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WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 07:10 PM
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20 or 12 gauge?
auto or overunder?
length of barrel?
brand?
Needs to be able to hunt Dove Turkey Pigs Deer goose duck.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 07:26 PM
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Too broad of a question. Any shotgun can be used to hunt all of those animals. Gauge, type and length would be a personal choice in my opinion.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 07:36 PM
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Semi auto 12ga, the one that fits best.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 08:05 PM
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Semi auto 12ga, the one that fits best. Not a fan of Semi's for foul weather fowl hunting. If I had to live with only one shotgun for all my hunting, I'd find a Remington 12ga 870 Wingmaster.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 08:29 PM
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 08:29 PM
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Pumping a shotgun is beneath me...I'm with TDK.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 08:53 PM
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Semi auto 12ga, the one that fits best. Yes.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:08 PM
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There is no reason to shoot a pump these days.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:12 PM
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3.5" chambers if lots of snow goose gonna be shot at.
buy the best you can afford
do you have a budget?
Are you really going to hunt deer and pigs with it? If so, you would be best buying a separate rifled barrel for it.
If you got a low budget, look at the Mossberg. I cant remember the model but it comes with everything to hunt everything.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:24 PM
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always loved a good 870 synthetic pump... dipped would be ideal not needed though... 3inch max is fine with me... 26 inch barrel for all around universal but fine with 28
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:26 PM
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always loved a good 870 synthetic pump... dipped would be ideal not needed though... 3inch max is fine with me... 26 inch barrel for all around universal but fine with 28
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:27 PM
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870 pump or 391 or a5 are the most reliable in their field in my experience.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:31 PM
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Now if we talking the last shotgun needed for zombies, hunting, S.D, no parts available it would be more like this
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 09:33 PM
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If only 1: semi auto 20 guage, 3", 26" bbl. Beretta.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/18/17 10:42 PM
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Semi auto 12ga, the one that fits best. Not a fan of Semi's for foul weather fowl hunting. If I had to live with only one shotgun for all my hunting, I'd find a Remington 12ga 870 Wingmaster. with screw in chokes
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/19/17 01:38 AM
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/19/17 01:40 AM
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always loved a good 870 synthetic pump... dipped would be ideal not needed though... 3inch max is fine with me... 26 inch barrel for all around universal but fine with 28 Yep x2 on this.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/19/17 05:21 AM
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Only have 870s. They are worn in just right. I am too afraid I would waste ammo with a semi. Just my
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/19/17 12:48 PM
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Semi auto 12ga, the one that fits best. Not a fan of Semi's for foul weather fowl hunting. If I had to live with only one shotgun for all my hunting, I'd find a Remington 12ga 870 Wingmaster. Yup.....
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/19/17 01:28 PM
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12 guage will cover it all. Benelli auto if autos are your thing, or, if slumming a pump, the venerable 870 is the standard IMO.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/20/17 01:24 AM
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what's wrong with a good over/under? 2 shots, you pay attention. I bring back just as many birds as my friends but use less shells. After all there is a bag limit.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/20/17 01:46 AM
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870 for sure. When dove hunting I only put in 2. I learned the 3rd shot is usually in frustration and seldom accurate. Just me.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/20/17 04:19 AM
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what's wrong with a good over/under? 2 shots, you pay attention. I bring back just as many birds as my friends but use less shells. After all there is a bag limit. Just a bit heavy for my liking.. also two barrels to clean vs one but it's simple easy to clean why I said side by side for all around universal survival gun..
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/20/17 04:44 AM
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SBE with a 26-28 inch barrel.
You waste just as much ammo with a pump as you do a semi. Unless you don't know how to cycle a pump fast. I've used my SBE 2 at the coast, goose hunting in muddy fields, trap and skeet with light loads, and crawling around looking for turkeys without any issues. I'd put reliability of a SBE2 up against an 870. 870's are made cheap now and have cheap extractors. One of my buddies shoots an 870 and his extractor broke. The gunsmith said it was a common issue with the newer ones.
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Re: WHAT IS THE PERFECT ALL AROUND SHOTGUN
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08/20/17 08:14 PM
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what's wrong with a good over/under? 2 shots, you pay attention. I bring back just as many birds as my friends but use less shells. After all there is a bag limit. That is what I am thinking and it is kind of like a revolver. No hickups. I dont like pump guns. It has to be either auto or double barrel.
Last edited by Bigfoot; 08/20/17 08:15 PM.
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