I love shotguns so much it's unreal.
Need to hit something big? Buckshot.
Something small? Birdshot.
Wish you had a rifle? Slugs of all kinds.
Need something on fire? Dragonsbreath.
Wanna frick up the guy behind a door? Breaching rounds.
Wanna frick up the guy behind a door, but you don't actually want to go inside? Ferret rounds.
Want to try to avoid killing the guy? Rubber pellets and beanbags.
Need to shoot a flare? You can do that too.
Want to put a bunch of tiny darts in something? Flechette.
You can stuff whatever you want in a shotgun shell and it'll probably work. No fancy sights needed, just a brass bead.
I agree OP, I don’t know why shotguns get shit on here by a few. Either they’ve never owned/used a good 12 gauge or they’re weaklings who can’t handle anything other than a .22 or gAyR
Agreed. 12 gauge is the caliber of versatility
Mossberg 500 is a good budget pump
Henry makes single shot break action ones that are just too cute
Remington makes higher end pumps
I hear Beretta makes reliable semi autos but I've never owned one
My dream is to get a Winchester 1887 reproduction that can handle modern ammo
So what shotgun should I get.
Godchester 1300
>I love shotguns so much it's unreal.
Based and 12 gauge-pilled.
>Godchester 1300
Based and 'chester-pilled.
Get an older Remington 870. I own an older (80’s model me thinks) Remington 870 Wingmaster Magnum and the action is smooth as butter. I’ve blasted thousands of rounds through it squirrel hunting when I was a youngin’ and clay shooting. Never had a single issue, but you shouldn’t if you own any pump worth buying. Mossberg’s aren’t bad, older Winchesters, older savage/Stevens are all good too, there’s a lot of great options. I prefer pump actions and always in 12 gauge
Benelli Supernova.
Smoooooth pump action with a magazine cutoff button, can chamber 3.5” magnum loads, and plenty of swappable barrel options.
I can attest, shit is cash
maverick 1488
Ithaca M37
I love AR’s but have always appreciated the shotgun and it’s my go-to HD gun. 1988 Express rebuilt to Police specs and a 2005 870P SBS. Need a Marine
Remington 870 but a Mossie 590 is good too.
Based Dept. on line 1.
Soils advice. You can pickup a used 870P Police Magnum or upgrade another model, easy to replace spring and parts.
One that go BANG
I like shotguns too. Here’s mine. Where’s yours, OP?
It's stowed away in a different room and everyone is asleep so I can't take a picture, but I have a Mossberg 500A that's nice if a bit cheap and my dad has a Browning over-under that desperately needs to see a gunsmith. The thing doesn't even open unless you break it over your knee
As in the other post though I'm dying for a Chiappa 1887
Nice. The 590a1 is pretty great as a tacticool gun but I’d like something with classic looks as well. Maybe a double barrel Beretta of some kind.
To be frank I hate tacticool stuff. I'm unbothered about living in California because even pistol grips on shotguns rub me the wrong way
I like my guns all steel and wood, as smooth and simple as possible, but that's just me.
I'd love to shill out for a Browning Auto 5 at some point, an old 12 gauge one. It makes me sad that the new A5s are just inertia semi autos with a humpback for style.
>be Californian slave
>can't change my situation
>proclaim that my slavey is on fact a virtue
>a fashion or a style
>feel better
Shotguns and 22lrs are two of the most actually useful guns ever made
shot 22lr as my first caliber, 12 gauge as my second. this thread gave me some good memories for some reason. cheers.
22s are a thing of beauty too
Hey me to.
My first was .410. (knocked my 6yo ass flat on the ground lol) second was .243. third was 20 ga. I finally bought my first 12 ga this year.
Shottys are goated, only thing you need to overcome is keeping it fed. Im actually waiting for my Mossberg 930 to come back from the Smith for competition loading port for silky smooth double and quad loading
Forgot to put pic related
Looking very clean.
