between the two. JIM.

 

[Grifter144]

You should try the Aguila "shorty slugs" - you should still be able to get them from Dillon.

My Winchester 1200, full-length mag tube, holds about fourteen of them. Full ballistics (they just deleted the overpowder wad, and made it a card only) and surprisingly little recoil.

5-90

hmmm i will have to look into them, thanks for the heads up...

Grifter..

 

[ECKSJAY]

hmmm i will have to look into them, thanks for the heads up...

Grifter..

I like the idea of some shorties, but I couldn't quite get comfortable with the handling of smaller shells. They're not bad for what they do, just not my cup of tea.

 

[DrMoab]

Browning Auto5. Too bad you can't buy them any more.

My brother bought a End run edition. its numbered like 575 out of 1000. He paid under a grand for it and it has never been fired. Last time he checked the value it was up around 4K.

Nice investment.

 

[Grifter144]

I like the idea of some shorties, but I couldn't quite get comfortable with the handling of smaller shells. They're not bad for what they do, just not my cup of tea.

practice makes perfect right? crawl, walk, run or something like that...

we'll see, next time i go up north i will pick some up and go blow holes in some maniquins...yee aww

edit. what kinda range you getting w/ those things 5-90?

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

You should try the Aguila "shorty slugs" - you should still be able to get them from Dillon.

My Winchester 1200, full-length mag tube, holds about fourteen of them. Full ballistics (they just deleted the overpowder wad, and made it a card only) and surprisingly little recoil.

5-90

got linky?

Sounds perfect for the M3 Super90

 

[0313]

What about some flechette shells? Or maybe some Bolo shells? Perhaps some dragons breath or bird bombs?

 

[seymouj]

I'm in the same market and have been doing some research on the three pump action guns mentioned.

Mossberg : the plastic safety can break easily
Remington: I personally am not crazy about the location of the safety
Winchester: no real complaints but liked the feel of the 870 better

I'm going with the Remington 870.

 

[Fergie]

I bought a Mossberg 500 for the reliability, price, and the tang mounted safety.

I'm left eye dominant(right-handed), so the safety is never where I would like it to be, and that influenced my decision a bit.

Have any of you ever seen, or used the mag conversions they make for pumps?

Fergie

 

[RichP]

I'm in the same market and have been doing some research on the three pump action guns mentioned.

Mossberg : the plastic safety can break easily
Remington: I personally am not crazy about the location of the safety
Winchester: no real complaints but liked the feel of the 870 better

I'm going with the Remington 870.

Said it before and I'll say it again, action does not matter, fit does [well, mostly action does not matter, some states don't allow semi auto shotguns for hunting]

 

[97XJ_Sport]

Benelli Nova Pump

 

[5-90]

How about this? First one that came up on Google "Aguila +Ammuntion +Shotgun"

http://www.aguilaammo.com/minishells.htm

So, I was a little off - they're 1-3/4" long. Still, they're comparable to full-length (2-3/4") 12 gage, 1 ounce slugs. The slugs in these are 7/8-ounce - but that doesn't seem to be a problem. I've been able to pull reliable hits out to 100Y with them (even though, if I've got to deal with something that far away, I'll reach for the carbine or a rifle!) and there's no problem at all with them inside of 50Y, right down to "pistol range."

Some shotguns may require some modifications to the elevator to feed them reliably, and they're best in pumps (I knew I liked pumps for a reason - not ammo sensitive, they like abuse, &c.) and the fact of being able to load so many of them in a full-length magazine tube has caused raised eyebrows at the range when they note that I've popped off 10 rounds and I'm still shooting!

They may have revised them slightly, to work with more guns, but I think the original development was done in the Winchester 1200/1300/1400, which is why they work in there just fine.

I also note that they've got a birdshot load (7-1/2) and a buckshot load (4 + 1.) I'll have to try those someday...

5-90

 

[ECKSJAY]

I'm in the same market and have been doing some research on the three pump action guns mentioned.

Mossberg : the plastic safety can break easily

Get an aluminum one.

Remington: I personally am not crazy about the location of the safety

Get a 'jumbo head' safety and you'll be just fine. Safety buttons are all relative to keeping your fawking finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire, anyway!

Winchester: no real complaints but liked the feel of the 870 better

I'm going with the Remington 870.

Atta boy.

 

[87manche]

I was always taught that you shouldn't ever trust a safety anyway

 

[ECKSJAY]

I was always taught that you shouldn't ever trust a safety anyway

I'd give you a cookie if I had one.

 

[5-90]

I was always taught that you shouldn't ever trust a safety anyway

"The principal safety on any firearm is between your ears. Everything else is a backup - and should not be trusted."
Don Diggs - 1930-2005 My grandfather, smartest and wisest man I've ever known.

5-90

 

[87manche]

I'd give you a cookie if I had one.

I was a shooting sports instructor for 2 years at the BSA camp here. We NEVER used safeties. Weapons had to be laid down breech open before the range was declared cold.

 

[87manche]

"The principal safety on any firearm is between your ears. Everything else is a backup - and should not be trusted."
Don Diggs - 1930-2005 My grandfather, smartest and wisest man I've ever known.

5-90

Any man that said that was certainly wise.

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

My grandpa always preached...

don't carry unless you're prepared to use it...

don't use it unless you're prepared to kill.

Oh and...

also carry a throwaway.