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I have set up a local FFL holder and now need to buy the gun. Can someone tell me a popular, basic, cheap model I can search for on gunbroker? I want the "Honda Civic" of shotguns. Popular, cheap, reliable, everyone knows the name. Nothing exotic. Basic and cheap. If I want to upgrade later, I can. Thanks.
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I have set up a local FFL holder and now need to buy the gun. Can someone tell me a popular, basic, cheap model I can search for on gunbroker? I want the "Honda Civic" of shotguns. Popular, cheap, reliable, everyone knows the name. Nothing exotic. Basic and cheap. If I want to upgrade later, I can. Thanks.
......It would help if you indicated what your primary intention is in terms of useage:............
The Honda Civic of shotguns would be the Mossberg 500 with screw in chokes. It's a very well built, simple, shotgun. With the screw in chokes, it becomes whatever you need it to do so the fowl is irrelevant. A minor step up would be the Remington 870. If the quarry is animal instead of fowl, there's only one, the Benelli Super 90. It's reliability is legendary and good enough that most of the Gov't agencies around the world use it including the State of Texas.
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I was thinking trap shooting and home defense.
Would the stainless steel Remington 870 MARINE be better b/c it requires less maintenance?
Take a gander at the Remington 887. It's essentially an 870 with truck bedliner on steroids. Approximates a Kalashnikov in terms of maintenance requirements and costs less than the 870 since the coating means that the manufacturer can skip a finishing process on the exterior surfaces. I think the street price for a basic 12 gauge with no bells and whistles is around $350, you may be able to steal one on gunbroker.
I was thinking trap shooting and home defense.
Would the stainless steel Remington 870 MARINE be better b/c it requires less maintenance?
If your going to seriously shoot trap you'll prabably want an autoloader or a double (maybe a Rem. 1100). If you seriously want to have home protection you'll want shorter barrels. If you don't mind compromising in both areas, in other words, if you just want something to shoot, then the recommendations so far are good.
For trap or sporting clays a pump is doable but significantly less than optimal. Often the 870 can be found used in the Wingmaster model, the upper end for Remington. The 870 Express is quite cheap and if you want an 870 to last and stand up to use and abuse I would avoid the Express line.
Unless you are near a shoreline with alot of saltwater in the air or will be carrying the firearm almost exclusively there is little reason to pay the premium for the 870 in the marine model. It looks cool in a "high speed low drag" sort of way if you want to waste money on the CDI factor.
The Toyota Tercel and Honda Civic of the shotgun world.
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