First Shotgun Camoflauge or Wood/Black

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Hi Guys,

Sorry if this should be in the Black and Green, but thought it would be better asked in the Hunting and Sporting Shotguns section.

For my 25th birthday I have decided to buy my first shotgun, it will be for Hunting (first time hunter) as well as for shooting clays. I have decided on splurging and buying a Benelli SBE 2 and was wondering for hunting (as I have never been) would it be better to pay the extra money for the camouflage stock or is it just a useless money grab?
 
Camo on your gun is less important then your ability to remain still and in my opinion not worth extra, unless it gives you extra happiness. I would always choose wood and blued, unless the camo model was a particularly better deal.
What will make you feel warmest and fuzziest?
 
Camo if you are going to hunt with it especially waterfowl plus camo maintains more of it's original value and much easier to sell if you decide down the road to do so .
 
I don't like the looks of camo guns, but that is more personal preference than anything. I will however tell you that no one I hunt with uses camo guns and there are days when we shoot well over 100 ducks and geese. There are also days when we get hardly any, on those days I don't blame it on not having a camo gun.
 
I have a rem 870 with the mossy oak camo finish. I use it for deer and turkey. especially important for turkey!!! if your just going for deer then doesnt matter. although some old school hunters say they hunt with a walnut or black stock for turkey. ultimately your choice.
 
It helps prevent rust over the blued finish. So it's worth the extra money if your in salt water marsh. If you read the thing they have on their website it explains it's a special blah blah blah coating it's super corrosion restant. So it's up to you if it's worth the 100-200 more.


Lots of hunters just buy the cheapest hunting shotgun they can find and if it rusts or gets ruined who cares it was 200-300 bucks and did it's job that's what a lot of people in my area do because they hunt in salt water areas. (they use pumps you only get 3 rounds not hard to pump on a bird)
 
Both fellows I hunt with have SBE2s in wood and use them for both waterfowl and upland and neither gun ( one is 7 years old) looks beat up. I like wood and blue guns myself but get whatever floats your boat.
 
Never was too huge on camo but for my needs olive green and black combined works excellent and only cost me under $20 to change my guns appearance.


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All I need is a steel shot barrel for duck hunting purposes and I can take a plain jane blued barrel and make it olive in less then an hour.
 
Camo is just a gimmic like camo clothing...i remember way back when, when we all wore those red plaid lumber jackets hunting and still shot deer...i have yet to own a camo shotgun and i still kill deer & turkey! Like someone posted here the idea is not to move...even with a camo gun if you move you will be seen!
 
Are you the kind of guy who will drop his gun in the mud, put it away wet, use it as a paddle, never wipe off mud, etc. Or do you appreciate the look and feel of wood and blued steel and are willing to look after it?
 
JNA said:
Hi Guys,

Sorry if this should be in the Black and Green, but thought it would be better asked in the Hunting and Sporting Shotguns section.

For my 25th birthday I have decided to buy my first shotgun, it will be for Hunting (first time hunter) as well as for shooting clays. I have decided on splurging and buying a Benelli SBE 2 and was wondering for hunting (as I have never been) would it be better to pay the extra money for the camouflage stock or is it just a useless money grab?
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Buying camo or black is more preference. Shooting better depends on you and how much you practice, not the color of the shotgun. Quality will also have some bearing.
 
If you're looking to save a bit of money but still like the camo look there are those camo kits where you skin your gun with "vinyl" type stuff to make it look camo. I haven't used it personally but read a few good reviews on it.
 
I have been in the same dilemma. I had been wanting an sbe2... I like the look of wood, but the synthetic stocks have the recoil absorption stuff if them which is a plus. I would also feel better out in the rain with a synthetic stock.

Went with the wood... Happy i did.
 
I love wood and most of my guns wear wood BUT...

When I cracked (don't ask me how) the walnut stock on my Wingmaster I ended up replacing the furniture with a camo synthetic set. I'm glad I went synthetic and it convinced me that the next time I ever buy another utilitarian gun, it will be synthetic stocked. The durability and the I-won't-cry-when-I-scratch-it factor cannot be beat. Go synthetic; the camo or black question is one of personal taste.

Some guns should always wear wood for aesthetic reasons, anything else would be a crime. But when it comes to pumps and semi-autos, they possess neither the grace or the lines to truly derive or justify the benefits of wood.
 
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