Help me pick a gun...

[blasted_saber]

+1 for the 870 Wingmaster. Mines gone from the swamps to the lakes to the beaver marshes to the hardwoods for deer, and it still works flawlessly.

Its a classic shotgun built to last a lifetime. The 870 Express or other "budget" shotguns, not so much.

 

[blasted_saber]

For a grand, you can get both a Weatherby PA08 pump gun, and Weatherby SA08 semiauto. In nice wood, too.

I would recommend the Wingmaster, but there aren't many options for replacement barrels. Ithaca would be a good choice, but its a fixed barrel.

The Weatherby PA08 comes with a 26 or 28" barrel, but you can buy an 18.5" cylinder bore barrel. The stock/fore end is gorgeous walnut. The factory barrel comes with a few chokes and is chrome lined. its ridiculously easy to clean and maintain as well.

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Their are just as many options for Wingmaster barrels as their are for Express barrels. If you change the mag cap ($10) a Wingmaster can accept Express barrels (it works, ive owned both and have done it)

But really, how many do you need? A field barrel and a slug barrel should do any hunter.

My wife had an Express when i met her; she bought a Wingmaster after using mine and has barely touched her Express since.