Recommendations for first shotgun
Posted by BIGCRAKA@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Turned 18 recently and I was considering purchasing a shotgun for range use and hunting. What would be a good reliable and somewhat affordable option
m1_garand_ww2@reddit
Stevens 320. Dad picked one up for me to hunt with when i was around 12 for 162$ for they youth model with a 24 inch hunting barrel. Takes most i70 furniture and has mossburg 500-style choke threads.
Fine_Concern1141@reddit
I never had a maverick 88, but the 500 is a solid gun, and I love it.
ArceusTwoFour_Zero@reddit
Mossberg 500 would be a great start. I got mine for $380 with a 28 inch barrel and 3 chokes. Not a bad price since I bought it at the height of the pandemic. My first gun. And then later on you can switch out barrels and different parts.
Hoyle33@reddit
Maverick 88 or Mossberg 500 would be a great starter pump
Nu_Freeze@reddit
Mossberg 500
TaurusPTPew@reddit
Mossberg 500!
jicty@reddit
Probably the cheapest good shotgun you can get is a mossberg maverick 88. That's a good standard for a budget shotgun. Not fancy but reliable. Used to be Remington made good shotguns but they have had bad QA for like the last decade. If you have more money look into some of the berreta model but they can be more costly.
Montavious_Mole@reddit
Steven’s 320 is probably the cheapest you can go that’s still reliable
UpstairsSurround3438@reddit
$ Old Remington 870 - Old, like 20 years old or older!
$ Mossberg Maverick 88
$$ Mossberg 500
$$$ Mossberg 590
$$$$ Beretta A300
$$$$$ Beretta 1301
906Dude@reddit
What will you be hunting? I don't hunt, but it might make a difference what you are going for.
Do you have in mind to shoot skeet or trap?
BIGCRAKA@reddit (OP)
Mostly deer
ILikeOMalley@reddit
Maverick 88 unless you can find a Mossberg 590 or Remington 870 for under $300
United-Educator-4789@reddit
Mossberg 590A1
StressfulRiceball@reddit
Maverick 88 and it's not even close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9OL7IquoIo
That there is a 500-round burndown of one of the cheapest shotguns you can get that's worth a fuck. Plenty of Turkshit shitguns have failed the test.
Literally the only issue with it is it's a bit more expensive to swap out the pump (you need to also get a full pump assembly in addition to the furniture). It takes Mossberg 500 furniture, and you can find packages that contain an 18.5 inch barrel and a hunting length barrel for like $20 more.
Asocwarrior@reddit
I have a Remington 870 express and love the thing to death. Highly recommend
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are you poor?
yes: mossberg maverick
no: benneli m4