Your "go to" shotgun...

[Little Buck]

I don't own a lot of shotguns, maybe 7 or 8. My "go to" shotgun has been an old Mossberg 12 ga. (probably 30 years old now) with a 24 in. bbl. It was the first gun I ever was able to pay for on my own. The summer before I bought it, I trapped minnows in our pond and sold them for 50 cents/dozen. When I bought it, it had one of those poly-choke 28 in. bbl.'s that I found I truly despised. Just a few years later I bought the 24 in. bbl. for it.

It's killed a lot of small game and upland birds. Taken a couple of turkeys with it. Even used it to take 3 ostriches at a farm a buddy has. He had three male birds that got to where he couldn't do anything with them and they began trying to hurt visitors.

The action has become butter smooth over the years. Never had to have a single thing done to it. It just works.

Anyone else got a "go to" shotgun?

LB

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[Bayrat]

The "Ugly Duck", a Mossberg 835 with bird and rifled barrels.

It's been used for hunting deer, shooting trap, skeet and sporting clays (starting gun down Herne !;)).

Over the years its won alot more than I paid for it at local 'chicken shoots'. Even won a local trap tournament once that included former registered Trap champs from Florida and New York,....... and pissed-off a bunch of Perazzi and Browning owners no end when they got beat by such an ugly thing !:D

Bayrat

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[Gil Martin]

Usually it is an Remington 11-48 in 16 gauge or a Browning Citori 12 gauge. All the best...
Gil

[Altjaeger]

A Ithaca M37 with a shot barrel and a 20" smoothbore slug barrel.

[DaveHawk]

Sweet 16 32" Remington 69 model pump action with adjustable chock.

They don't call them sweet for nothing.

[Badger]

My "go to" shotgun is a Mossberg Camo M500A with vent rib, choke tubes and sling. It sits behind the bedroom door with a 5-round ammo slide on the butt stock. I have yet to be bothered by critters here on the farm for any length of time due to the services of the 500A.

Badger

[Hi Ball]

Little Buck........My go to shotgun is one of many! I don't just use one shotgun for everything out there nowdays. I hunted turkey with a Rem. 870 pump gun. Hunt quail with a Weatherby Athena 20 gauge, hunt pheasant with a Weatherby Athena 12 gauge. I use the model 1100 Remington a bunch with the dogs in field work 20 & 12 gauge. I protect the house with a 12 gauge Mossberg model 590 pump gun. We also have 2 training or truck guns that are Condor 20 gauges. Now for hunting duck in the blind, I pick up the Browning Gold in 3.5 inch 12 gauge using 3 inch shells, geese get the attention of 3.5 inch shells. It I should choose to get serious about trap shooting at the club (no more) I would take the Remington 3200 in the vault with 30 inch barrel.

[DaveHawk]

Hi Ball, if you were told you had to get out fast and you had one shot gun to grab what one ? LOL

[Badger]

Hi Ball,

In the middle of the night when you hear glass breaking in the backdoor window, I hope you do NOT try to put a 3.5 inch 12 gauge into your 20 gauge. LOL. I hope you have a house gun in readiness.

Badger

[Don Wald]

Badger,

I have a Rossi 20 Ga. single nearby with a butt stock shell holder on it.

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[Badger]

Don,

My Mossberg 12 pump has a butt stock shell holder and I forgot the orientation of the five rounds in the holder one night last month. I have a slug, 00Buck, #4 Buck and two #6 Low Brass in the thing counting back from the muzzle. I looked out at midnight and saw a skunk in my front yard under the bird feeder and grabbed the gun. I grabbed what I thoiught was a #6 shot load and got a slug instead. I eased open the front door and fired at the skunk 20 yards away.

I hit him/her and it died quick. I checked the empty hull and realized I used "enough gun!" LOL.

Badger

[Hi Ball]

Badger sorry I didn't get back to this shotgun forum sooner! Hell I forgot we had one on HA....LOL.:D:D:D

Now just to set your mind at ease about my home and weather or not I will be grabbing the wrond shells, I will tell YOU and others, that I have a 590 Mossbergy pump gun 12ga. with 8 rds in the mag. This shotgun has #2's, 2's, triple OOO buck, Triple 000 buck, Triple 000 Buck, Double 00 Buck, Double 00 buck, Double 00 Buck.

Not to mention the 10mm Glock 20 tucked in my pants OK!!!

Dave, if I have to get out quick like, I am NOT going to worry about my guns in the vault or in the safe......they are protected. I am going to get my A$$ out in a hurry and have my 590 pump gun in one hand and my 10mm Glock 20 pistol in my pants.

Now if I had to grab only one shotgun, it would be the Athena 12 ga in one hand and the Remingto 3200 trap gun in the other.