Buying A Shotgun

daniel3507 · May 1, 2013

I will hopefully be buying my first shotgun soon. I havent ever done any duck or turkey hunting yet but I plan on using the gun for both. I was looking at a Mossberg 500 or Remington 870 at first but I think I am going to go with Benelli Nova. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with it or what you guys think would be a good shotgun.

4.0B2 · May 1, 2013

any of those are great shotguns.. I've never really dealt with the Benelli (can't afford one) but I know people that have them.

koda6966 · May 1, 2013

The nova is sh*t.
I own a mossberg 500 Crown Grade, love it.
Buy the 870. The gun is built better (from a mossberg lover!) and has more aftermarket support.

Blueox · May 2, 2013

Remington 870

I have several of them. Never a misfire or malfunction.

Schnot · May 2, 2013

870s are awesome. I have one that's all rusted up and stays behind the seat or in my toolbox and it never has problems.

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85_Ranger4x4 · May 2, 2013

I love my 500. :icon_thumby:

I have heard that the Benelli's don't hold up to slug gun use... neither here nor there to me because I don't need another slug gun or can afford a Benelli anyway.

Some guys cuss it but I love the Mossberg's tang safety. I also appreciate the extra round it holds. It is nice to be able to hold a full box of shells with a empty chamber for sketchy fence/ditch crossings and hoisting into tree stands without trying to keep track of a loose shell. Cycle the one out of the chamber, dump the one off the elevator close the action and put them both in the mag. Once you are in the clear cycle the next one into the chamber and you are ready for action.

Figure in that the main use for mine is throwing large chunks of lead at deer, not shooting skeet or hanging tacticool crap on it waiting for the boogy man to jump out from under my bed.

MastuhWaffles · May 2, 2013

I have the 870 Magnum Express for turkey hunting, flawless functionality. There tactical versions are freakin awesome.

brinker88 · May 2, 2013

Rem 870 hands down.

JoshT · May 2, 2013

Like the Mossberg pumps. Never had much experience with anything else. IIRC a Mossberg 500 pump is what I used for shotgun merit badge way back in boy scouts. I know they had break open single shots at the summer camp though, I hated them. Was going to get a 500 with the Marinecoat finish, because I wanted something with the extra protection to carry with me on the river. Not worried about people, but there be gators around here. Dad ended up giving me his Mossberg 835. He had both it and a 500, and after having shoulder surgery he couldn't shoot a 3.5" 12 gauge Mag shell so he had no need for the 835. Don't shoot it near enough, same can be said for all my guns, I really need to work on that.

koda6966 · May 2, 2013

Plus having a Nova is like having a Chevy Avalanche.

UrbanRedneckKid · May 3, 2013

The 870 is a tried and true design.
The type of gun handed down for generations.

85_Ranger4x4 · May 3, 2013

UrbanRedneckKid said:
The 870 is a tried and true design.
The type of gun handed down for generations.

I think both the 500 and 870 are at this point...

MastuhWaffles · May 3, 2013

Remington has built of 10,000,000 of them, so I think they know what there doing. Mossberg shotguns are awesome too, with either one you can't really go wrong.

NRA4ever · May 13, 2013

I have a 835 Mossberg & a 870 wingmaster. Both are well built.

88_Eddie · May 13, 2013

you wont go wrong with any of those 3 guns. i've got a 500 myself, never had a problem with it. def reccomend it. i grew up shooting my uncles and my grandpas 870, never had a problem with it either. the 870 might have a few more aftermarket parts for it, but the 500 has a lot too.

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