Browning BPS 12 ga Thoughts?

[USMC 82-86]

I am looking to pick up a shotgun for field and some clays as well. I would like the O/U option more but most are 2-3 times the cost of the BPS. I am open to other choices in a pump. I have just heard that the BPS is a very good gun and has one of the smoothest actions today.

If a good O/U can be suggested without getting crazy on price I am all ears.

[sargenv]

If you like that the gun ejects shells to your feet, this is the gun to get..

[Jon Wang]

Bought my 1980's vintage BPS off gunbroker for $180 three years ago, added a Hastings barrel with screw in choke for another $120. Its now my go to field gun for upland game hunting.

Very smooth action, spent shells eject low and out of line of sight, great for follow up shots.

My son shoots southpaw so he can use it without any changes to the gun - primary reason why I bought the BPS.

[RayPDA]

I had one - 1970s era field model, with a 28" fixed mod - bought a monte carlo stock for it and used for a little trap and doubles trap; never did shoot it much though... sold it to a family friend who used it for his first ever hunt a few weeks ago -

Solid gun, pretty smooth (but imho not as smooth as an Ithaca 37 or Remington 31), and well made. One nice thing about older field models (or the new trap models), is the magazine disconnect switch on the forend tube, makes loading single rounds for trap much easier, or unloading the gun without unloading the tube in a field situation.

Not the lightest gun in the world. Disassembly can be a pain if you decide to open it up all the way.

For mostly field use, I'd check into used Ithaca 37s if you like the bottom eject actions as well, but the BPS is a good gun too.

O/U:
Used Browning Citoris in field grades can be found for under 900 if you look long and hard enough - Miroku made Charles Dalys can also be had for 500-700 if you can find the,

[tpuig]

A BPS was my first shotgun, and I still use it frequently today, three decades later...

[Rampage.Maupin]

I do not have one although a gentleman that I shoot skeet with from time to time uses his as his go to skeet gun. He chooses this one over a number of quality o/u guns that he owns.

[-hanko]

I am looking to pick up a shotgun for field and some clays as well. I would like the O/U option more but most are 2-3 times the cost of the BPS. I am open to other choices in a pump. I have just heard that the BPS is a very good gun and has one of the smoothest actions today.

If a good O/U can be suggested without getting crazy on price I am all ears.

BPS's are primo guns, much better than what you get w/ the standard 870 /590 recommendations here...you may also want to ask the question on a dedicated shotgun forum.

I agree with RayReys comments about the Ithaca 37...extremely smooth and you can get them with interchangeable barrels.

-hanko

[mandor]

i have a baikal o/u shotgun. shoots great!

they can be had for less than $400 new