First shotgun recommendations?

cosmic said:
The tacticool shotguns have become quite fashionable these days, and manufacturers are happy to oblige. I run the shotgun range at our local club. We frequently get new, younger members showing up with these guns. Short barrelled guns, in particular, have proven to be absolutely useless, as the owners quickly realize after going 0 for 25 shooting trap. One fella almost shot his leading hand that slipped forward upon recoil.
Get a standard pump gun - Remington, Mossberg, Winchester, Benelli, etc are all comparable and go for ~500$. Dont get sucked in to extended magazine tubes, as you will never need/use the extra capacity at the range or in the field. A pump gun covers all the bases, with simplicity and reliability. If you get more involved in shotgunning you can pick up dedicated sporting and field guns later on, with needing the internet for advice.
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i didnt know the 590 qualified as tacicool as a base, i was more looking at it because everyone i have ever talked to about it said it would outlive my grandkids, and i wanted to make sure my first shotgun is reliable. il look into wingmaster 870s, but do you know of any other reliable shotguns that will be good for ducks/deer
 
Duramax6.6 said:
So you must be like me. Same dominant eye and handedness. For us it’s so easy to say something like that isn’t it?
I never say it. I’d rather educate the new shooter about things like magic-dots if they want to shoot both eyes open. My brother is RH L-eyed. Using one eye then learning to use a very small magic-dot as instructed to him shooting International Trap which makes ATA seem kindergartenish, he got to be a 26-AA-A in three seasons then moved on to long range shooting and F-Class. 2.5 years of it and he’s going to England in 2026 on Team Canada. My point is he’s a helluva shot and found his way with alternate solutions than ‘switching to LH’.

Not better solutions just alternate solutions. Like I stated before, many ways to skin a cat. As well, like I also suggested, I’m smiling as I read your advice about the other shoulder.
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that's cool, lots of info to learn about
 
Skeebap said:
i didnt know the 590 qualified as tacicool as a base, i was more looking at it because everyone i have ever talked to about it said it would outlive my grandkids, and i wanted to make sure my first shotgun is reliable. il look into wingmaster 870s, but do you know of any other reliable shotguns that will be good for ducks/deer
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You don't have to have a pump action to be reliable , I don't own a pump action, but all of my shotguns are reliable. One of the most reliable shotguns at our skeet field, is the Winchester SX-3, and SX-4, with basic maintenance, failures are quite uncommon. I see more instances of people short stroking a pump action, than these semi autos failing to feed.
 
stubblejumper said:
You don't have to have a pump action to be reliable , I don't own a pump action, but all of my shotguns are reliable. One of the most reliable shotguns at our skeet field, is the Winchester SX-3, and SX-4, with basic maintenance, failures are quite uncommon. I see more instances of people short stroking a pump action, than these semi autos failing to feed.
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thats good to know, i was originally looking at pumps because of brand new prices, but now that i can shop used here im seeing some pretty good deals
 
stubblejumper said:
Loading more than two rounds on a skeet or sporting clays field will usually get you one warning, then you are gone. I did observe one idiot load five rounds on the trap line, because he thought it would be more efficient to load enugh rounds for an entire station, he received the one warning as well.
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The one time I saw someone do it was when waiting for a station to clear on the sporting clays course. A guy in the squad ahead of us loaded four and a member of our squad nicely pointed out two rounds only was the rule. It would have ended there but the guest started to argue the point. Unfortunately for him he was arguing with the club President. The member and guest were sent home for the day.
 
Arietta said:
If caught loading load "8 or 9 shells" into your gun on most clay target courses you'll be escorted out the front gate. If you are caught loading "8 or 9 shells" while hunting expect a hefty fine in most jurisdictions.
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Well fortunately I've never set foot on a "clay target course" and likely never would. I have a 9 round tube for 3 gun. Fun fact if you buy one of those mini Canadian flags that they sell during Canada Day the black plastic flag pole is perfect length to plug your extended tube magazine to 2 rounds.
 
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mcpiper said:
Well fortunately I've never set foot on a "clay target course" and likely never would. I have a 9 round tube for 3 gun. Fun fact if you buy one of those mini Canadian flags that they sell during Canada Day the black plastic flag pole is perfect length to plug your extended tube magazine to 2 rounds.
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Many of us use shotguns to shoot flying or running targets, that provide a challenge, not stationary targets, that can be shot with a single bullet.
 
In my experience a cooey single shot 12ga will do everything the average shooter/hunter actually needs to do, I’ve hunted with single shots for almost a decade and only switched because I wanted to use 3.5 inch shells for duck, if you want or need more than one shot I recommend a mossberg 500 or Remington 870, both can be bought with multiple barrels, long for hunting short for fun, both are easy to work on and parts are available everywhere, for 1500$ you can buy a nice semi auto but personally I’d buy something on the cheaper side first and figure out what you want to do with it first
 
One shot ? then why did I buy all these bullets?:)Just funning I did start both my boys out with one in the pipe of their 870 pumps which did help with the make the first count.
 
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