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So my wife works at big 5 and I was considering picking up one of their semi auto 12 gauges on Friday. Take advantage of their sale plus 10%. But I'm worried about getting a gun that sucks. Only experience I have with their guns is her dad purchased a double barrel carrage gun and it didn't blow up. Now I don't have too much disposable income so I'm curious if this would be a good first (at least fully functioning) gun or if I should just wait?
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Get a mossberg 500 combo and be done with it. Great gun for the money and duel purpose. (Best bang for the buck). For semi auto shotguns get a remington 1100 or benelli. Buy once cry once. -
they don't make them, they just sell them. A mossberg at big 5 wouls be the same as a mossberg at a LGS
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Find out what brand (and model) whatever Semi-auto or any gun is and do your homework. Look up reviews for it online extensively and shop accordingly.In Glock We Trust.
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My Brother bought a Mossberg JM Pro 24" from them. Has eaten anything from Wally World birdshot value packs to hi-base slugs & buckshot with no issues.Originally posted by Sierra57"We have four boxes with which to defend our Freedoms: the Soap box, the Ballot box, the Jury box, and the Cartridge box" - Ed Howdershelt
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Which shotgun are you thinking about?sigpic
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Turners has an ATI semi-auto BF special for $250.
If you can get a semi cheaper at big 5....go for it.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke speech of 23 April 1770, "Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents," delivered to the House of Commons.Comment
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The OP specifically stated he wanted a SEMI-AUTO so why all the Mossy 500 suggestions?
The Escort semi is a very good gun and highly thought of in the UK where it is popular due to the exchange rate. I have two of them (12g tactical/20g youth) and have been very pleased with both. I also have the ATI combo (18.5"/28" barrels) and after exchanging the first due to a bolt issue, it's replacement has been flawless.Comment
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I don't have a problem with pump actions I just would realy prefer the semi auto. I'm not sure on brand but I think its a mossburg. It's been awile since I've been in there. My wife is probly going to send me a few pictures when she is at work so I can do a little reaserch. If not ther is a pump that she likes over there.Comment
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If youre getting a shotgun, get a pump action. Semi autos cost a lot more and are still limited to the tube mag's capacity. With some training you can get really quick with a pump actionUnless we keep the barbarian virtues, gaining the civilized ones will be of little avail. Oversentimentality, oversoftness, washiness, and mushiness are the great dangers of this age and of this people." Teddy Roosevelt
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And I will always be faster than you and anyone else that is busy pumping a shotgun with my 10 rd Mossy JM Pro semi-auto.
Even the Mossy SPX 930 holds 7+1
With practice you can feed shells into any shotgun efficiently.
OP....Semi-autos are the way to go. The only downside is using the cheapest of the cheap low-powered ammo. Some guns may not function fully.
But using medium or high loads, as well as buckshot or slugs, and the gun will operate very reliably.
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