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Johnnymceldoo
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 09:34 pm: | 
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I vote 870 or the russian saiga 12 gauge. The saiga is semi auto, mag fed and is built with an AK style reciever. Its an AK basically so theres little to go wrong. Dont know NY laws on semi auto though. |
Swampy
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 09:38 pm: |
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First, you have to ask youself this one question:
What do you want to do with it?
Isn't the Marlin model 50 a Goose gun?
My vote is for the Remington 870, go anywhere do everything gun and I feel is a more substantial, better fitting, smoother gun than the Mossberg/Maverick. The Bennelli would be just also. And for those on a budget a Charles Daley, a suprisingly fine quality chinese firearm. |
Captnemo
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 10:31 pm: |
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I have a couple of 870s, a Browning A500G, a citori lightning sporting clays gun that's had a little work and a box stock beretta 687 silver pidgeon III. The citori shoots better than I do. Anyone can pick that gun up and look like a pro.
I shot doves at my uncles house with my cousins several years ago. Dropped every bird that came within range, yes some took two shots, but they all fell. I finished out the limit just before dark, and we compared birds and shells.
I haven't been invited back for a dove hunt.
It was like running a pool table or a good game of golf. Don't look too good or you don't get to come back. |
Nedwreck
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 10:44 pm: |
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Ithaca 37 Featherlight M&P with a 7 round tube. Formerly of the Louisiana State Police. It's Parkerized and has plain wood furniture. It would probably do real good at skeet in the right hands. Not mine, obviously. I have enough trouble with stationary targets.
Bob |
Court
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 06:49 am: |
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I sure hope the RT and the pink shotgun pic makes the next calender. One of my favorite badweb pin-ups! |
Gunfreak
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 08:11 am: |
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Here's a 12-gauge that you can take to the range  :
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Mikej
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 08:57 am: |
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Motorcycles, cars, boats, guns, dogs, spouses, houses, they all come under the same heading of "do what works for you".
I'm kind of partial to side-by-sides, no real reason, just am. I like pump actions too, just because. Had a couple of bolt actions and traded them off, good for turkey or deer, beyond that - well - back to personal preferences. Semi-autos, shot them, don't have one, no real reason, just not for me (at least for a shotgun). Single shots are nice if you can live with their limitations, which in some hands isn't really any limitation.
Go to the range, go to various gun shops, don't buy anything until you have a clear idea of what you want and what you want to do with it. I've got a relative out west who shoots competitively, does fairly well, reloads his own shells, can't afford to shoot otherwise, he prefers the O/U type actions and a few single shot break-actions.
Define your intended use, figure out your budget, hit the range as an observer to the point of becoming a pest, hit the gun shops until they start saying "here he comes again" and ask lots of questions. For some of us a multi-purpose firearm is the best choice, something like a Mossberg 835 that takes the big magnum 12ga shells for thumping turkeys. For others something that takes a standard load like the Mossberg 500 or Remington 870 works best. Plus there is the factor of interchangable barrels along with the interchangable choke inserts to consider. So read all the above, then filter it down to what works for you.
1. Skeet/Trap
2. Sporting Clays
3. Upland bird hunting
4. Turkey
5. Geese
6. Ducks
7. Deer
8. Personal defense
9. Personal preferences (styles, actions, whatnot...)
10. Other
Check off what you like, scratch off what you don't, factor in any local firearms legislative restrictions (which might affect semi-auto, magazine capacity, style or form factor like the Gunfreak pic), then make your choices.
As to invader feared sounds, the racking of a pump shotgun, chambering a round in a semi-auto handgun, the clicks of a single-action revolver being cocked, the tossing of a handfull of shells in front of the intruder, any will tend to upset a criminal's mindset, or set them off instead. Be prepared for whatever you engage against, be it clay pigeon, deer, bear, or felonious night stalker, and choose what works best for you.
YMMV. |
Chrisb
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 09:46 am: |
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I agree 100% with Road Thing. I was on the USN High Power Rifle team for several years. It was always fun taking a "battle grade" M14 out and shooting with some guy that had a very high end $$$ rifle at the matches. One guy actually turned in his score card for the day and handed me his rifle and asked if I would shoot the string of fire that was his turn just so he could watch his gun perform at its intended level. His buddys had convinced him that all he ever needed was a better gun to raise his scores.
Set yourself a budget. Find something you like within that budget. Hopefully shoot one before buying.
870's are good shotguns
Win 1300 is my fav "smooth as a sled on snow" |
Interceptor
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 11:48 am: |
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Wow, this is a ton a good info. Thanks for the advice guys. I am going to have to print this all out and make a shotgun reference book for myself. I am not looking to spend much, 3-500. I will check out that 870.
Hammeroid:
Thats one of my favorite movies. "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." |
Hammeroid
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 03:57 pm: |
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Interceptor..
I was wondering if anyone was gonna pick up on that.
Campbell's great.
Hail to the king, baby. |
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