Browning BPS or Remington 870?

This has been asked and debated numerous times on this forum.

Basically, I assume you would get a left-handed 870 if you choose Remington. I agree with most opinions that you just can't go wrong with an 870 - more options than any other brand out there, and most as cheap as any other as well. However, I have a BPS and I love it. One of the best things about it is that it is ambidextrous and the breech is not exposed to any rain. Mine also has a single/repeating selector on the mag tube which is good for trap shooting. Without it the BPS is less friendly for trap shooting compared to the 870.
 
I have both and prefer the BPS.I like where the safety is and it will digest any ammo.My 870 is a great shotgun but does balk with some short brass cheap ammo.I have used everything in the BPS including old paper ammo with no problems.
 
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I have both but prefer the BPS over my 870 just becuase its fits better and shoots where I'm looking. If it's a LH 870 then get whatever one fits better. Thats assumeing your compareing the BPS to the Wingmaster and not the Express. The BPS is much better then the EXpress but on par with the Wingmaster.

Tim
 
When I went to purchase my first 12 ga. I was looking at the BPS myself too. When playing with it in the store, I notice that most about it felt cheap. A friend and the clerk at the store suggested that I look at the 870 Express. Better price, great action and feel. I bout it as my "universal" gun. Changes in chokes and loads I can shoot anything in Ontario from Clays to Birds to Moose (Ontario = heavy brush = short range shooting). The express super mag combo was a pretty good deal in that you get rifled deer barrel for slugs as well as smoothbore for birdshot. It can also handle 2 3/4, 3" and 3 1/2" shells.

As for the BPS, I did like the synthetic stock better than wood (durability) but the pump action bars felt cheap and wobly with too much play in them. Felt like they were going to break on me in the store. Browning has a good name for their fine double guns, but you pay for the same name in the cheapo pumps too.


Either way, I suggest try before you buy. But I still recommend 870 all the way. If it is good for hundreds of thousands of police officers, it is good enough for me.
 
I'm very new to shotguns and wonder why no one has suggested a used Ithaca 37 to this guy? I just purchased mine last week and it feels much sturdier than any 870 I've ever held. Also for the price it seems to be a better buy than the 870, I can not comment on the BPS as I've never shouldered one.
 
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37's are a decent gun but getting outdated. You are stuck with a fixed choke barrel, standard receiver, no rib, etc.
 
Waterfowler said:
37's are a decent gun but getting outdated. You are stuck with a fixed choke barrel, standard receiver, no rib, etc.
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How can it be getting outdated?

There are barrels out there with choke tubes, and guns produced after serial 855,000 can readily interchange barrels so fixed choke is not an issue. In addition barrels are available with scope mounts and all that jazz.

I'm not sure what you mean by stuck with a standard reciever, there are several types (featherlight, ultra-featherlight & standard)

By no rib you mean no rib on the barrel? That's not true at all...

I don't want to sound confrontational or anything I just do not understand your comments.
 
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