Shotgun Room

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
I thought I would open up a room for discussion for shotguns, and people can talk about their rifles, and people can ask and suggest what








I am in the market (I want to be in the market for one) for a nice 20 gauge Shotgun.

Suggestions?
 

SAKS

Wheeling
Founding Member
Location
Mars
I dont have a 20 ga but I do have a Saiga 12ga. You can get them in 20ga. I love mine
 

jmnielsen

Need Bigger Tires
Location
Lincoln, NE
Remington 870. Simple and effective. I have one in 20 gauge and use it over my 12 gauge stoeger. They are very popular with quite an after market, they are very affordable, and you can shoot a pump pretty dang fast.
 

HK..

Bought an X
Location
Cincinnati ohio
My wife just bought me a new shotgun for my bday/anniversary. It's the first good lol gift she's ever got me in 11 yrs hehe. It's a Mossberg 930 spx.
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Got to say I love this thing. It's one hell of a defensive shotty. I've already added a magpul afg1 and a side saddle. Got more stuff on the way.


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NismoFire

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Smyrna, TN
Remington 870. Simple and effective. I have one in 20 gauge and use it over my 12 gauge stoeger. They are very popular with quite an after market, they are very affordable, and you can shoot a pump pretty dang fast.


This. Have one beside my bed. That's my number one to clear the house with (and if Karen is home, she gets the M&P9 out of the drawer and follows).
 

AaronsX

Suspension Lift
Founding Member
Yeah I've shot a 870, mossberg 500, and stoger 2000 (semi auto) and I am a pump kind of person. The 870 and 500 are basically identical. The 500 has a thumb safety (a little easier to get to) compared to the 870s normal safety by the trigger. But for what you want I'd get a 870 or 500.
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Yeah I've shot a 870, mossberg 500, and stoger 2000 (semi auto) and I am a pump kind of person. The 870 and 500 are basically identical. The 500 has a thumb safety (a little easier to get to) compared to the 870s normal safety by the trigger. But for what you want I'd get a 870 or 500.

I have been looking at them. This might be a bit off, but it is working its way into the budget.
 

Acasper708

Bought an X
I'm a saiga fan!! I heard they banned them from being imported so the price will be increasing considerably over the next few yrs.
The new Keltec shotty bullpup pump is pretty sweet!!
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
I like the Mossberg 500 a bit more 870, only because the loading platform.. The 870 has a weird loading latch. I like talking about this.. but it is not in the market.. Dreams just speaking right now.
 

RacerXXL

First Fill-Up (of many)
Founding Member
Location
North Alabama
I'm a saiga fan!! I heard they banned them from being imported so the price will be increasing considerably over the next few yrs.
The new Keltec shotty bullpup pump is pretty sweet!!

The Saiga ban ended up not happening so obtaining them and prices going up is a non issue. I like the Keltec KSG idea but they are having problems with the fire control group and people shearing off the bottom picatinny rail because they manufactured it out of plastic. I'd wait for the improved version of the KSG.
 

granitex

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
Columbus OH
One of my favorite shot guns for small game hasbeen a youth 20g single shot. Very short and easy to move through heavy brush with. But for general purpose nothing works like an old fashion 12g pump.

Mine is older than a lot of the people on this forum, and has never had any issues at all, it might not be as tacticool as some of the others but it was the go to gun back in the 60s-70s for the popo for a good reason.

But what you want to do with it kind of pushes you towords certain aspects.
 

jmnielsen

Need Bigger Tires
Location
Lincoln, NE
One of my favorite shot guns for small game hasbeen a youth 20g single shot.

My 20g 870 is a youth model that i've had since i was 6. Still my favorite shotgun for most everything. I am 6'2" and can shoulder it fine, its super versatile and perfect through walking through some woods going for rabbits (although i prefer my .17HMR for rabbit hunting).
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
This. Have one beside my bed. That's my number one to clear the house with (and if Karen is home, she gets the M&P9 out of the drawer and follows).

agreed, for the money, you can't beat an 870 express, though, I'd tell you not to play small change, get a 12ga and don't look back. recoil isn't that much worse, and for stuff like sporting clays and bird hunting, you'll appreciate the increase in range and bigger cloud of shot, for home defense, either one will work, but, you can get away with some smaller loads in a 12ga and the higher velocity and larger cloud of shot will be similarly effective...

