1963beretta
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Either way, I much prefer walnut and bluing over plastic and camo. Only thing I can say negative about the Mossberg 935 is that its not available with walnut stocks
Preferred modern autoloader for geese.....
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Either way, I much prefer walnut and bluing over plastic and camo. Only thing I can say negative about the Mossberg 935 is that its not available with walnut stocks
I agree. I wasn't long selling my 391 urika with tupperware camo stock when a great deal came along on an A400 with a wood stock. If I hunted goose, that may have changed my decision.
Never owned a 935. A new 9200 was enough of an experience for me to never again buy a mossy semi
I love bluing and wood also in fact I would say 90% of my shotguns are like that but noy the waterfowl guns . When you deal with the salt water and air we do down east the camo guns with their finishes hold up better to corrosion
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International Harvester
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My current gun is an ‘86 870 wingmaster in blue/wood. Until recently I never would have considered anything plastic but I’m ready to get on the camo train and semi/3.5” etc. I want a modern unit designed for steel. That being said if they started making modern pre 64 model 12’s again that were overbored and chambered for 3.5” I’d buy 2.
1963beretta
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You dont know what your missing 3macs!!
Tang safety...quick empty mag tube...775 over bored barrel....its Legendary!! Best $500 I’ve spent, albeit that was in 2006. They are quite pricey now so for the same amount of cash, you’d be better off grabbing a Browning Silver or an SX3. A good thing about the 935 is the availabilty of extra barrels. I’ve got three barrels for mine; a 28” waterfowl, 24” turkey and a 24” rifled cantilever. Because Mossberg loves selling combo packages, its quite easy to find extra barrels in the market for cheap. I paid $100 for the pair of 24” barrels. Good luck getting extra barrels for a Browning for that price
Agree. I am good have a X2 and a X3 3 1/2You dont know what your missing 3macs!!
Tang safety...quick empty mag tube...775 over bored barrel....its Legendary!! Best $500 I’ve spent, albeit that was in 2006. They are quite pricey now so for the same amount of cash, you’d be better off grabbing a Browning Silver or an SX3. A good thing about the 935 is the availabilty of extra barrels. I’ve got three barrels for mine; a 28” waterfowl, 24” turkey and a 24” rifled cantilever. Because Mossberg loves selling combo packages, its quite easy to find extra barrels in the market for cheap. I paid $100 for the pair of 24” barrels. Good luck getting extra barrels for a Browning for that price
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Winchester Super-X Model 3 or 4.
I wonder what the 4's are like. In the old days before I had university bills
I would have had one by now just to try but those days are goneMay be an owner will chime in
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International Harvester
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- Republic of Saskatchewan
Anybody know why the super Vinci is significantly cheaper (like 1k) than an SBE3?
Older design, its been on the market for I believe 8 years almost. The SBE3 is brand new and is still like all the SBE's before the flagship of the Benelli waterfowl lineup.
International Harvester
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Thanks Jim
International Harvester
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- Republic of Saskatchewan
I find each rendition of the SBE seems to get a more slender forestock....Beretta and Winchester seem to be going that way too.
Beretta and Benelli guns have shim kits to adjust stock cast and drop. I use the SBE II, but once the stock was properly adjusted (I also added a longer butt pad), shooting became both more productive and comfortable. There are a surprising number of shooters that never take the time to get the gun properly fitted for them (where that option exists).
I guess most posters here are too young to remember the Win Model 12 that ruled both the duck ponds and the goose hunts. A good hand with a Model 12 could make it sound like a FULL AUTO!!!!! They came in varying barrel lengths but the 30" ruled. A good shotty shooter can make ANY gun work but the old Model 12 could take a "kick'n in the mud and keep on tickin"...
I used the shims to adjust my A400 to fit me, and as much as I liked the A400,l I just never shot it as well. The SBE2, and the SX-3 fit me well out of the box, but after shooting 8 rounds of skeet with each gun, I shot the SX-3 best, and broke the fewest clays with the A400. The difference wasn't great, high 90s with the SX-3, and low 90s with the A400 but there was a difference.
International Harvester
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IMHO nothing points like a wingmaster and nothing’s built like a pre 64 M12.
leveractionjunkie
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For what it’s worrh I would say if you like the feel of an 870, you should try a versamax out. Possibly a V3 if you don’t care for the 3.5”. For me my versamax feels just like the 870 i used up until acquiring the versamax.
My money is still on a model 31 remington for the best built pump shotgun
but to each their own. Like the ford vs chevroletI know they are much easier to work on when required from working on both back in the day. I kept a few 31's to this day and just three I think model 12's
Both are great guns regardless and so is the ithaca 37
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