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I'm going to be picking up a Stevens 520 (ser # 413XX, pretty early one from what it looks like - fair cosmetic shape, fine mechanical) in a few weeks, I'd like to use it as an all-around gun. Right now it's got a 28" barrel.
Here's what I'm thinking: I'd like a shotgun that can be used for defense and throw slugs or buck, but can also be used for hunting or clays if it's ever necessary. New barrels are expensive or difficult to find and I'd have to buy a longer one and cut it down or cut down the current one if I wanted a defense oriented length. Just about any 12 gauge barrel for this gun is hard to come by.
I'll admit to knowing next to nothing about shotguns beyond basic handling, I'm a rifleman more than anything else. I'd like one shotgun to cover all the bases, and a Poly-Choke seems to offer the ability to retain a decent pattern while still having a defense length barrel.
Thoughts? Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
Here's what I'm thinking: I'd like a shotgun that can be used for defense and throw slugs or buck, but can also be used for hunting or clays if it's ever necessary. New barrels are expensive or difficult to find and I'd have to buy a longer one and cut it down or cut down the current one if I wanted a defense oriented length. Just about any 12 gauge barrel for this gun is hard to come by.
I'll admit to knowing next to nothing about shotguns beyond basic handling, I'm a rifleman more than anything else. I'd like one shotgun to cover all the bases, and a Poly-Choke seems to offer the ability to retain a decent pattern while still having a defense length barrel.
Thoughts? Feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
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