as far as the house goes, I'm like nismo here too, except, the role is reversed, I clear with either my 5.56 or my .40, and the wife stands last ditch at our bedroom and covers the hallways to our daughter's bedroom, with the shotgun, loaded with 00 buckshot (it'll get upgraded to 000 as soon as I can find some)
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
so, we went to the Safari Club International banquet here a couple of weeks ago, and got lucky on one of the raffles and won a Benelli M2.

it's a pretty BAMF shotgun, 18.5" barrel, 3 interchangeable chokes, a bottle of gun oil, the choke tool, pistol grip stock, and, M16/M4 style ghost ring sights (except it's got the three dots too so it's easy to line up on a target that's moving)

My one huge worry about this gun is it's weight. It's obscenely light...to the tune of weighing half of what my AR15 weighs, and probably close to only being twice what my XD40 weighs with a full load (12+1 rounds), and that's with 5 3" 00 Buckshot rounds in it...I'm worried that with it's lack of weight it'll be a jackhammer to shoot....

anyone have any insight on this particular shotgun?

(a pic of the shotgun I won, not my actual gun, but, you get the idea)
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jmnielsen

Need Bigger Tires
Location
Lincoln, NE
An amazing shotgun. Any benelli is a score but I know the M2 has proven to be very reliable. It's popular with 3 gunners. I've shot one before and it wasn't bad with recoil. Light doesn't always mean bad for recoil. My dad had a benelli montefeltro that is the lightest shotgun I have shot and yet has the most manageable recoil.
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
thanks man, that's good to hear....my old shotgun that the benelli's replacing is a stoeger P350 12ga pump (that has a jacked up trigger assembly) and that beast jackhammers me to death...which isn't very good for someone with a shoulder that's been reconstructed twice... :(

if the Benelli's recoil is anywhere near as light as the Franchi that I bought the wife as a wedding present, I'll be in love with it....
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Might be looking at a JC Higgins 12 gauge pump tomorrow. Kinda excited but not getting my hopes up, but doing reviews right now to see how it fires and what not.

Anyone have any reviews or comments on this? It is a old sears model, late 50s. So far allI have read are good things, it was made by High Standard and is their 200 model.
 

Dephep

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I love my 870. OD green powder coat.
 

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gamecock257

Skid Plates
Location
Clinton, SC
so, we went to the Safari Club International banquet here a couple of weeks ago, and got lucky on one of the raffles and won a Benelli M2.

it's a pretty BAMF shotgun, 18.5" barrel, 3 interchangeable chokes, a bottle of gun oil, the choke tool, pistol grip stock, and, M16/M4 style ghost ring sights (except it's got the three dots too so it's easy to line up on a target that's moving)

My one huge worry about this gun is it's weight. It's obscenely light...to the tune of weighing half of what my AR15 weighs, and probably close to only being twice what my XD40 weighs with a full load (12+1 rounds), and that's with 5 3" 00 Buckshot rounds in it...I'm worried that with it's lack of weight it'll be a jackhammer to shoot....

anyone have any insight on this particular shotgun?

(a pic of the shotgun I won, not my actual gun, but, you get the idea)
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I'm jealous!. I've been using a Benelli Nova pump as my field/sporting shotgun for 3 or 4 years now. I just got a Nova tactical for home defense. And I really want an M2 (field) or Montefeltro now. I know the inertia guns kick harder than most gas guns, but they should be better than pump guns.

I love the wood on the Montefeltro, but I don't think I'd want to do anything other than dove hunt or shoot clays with it, too pretty to bang up. I feel like I could get an M2 and it could do it all (turkey, dove, ducks, clays, etc) and while I don't like beating up any firearm, the black synthetic getting scratched wouldn't bother me too much.

Either way you should really enjoy it, I've heard nothing but good about M2s.
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
I'm jealous!. I've been using a Benelli Nova pump as my field/sporting shotgun for 3 or 4 years now. I just got a Nova tactical for home defense. And I really want an M2 (field) or Montefeltro now. I know the inertia guns kick harder than most gas guns, but they should be better than pump guns.

I love the wood on the Montefeltro, but I don't think I'd want to do anything other than dove hunt or shoot clays with it, too pretty to bang up. I feel like I could get an M2 and it could do it all (turkey, dove, ducks, clays, etc) and while I don't like beating up any firearm, the black synthetic getting scratched wouldn't bother me too much.

Either way you should really enjoy it, I've heard nothing but good about M2s.