>The only guns you can get are the best and most versatile guns
Could be worse
Jokes aside, very cool conversions
Cheers. This isn't my whole collection, but the closest to a picture of one i have.
nice spread
Cheers, like I said, there's been a few changes since I took that
Brit anon, your collection is admirable and your posts appreciated.
Just never forget your natural born right has been fenced off and beaten into submission.
Dont think I'm not bitter about it. I do my best to expose shooting to as many people as I can, I've hooked a few who have gone onto get their own firearms. And others I've at least given a positive opinion about it, but the general public and politicians have no interest in relaxing any laws around it, its only ever about increased restrictions. We got lucky that nothing happened after the Plymouth shootings, because the police fricked up big time and wanted it forgotten.
I'm a britbong so shotguns are all I can get without jumping though the hoops to get a proper firearms license. So I've got a great variety of them, bolt action, martini levers, converted Lee Enfield, plus your usual pump, semi and O/U and SxS
How does that even work?
A .303 and a .410 have the same case body size. All they have to do is bore the barrel out to .410 for it to work. It will still chamber and fire .303, and people maje .410 brass shots shells by firing .303 cartridges without a bullet inserted.
Indians usd them as prison guard weapons, and loads were converted in UK to use the surplus up after ww2 so farmers might buy them.
Do .410s still fit in a Lee Enfield magazine, or does it become single shot only?
Getting a firearm license isn't so bad, just join a club.
I've already got 2 decent bits of farmland I've got permission to shoot shotguns on. Plus I'm in the reserves so I can do more advanced shooting, with automatic weapons, and get paid to do it.
There is a decent range near me, but I just can't be bothered to go though the club application, put up with the Fudd uk gun community, pay their fees, go thought my Firearms licensing and pay those fees, all just to get access to either .22lr thats no fun to shoot, or some other caliber in a manual action that costs a fortune to shoot. And I can only shoot at targets at my club.
The only thing that's tempting me is getting one of those Westlake muzzle loading revolvers.
Britbong here. I'm about to start clay shooting again and have applied for my cert. Can I own a black powder shotgun and buy the powder with just a shotgun certificate?
Yes. Smoothbore muskets come under section 2
Cheers matey
Might need an explosives license for BP but I'm not sure if its only when you have over a certain quantity.
Now this is a green and pleasant image
Thank you
Breaching rounds are specifically designed for the express purpose of not doing what you said they do.
My weatherby PA-08 won’t lock when the bolt is closed. I do not need to depress the slide lock or fire the pin to rack it. What is the most likely issued? Slide lock spring?
>I love shotguns so much it's unreal
I own shottys and handguns. I know i'm supposed to buy some AR-15 now, because I dont have one and meta stuff. That's fair. Still, I only keep browsing shotguns. I cant into AR, bores me, not interested.
Shotguns are fine but slugs are no substitute for a rifle, not for range, accuracy, or defeating armor.
I'm mostly joking. But hey, if some schmuck is wearing body armor I'm sure sabot slugs or those HESH ones would do something.
skill issue
>muh carbeen
I have a youth left handed 870 in 12 as a righty and it's honestly the coolest fricking thing.
My 870 before AC went dow , just need to swap thr side saddle with on that also has a rail.
Qc* frick phone posting.
But have you considered that I'm a pussy and can't handle the recoil of 12ga.?
Either lift, get a heavier gun, or shoot 16 or 20 gauge
Love me 12g too.
I've got a turkshit straight pull (Australia compliant :() and a 20in Boito SxS.
I used to have a Boito SxS with 28 in barrels which I really miss. I might get another set of barrels soon just for the memories.
>picrel is some blackpowder loads I've been working up. using #4 shot comp shooting, but It'd knock any bird down no worries.
Need to hit something far away?
literally walk closer, that's why god gave you legs
>my slavey
go away esl
>what is a shotgun slug
What exactly is the MOA of a typical rifled or sabot slug?