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Hello every one just getting into the sport was always drawn to this sport but never had the time till now. Im looking for a good shotgun i wont be breaking the bank, like i said im brand new to the sport. looking maybe something that i can easily get a rifled barrel for slugs (only shotguns in my zone) and also have a good turkey and duck barrel. i have done alot of skeet, but never with my own gun. any suggestions im in central ontario any good gun shops with a good selection so i can get a feel of what is comfortable for me.
Many thanks
Brian
 
Mossberg 535 combo. Comes with 28" barrel, 24" (I think) turkey barrel, and a cantilever slug barrel. Add a scope and you could likely do it for under $700 before taxes. Buddy paid about that much at Epps in October ($550 for gun, $100 for scope, plus rings for scope)
 
I second the Remington 870 Express. Get the Super Magnum with 3 1/2" chamber, and it's a fine goose/turkey gun, too. I've since slapped a Bell and Carlson carbe-lite stock on mine to upgrade it. Looks (and shoots) like a million bucks.
 
Pick one of the many shops above... SFRC, $389, Wolverine $360, add a $100 deer barrel, but go ahead and look for yourself.
 
I bought the 870 super mag about 5 years ago for just under $400. Rifled slug barrels sell for about $100 (as :) points out). My Bell and Carlson stock was around $100 US, but worth every penny!
 
That smiley face thing isn't what I meant. I was referring to the poster above (who uses a smiley face in his user id), who has accurate prices listed.
 
so the 870 has a good life and durability and modifications are easy to get sounds pretty good i'll try and find a used one then resort to new, i am cheap within reason
thanks again guys
 
Ford+guns said:
so the 870 has a good life and durability and modifications are easy to get sounds pretty good i'll try and find a used one then resort to new, i am cheap within reason
thanks again guys
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Beware that 870s, particularly Express Super Magnums have gotten a bad reputation in the past few years for very poor worksmanship. Although my wife and have 3 older 870s between us, I no longer recommend new ones. That said, if you can find a used 870 Wingmaster, they are exceptionally well built guns, with the barrel changing capabilities to bring them up to date.
 
I would try a Mossberg 500 or 535, either sold with an extra barrel for slugs or you can buy extra barrel separately. Similar prices will get you a similar configuration of the Remington 870. I bought a 870 Express Super Magnum with an extra barrel for slugs about eight or nine years ago and it works as well as it should, but more recently I have heard enough people complain about their quality control that if I had to do it over again, I'd try the Mossberg. And I like the safety on the Mossbergs better than the 870's.
 
canadian tire in belleville ontario? wow didn't know any canadian tires still would sell them they pulled them out of peterborough 8-10 years ago because of the training they would need to pay for to the employees and we all no the turnover rate. well i will check out the site right now. that blows me away do you know what model?
 
Whichever shotgun you go with, I'd suggest not fretting 3 1/2" capability.

3" is lots for anything you'd ever want to hunt with it.

Have read a number of articles lately on this, the 3 1/2" produce brutal recoil while actually making little, if any at all, difference to the effectiveness of a 12 ga. shotgun.

Keep in mind that your average 12 ga. shotgun produces recoil that's, give or take a tad depending on ammo, in the same realm as a .375 H&H Magnum. Semi-autos can reduce this some by virtue of expending some of this energy on operating the reloading mechanism. One will bear the full impact of recoil with a pump action or otherwise.

IMHO, the notion that one needs 3 1/2" ammo for geese or turkeys is a fabrication of marketing.

FWIW.
 
Unless I missed it, nobody has mentioned FIT.

It doesn't matter if you spend two hundred bucks or two thousand, the shotgun must fit you, for two highly important reasons:

1. accuracy

2. perceived recoil

So I suggest you go to a local gun shop, at a time when the staff have a few minutes in their pockets (NOT a weekend, probably......) and try out the guns they have on offer.

If you want a new gun, then I suggest you spend your bucks with the shop that spends time with you. For used guns, it is pretty hard to beat the EE here on Gun Nutz.

Free advice, worth what you paid for it.

Doug
 
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