Well, went to the range...it's being traded for a windham weaponry ar15 for the wife and I'm gonna go get me an 870 express...friggin benelli bruised me visibly for 2 days and I can still feel it aching tonight, and we went shooting Thursday at noon....I have no use for a jackhammer like this thing is. Hell, my screwed up stoeger doesn't kick this hard, and it's got no recoil pad at all, and no recoil absorption due to it's malfunction. The bruising went from pectoral side of the "pocket" about half way down the "head" of the shoulder....

It was a tack driver though....truly surgical with slugs...
 

gamecock257

Skid Plates
Location
Clinton, SC
Well, went to the range...it's being traded for a windham weaponry ar15 for the wife and I'm gonna go get me an 870 express...friggin benelli bruised me visibly for 2 days and I can still feel it aching tonight, and we went shooting Thursday at noon....I have no use for a jackhammer like this thing is. Hell, my screwed up stoeger doesn't kick this hard, and it's got no recoil pad at all, and no recoil absorption due to it's malfunction. The bruising went from pectoral side of the "pocket" about half way down the "head" of the shoulder....

It was a tack driver though....truly surgical with slugs...

See that's what bothers me. Some people say they aren't bad, some say they pound you into submission. I feel like they have to kick less than my Nova pump. It comes with plastic resembling a rock for a recoil pad, but I've still managed to shoot a hundred or so shells at a time with it shooting clays. I have a limbsaver that I'm going to put on it so that should help.

I shot a Super Black Eagle 2 once with some number 6 shot and I don't remember it being bad. I only shot 6 shells though. Hate it didn't work out for you but cool that your getting an AR and a trusty 870.
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
well, think of it like this....**ANY** shotgun with a 18.5" barrel is going to kick like a mule shooting 3" 12ga slugs....but, the fact that it was that rough with heavy dove (8 shot) in 2 3/4" loads was what sealed the deal...it kicks hard enough I wouldn't be able to skeet shoot with it, nor bird hunt with it, the barrel's too short to be much of a hunting gun at all, so, I'm not too sad to trade off a free gun for something we'll use more....y'know?
 

gorillamel

Lockers Installed
Founding Member
Location
Idaho!
Well, I finally bought my first ever firearm.

Background story- the last 2 weeks I was out of town for a wedding. While I was gone and while my roommate (also works for the PD) was at work, someone tried to break into our house. Luckily, s/he did not succeed and we put an extra patrol on our house for our coworkers (and used our CSI to fingerprint it...b/c we can).

I decided at that point that I needed to get a firearm for home defense. Obviously it does us no good if no one is home, but if we are home, at least we'd be better prepared. So, the day after I got back from vacation, I went shopping around and ended up getting a Weatherby PA-459 (http://www.weatherby.com/product/shotguns/pa_459). I got a great deal on it at Cabela's.

I'm now looking for a sling for it. Does anyone have an experience with Spec Ops Brand: http://www.specopsbrand.com/tactical-gear/ar15-rifle-shotgun-slings.html?limit=all

Also, I need a carrying case and have no yet found any that I really like. Most of them have cammo and are too small. I want soft shell, black, space to carry other crap with me and water resistant (at the very least). Any recommendations? Oh, and affordable.

Have not yet practiced with it. Hopefully going on Saturday.
 

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
Well, I finally bought my first ever firearm. Background story- the last 2 weeks I was out of town for a wedding. While I was gone and while my roommate (also works for the PD) was at work, someone tried to break into our house. Luckily, s/he did not succeed and we put an extra patrol on our house for our coworkers (and used our CSI to fingerprint it...b/c we can). I decided at that point that I needed to get a firearm for home defense. Obviously it does us no good if no one is home, but if we are home, at least we'd be better prepared. So, the day after I got back from vacation, I went shopping around and ended up getting a Weatherby PA-459 (http://www.weatherby.com/product/shotguns/pa_459). I got a great deal on it at Cabela's. I'm now looking for a sling for it. Does anyone have an experience with Spec Ops Brand: http://www.specopsbrand.com/tactical-gear/ar15-rifle-shotgun-slings.html?limit=all Also, I need a carrying case and have no yet found any that I really like. Most of them have cammo and are too small. I want soft shell, black, space to carry other crap with me and water resistant (at the very least). Any recommendations? Oh, and affordable. Have not yet practiced with it. Hopefully going on Saturday.

I'll do my best to help, via pm, otherwise this thread is gonna go waaaay off track....
 
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