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03-12-2010, 11:43 PM | #31 |
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Re: Shotgun Buying Help: Maverick Vs. Mossberg
remington 870 12ga. express magnum period. never had any problems with jacking out the shell until some dick head game warden checked me for my plug and *****ed up the spring. took out the plug that night, fixed the spring and now she's fine. kinda heavy but at least you know its soild and it's not that heavy, i can still move it fast enough to hit tripples while shootin clays. full choke and nitrosteel 3.25in with a 26in barrel will drop mallards at 45yards. gotta rifled slug barrel for it too...and she's deadly in range with exit wounds bigger than a cantelope(and thats with cheap remington slugs, not hp or ballistic tips)
ps. my rem. 870 20ga. express youth model put a good bit of lead in that yote in my avatar...so did my buddies remington .22 though(gave that bitch hell when he popped out at 20-25yards)
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03-13-2010, 12:23 AM | #32 |
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03-13-2010, 07:28 AM | #33 |
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Thanks for the great advice guys. Scopin' out a couple "870" reviews and a couple Benelli's.
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03-13-2010, 10:36 AM | #34 |
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I love my Rem 870, Walmart has them pretty cheap. A few months ago out hunting hogs, I stepped where I thought there was more footing. Water deep up till my eyebrows, including entire gun. Afterwards, gun shot without any issues. The 870 will also shoot buckshot or slugs. IMO, one of the more durable guns on the markets.
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03-13-2010, 10:51 AM | #35 | |
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With our reloads using 6 shot and 2 3/4 inch shells and lead we could easily kill ducks at 60 yrds. I did a lot of hunting off of a scull boat and long shots where neccessary. Well for me my sculling skills .... My longest shot on a honker with my reloads for geese using lead #2 was a stalk scare the geese what the hell shot at at least 90 yrds as the geese made a high circle over me. I shot heard a WACK and watched the honker fold up and fall and fall and fall..it was a long shot..and hit the ground. I plucked that bird down so that it had no feathers and couldnt find where i hit it. No holes anywhere. i figured i hit it in the head with one pellet and knocked it out and the fall killed it when it hit the ground. I never missed dove season though, used to hunt in what is the middle of San Jose now. |
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03-13-2010, 10:51 AM | #36 |
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Do yourself a favor and read up on:
NEF Pardner Protector. I have one and love it, metal trigger guard, extra heavy duty extractor, Mandrel forged barrel, Its a hefty piece, like the 870 of years ago, more in common with the police model. its also tapped for a scope base. no threads on barrel HAve taken 2 decent hogs with pardner and single 0 buck
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03-13-2010, 11:32 AM | #37 |
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Mossberg 500 is a better option than the cheaper Mav. The safety placement alone makes it a super fast shooting shotgun. Mossberg is maybe cheap but is reliable, tough as nails and faster than similar pump action s.g. The cartridge magazine is free of latches or stuff that could get your fingers trapped on, or odd placed safeties that make you loose vital seconds. Go for the 500
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03-13-2010, 12:45 PM | #38 |
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benelli ! i have a m1014 for home and its hands down the best combat SG, fastest fireing semi auto in the world. the nova is built on the same basic gun so you could use that for both or get a set of barrel and colaspable stock and switch them out when youre not hunting with to have the correct firearm for both purposes. a holografic site for home is perfect as well and a ''Sure Fire'' light mounted with a switch and youre ready for anything !
my set up is: Benelli m1014 with extended mag, holograhpic site and 40watt ''Sure Fire'' light. Beretta over under for sporting clays Heckler and Koch G36 with optical sights and drum magazine for when ''the Sheiße hits the fan'' !
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03-13-2010, 05:27 PM | #40 |
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Well you've now got a list of good, reliable guns. If I were you, I'd go to your local gun shop and shoulder each one. Other shooter's opinions and paper statistics only get you this far. Now it's up to what feels best in your hands and on your shoulder. I'd bet that if you've got 3-5 guns lined up and you shoulder each one, one of them is gonna make you go "ahh". Buy that one.
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03-14-2010, 09:46 AM | #42 |
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03-14-2010, 11:33 AM | #43 | |
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in the afternoons id paddle the yak out with the gun and try to shoot ducks...mostly ruddy ducks and they're some tough little guys but once i got the hang of it they didn't get away. if i got within 40-50 yards before they flew, they were dead
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03-14-2010, 01:58 PM | #44 |
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Another idea if your trying to buy a gun on the cheap is to check out any local pawn shops in your area or watch for any local gun shows,sometimes you can pick up a good deal at either place,good luck on your purchase.
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03-14-2010, 03:41 PM | #45 |
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If your looking benelli dont go with a nova, the foregrip is very uncomfortable and as someone else said they kick extremely hard, benelli's are much more expensive than a 870 but you cant go wrong with an SBE II. Thats what i shoot all my ducks and geese with!
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