questions about a shotguns (under $1000)

[Blackhawk556]

I did a search before posting because i know some like to say, "Use the search button"

Ok, so my brother is looking into getting a shotgun. He wants it for duck/skeet/trap/fun. At first he wanted a Vinci but those are $1,300msrp so i told him to reconsider since he hardly ever uses his gun anyways. He kept looking and ran into this

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model-870/model-870-express-super-mag-turkey-waterfowl.aspx

two shotguns that people kept bringing up while i searched were the 870 and mossberg. Does anyone have experience with that particular model? in the link? are 870s easy to clean/maintain?

Anything else you gunners recommend? semi or pump is fine with him

[G lock]

google is your friend too

http://tinyurl.com/49k5tve

both the mossberg 500/590 and 870 are reliable and relatively easy to maintain, when compared to the remington is easier to clean out the magazine tube incase water gets inside from hunting

this guy goes into more detail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCURi-NlD4

[hcbr]

definitely can get the mossberg 500 or remmington 870 for way below 1000 (i.e. big 5 specials) and they're great guns.

If you're looking for auto loaders, stoeger 2000, used remmington 1100 series, mossberg 930spx, winchester sx3, look at those guns

[xenophobe]

Anything else you gunners recommend? semi or pump is fine with him

Find a nice gun shop with a reasonable selection and an honest salesman willing to spend a little time with him. Maybe tag along just to make sure the salesman isn't trying to push a particular brand or model on him. Looking at all the pictures and reviews in the world won't matter. Have him try a few out for fit and feel.

[inbox485]

Yes. Yes there are a few people with experience with Mossberg 5XX and Remington 870. Depending on the package, they are both in the $250 to $500 spectrum. Both of them have semi auto analogues that are in the $600 to $900 spectrum. There are fan boys for each brand, but you won't go wrong with any of them. The breaking point between them tends to center on ergonomics, so go do some touchy feely, and you'll know which one you'll want. For the applications he is talking about, he very well might prefer semi auto BTW.

[Newshooter]

Check out the Beretta 3901 series. They are built on the 390 platform and are great, soft shooting semi-automatics. They can be had for under $1,000.

[Thefeeder]

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The only way to pick a shotgun is to try them. Shoot your friends guns ang buy the one that you shoot fairly well to start. Also I'm big on buying used....much better value for your dollar.

A good start for this is shooting the low 7 station on a Skeet field. Its the easyest shot in all of clay shooting.

Fit is the one aspect to choosing a shotgun that all beginners fail to take into acount.

If it don't fit...You won't hit

[bjl333]

A good start for this is shooting the low 7 station on a Skeet field. Its the easyest shot in all of clay shooting.

It doesn't mean one can't miss that shot !!!

To the OP. You have to take recoil into the equation. The pumps are, for most part, stone reliable. The Autos are softer shooting, you'll not get beaten up so badly at the end of the day. Most shooters don't realize they've developed a flinch shooting a 12ga pump, or they won't admit it. The body act/reacts differently with each shot. As suggested by Thefeeder go try some first if that is an option.

[CJJohn]

I bought a Weatherby SA-08 synthetic last fall. I have had ZERO FTF, or FTE from this gun. It has handled everything I've thrown at it ammo wise. It's EXTREMELY easy to field strip and clean, at least as easy as a Remington 1100, and it is as light as a Remington 1100 20 ga. ultralight. I have come to love this shotgun, it swings easy, has interchangable chokes and shoots great. It is made in Turkey,so the owners manual could be better, that's my only complaint.

Oh, and it was about 475 out the door, NIB.

[Barbarossa]

I've been shooting an 870 super Mag this duck season.

We're still in the getting to know each other phase, but so far so good.

[San FranPsycho]

For your budget you could get both the Mossberg and the Remington and have a few hundred left over for slings and ammo

[RaymondMillbrae]

For under $1,000, look around.

That $1,300 MSRP shotgun is exactly that - Manufacturers SUGGESTED Retail Price.

You can get almost anything under MSRP.

Check out BUD'S GUN SHOP, or any of the gun auction sites.

And secondly, when you say "For duck/skeet/trap/fun"...well...that is very vague.

If he is going to hunt fowl, he will want specific things on his shotgun. (Can't have 8-rounds in a fowl shotgun).The same for trap/skeet or 3-gunning.

Either way, a great shotgun for under $1,000 is very doable.

In Christ: Raymond

[tincan]

The 870 is a great starter gun and a great backup gun too. Consider the Beretta 391 for an all around too.