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 Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/22/22 10:49 PM
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Smokey Bear
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First for me is an old Winchester Model 12. Second is an old 870 wingmaster. Both very solid.
Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: TurkeyHunter]
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08/22/22 11:08 PM
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I’m partial to my Ithaca 37. I have no idea what makes one pump better than the other, but that’s my favorite 
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/22/22 11:12 PM
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Model 42-410. It’s a work of art.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/22/22 11:20 PM
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scottfromdallas
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Ted Williams model 200  All I hunted with growing up.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/22/22 11:27 PM
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Model 62 sa. Winchester 22
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 12:15 AM
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P_102
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Function, reliability and smoothness…..hands down the Winchester Model 12. No others come close. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2022/08/full-9373-359706-66da49e0_bde8_4270_9a7b_6f04845e1007.jpeg)
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 01:05 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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Winchester Model 12
Ithica model 37
Winchester model 1897
1,2,3…IMHO
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 01:23 AM
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Buzzsaw
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Function, reliability and smoothness…..hands down the Winchester Model 12. No others come close. clean your camera lens oxner
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 01:45 AM
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Frio Town
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For me it's a Winchester 42 and a 62. I have a couple of each and they are slick..
Frio
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 02:15 AM
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grizzlyman
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Remington 870 Wingmaster.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 02:28 AM
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S&W 3000 12g pump ----- 40 years with me
Remington 760 .35 Remington
Smooth baby
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Always interested in Marlins. Let me know what you have for sale!
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 02:29 AM
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 10:56 AM
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 12:07 PM
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Superduty
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Function, reliability, smoothness. Browning BPS. Agreed!
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 02:25 PM
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Buzzsaw
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A slicked-up Model 42 Skeet is pretty hard to beat. Wish I had bought one many years ago and lost it in the back of the safe.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 02:30 PM
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pertnear
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Remington 870 Wingmaster. ++1
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/23/22 03:02 PM
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A Remington 31 or a tuned up model 12. I have had plenty of good 870s also. The older Wingmasters are the best of the newer pumps but you can polish and/or coat any 870 to butter smoothness.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 05:49 PM
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Model 42-410. It’s a work of art. My cousin had one , I was blessed to hunt with it a few times as a teenager. After I graduated college , I started looking for one to buy. I didn't buy one because I thought they were too expensive. They still are. Mo
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: DukeCigars]
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08/23/22 06:13 PM
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angus1956
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Winchester Model 12. 870 ain't to bad also.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 06:35 PM
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I did like my Browning BPS. It served me well in the saltwater marsh south of Morgan City, Louisiana hunting ducks in the 80’s & 90’s.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/23/22 11:52 PM
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10pointers
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870 Wingmaster for the win in my books. Never fails and if you need to clean it, its a snap. Winchester 12 and Ithaca 37 also great guns but a little more involved in cleaning
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/24/22 05:54 PM
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If you are going to be hunting in the freezing rain or in a climate where the rain could freeze, in a blind or in a boat, then it is a Browning BPS (no openly exposed chamber for water to get in and it throws the empty hulls at your feet), otherwise it is a Remington 870 Wingmaster. Both of mine have killed everything I have hunted and neither have ever failed me.
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: grizzlyman]
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08/24/22 10:29 PM
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Remington 870 Wingmaster. I agree with this. Maybe because it’s what I grew up with. Buddy had a mossberg 835 and it felt real wobbly and rickety on the forend. Also didn’t like the safety up top. I have an old model 12, but it’s kinda wobbly was well. Don’t really care for browning ejecting out the bottom. But that’s just my 
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
[Re: J.G.]
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08/24/22 11:20 PM
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Model 12, of course! ...the perfect repeater...
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Re: Best designed pump action ever?
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08/25/22 12:43 AM
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