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Got your attention? Good. I am going through my next gun buying options and would like to buy an extremely versatile 12 ga. (I'm young w/family and have to save a loooong time to afford guns)
The only other shotgun I have at current moment is an older remington .20 ga handed down to me from my grandpa who bought it for $60 new at sears 50 years ago (its the browning design that both remington and ithaca bought. Adjustable choke on the muzzle etc...). Its a sweet field gun and I love it. HOWEVER....It's time to upgrade to a newer 12 ga.
Now...by versatile, I want a gun that I can use for both HUNTING and DEFENDING my home when its not outside. I will only hunt small game with it. Rabbits, dove, chuckar, sage hen, pheasant (but mostly rabbits)etc...I don't hunt water fowl with it so I won't be needing a platform with a super long barrel. I'd also like to be able to shoot some skeet every now and again(I don't normally but would like the option to)
Soooooooo. That being said, I want something with large round capacity, maybe 5-9 rounds, a short barrel but long enough to hunt with. And something that I can put any type of shot through(from 7 1/2 to buckshot to slugs). I have decided on the 870 or 500/590 platforms like most everyone here, but am having trouble deciding. My budget is around $450 so maybe that might help. I know the hunters are going to say "You can't hunt with a shotty with over 3 round capacity" But where I live and hunt, you can shoot Jackrabbits with whatever the crap you want without shot restriction. Only once a year when I hunt upland game to I throw the plug in the gun
Please help, their are too many options!
The only other shotgun I have at current moment is an older remington .20 ga handed down to me from my grandpa who bought it for $60 new at sears 50 years ago (its the browning design that both remington and ithaca bought. Adjustable choke on the muzzle etc...). Its a sweet field gun and I love it. HOWEVER....It's time to upgrade to a newer 12 ga.
Now...by versatile, I want a gun that I can use for both HUNTING and DEFENDING my home when its not outside. I will only hunt small game with it. Rabbits, dove, chuckar, sage hen, pheasant (but mostly rabbits)etc...I don't hunt water fowl with it so I won't be needing a platform with a super long barrel. I'd also like to be able to shoot some skeet every now and again(I don't normally but would like the option to)
Soooooooo. That being said, I want something with large round capacity, maybe 5-9 rounds, a short barrel but long enough to hunt with. And something that I can put any type of shot through(from 7 1/2 to buckshot to slugs). I have decided on the 870 or 500/590 platforms like most everyone here, but am having trouble deciding. My budget is around $450 so maybe that might help. I know the hunters are going to say "You can't hunt with a shotty with over 3 round capacity" But where I live and hunt, you can shoot Jackrabbits with whatever the crap you want without shot restriction. Only once a year when I hunt upland game to I throw the plug in the gun
Please help, their are too many options!