Hour of indecision

[Esquire]

Help me decide. Situation: I already have 12-ga pump. It's H&R Pardner pump (synthetic), known widely as a very capable clone of Rem 870 Express. It's been totally satisfying so far.

But I have this urge to get Rem 870 Express (wood) because (1) I like it, esp. furniture; (2) Rem is having $30 rebate until end of year; and (3) happen to be DROSing another long gun, so Rem 870 transfer/DROS will cost just another $10.

Feel like it's a good cost-saving buying opportunity ... but I don't technically "need" it, hence the indecision.

Advices, please!

[Maltese Falcon]

... I take it you already have a pistol/revolver and a semi-auto long gun? if not, you need those more.

[Esquire]

Semi-auto shotgun, yes, got that. No handgun of any kind. Thinking about getting Ruger Mark III 22/45 on sale at Turners. You have a good point. Maybe that's money better spent.

[aippi]

Get the 870 so you will have a reliable shotgun. The problem with the clones are that guys think that because it looks like and works like the original one that it is the same weapon. It is not. That 870 will be working like new when your clone is scape metal..........

[AbinSur]

aippi is right. I went trap shooting with a coworker in his 60's recently. He was a big trap/skeet competitor years back and brought out a bunch of his expensive guns to shoot. I picked up a very clean 870 with a nice recoil pad on it and shot a round or two through it. I asked him when he bought this one because I bought one at big 5 recently. He said, "My dad won the Alaska state shoot with that gun back 40 years ago.". It looked new and worked flawlessly. Tens of thousands of rounds (maybe hundreds of thousands) through it over 40 or more years, competitive shooting and otherwise, year after year and it still ran beautifully. I don't think you can go wrong with a 870.