Do I need a pump shotgun?

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Do I need a pump shotgun? I have a camo Benelli Super Nova, but since I got into using semi-auto shotguns I haven't really found the need to use my pump. I love my Benelli and have babied it and taken great care of it but I'm not really using it anymore. I didn't think I'd ever sell it but I'm considering it.
I know I don't "need" it but should I still keep it? Can I find a use for it? Maybe use it for turkeys? What other reasons do I have for keeping it?
 
Of course you need the pump, just as you need at least one of every kind of gun. But, ummm, lets say you end up with the gift of a whole bunch of shells that won't operate your Benelli, you don't want to waste them, do you? Or what if your Benelli is in the shop and you need something else to shoot that pesky skeet that keeps raiding your birdfeeder? Next question please.

Seriously, the day may well come when you can't buy anything and the time to have them is now.
 
These are all very good answers and I think you guys are just as crazy as me!
I have a semi Browning Silver in a walnut stock and I just bought the same gun in camo to use for hunting (it's on sale and I couldn't resist) and keep the walnut just for skeet shooting and I think I'm crazy for owning the same gun in two different stocks to use for different things. That's normal right? I guess I just like guns!

Should I use it for turkey hunting over the semi? Or do I justify keeping it just because it goes "chk CHK"?
 
Consider the worst case scenario - all semi-auto banned (esp. with shortish barrels) for no good reason - pump would be the only game in town.
 
Mayday_ said:
Do I need a pump shotgun? I have a camo Benelli Super Nova, but since I got into using semi-auto shotguns I haven't really found the need to use my pump. I love my Benelli and have babied it and taken great care of it but I'm not really using it anymore. I didn't think I'd ever sell it but I'm considering it.
I know I don't "need" it but should I still keep it? Can I find a use for it? Maybe use it for turkeys? What other reasons do I have for keeping it?
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****I am shocked****
 
1, If you load down, use light factory loads, weird loads or 2, using an extended mag tube (semi's are limited to 5 rounds) 3, why not have a reliable back up to your back up and 4, your very "special" friend or cousin who is all thumbs wants to barrow a gun and go out shooting with you. We all have one of those!
 
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