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TheGr8One

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I did a search within this forum using terms like "best shotgun", "all around shotgun" etc and got alot of hits but nothing that really answered by question.

I'd like to know, if money was no object, what is the best all around shotgun for the following:

-Home Defence
-Target/Plinking
-Skeet/Trap/Clays
-Hunting

If I am trying to cover all those bases with one gun, is there one brand or model that would rise above the rest?

Appreciate the opinions...
 
Beretta Xplore 400.
But, trying to do all those things with one gun is like golfing with one club. It can be done, but there is a better way.
 
dilly said:
Beretta Xplore 400.
But, trying to do all those things with one gun is like golfing with one club. It can be done, but there is a better way.
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I appreciate this analogy as I am an avid golfer.

Ok, if I narrow my criteria down a little to mostly focus on plinking/target and home defence with a little informal skeet does that help narrow it down? Hunting with it would be my lowest priority.
 
You're going to find it tough to do any wingshooting, such as skeet with a shotgun styled mostly for home defence...2 birds of a entirely different feather. Now you are golfing with a No 1 Wood and a Putter.

Jim
 
I'd get a Remington Versamax. I don't have one, but my buddy does. Works great for all of the things you proposed. It's not perfect for any of them, but he brings home upland and waterfowl, looks scary as hell, and he sometimes beats me with my Citori with the clays.....sometimes...

-J.
 
Gunneegoogoo said:
I'd get a Remington Versamax. I don't have one, but my buddy does. Works great for all of the things you proposed. It's not perfect for any of them, but he brings home upland and waterfowl, looks scary as hell, and he sometimes beats me with my Citori with the clays.....sometimes...

-J.
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The Versamax was definitely one that caught my eye. That and the Benelli M4 with a standard stock.
 
Remington 870? Not that it is expensive, but there are so many mods for it and accessories it can almost be made to suit every need
 
I'd invite meself over to Catt's and fly there.
Ask him to bring out his favorite three.
Stare long and hard at them.
Pick one up and wartch hizz expression.
Then do it twice more.
If he isn't holding a poker face, the favorite one should show.
Then I'd wrap the gal up and take her home.
Cheque signed and amount left open.
Pewf...........gawn.

:wave:
 
TheGr8One said:
I appreciate this analogy as I am an avid golfer.

Ok, if I narrow my criteria down a little to mostly focus on plinking/target and home defence with a little informal skeet does that help narrow it down? Hunting with it would be my lowest priority.
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For plinking and casual target shooting your can use anything. The whole "Home Defense" scenario is a a red herring that doesn't bear mentioning. You don't really care about hunting so you're basically looking for something that goes bang and might hit some targets as well as cans and bleach jugs. The answer is to buy an 870 with 28" barrel (with chokes) and a 12.5" or 14" barrel. That is the closest you can get to a do it all gun. And on the bright side, it won't break the bank. To buy something more expensive, in your situation, would just be silly.
 
dilly said:
Beretta Xplore 400.
But, trying to do all those things with one gun is like golfing with one club. It can be done, but there is a better way.
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A much better way. We often had people come out to shoot trap and skeet with their silly tactical shotguns, and the results were usually mediocre at best. Even if they did manage to break a decent amount of targets, the recoil and noise resulting from shooting in excess of 100 rounds during one session was not pleasant.
 
Don't take this the wrong way, but since you asked if different chokes would help for different activities in assuming you new to the shotgun world.

I suggest you start low. An 870 is a good start. You can work your way through many guns finding out what you do an don't like in each gun before spending thousands. This is what I did and it was a great way to find out what did and didn't work for me.

For new gunners the EE is a gold mine. Buy and sell till you're blue in the face and find something ya like
 
dilly said:
But, trying to do all those things with one gun is like golfing with one club. It can be done, but there is a better way.
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I agree and one could further expand the OP's list and split the hunting section into deer/upland/waterfowl.

One shotgun doesn't cut it!
 
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