I started with an 870 pump and shot it for years. Pumps are hard to be for duck hunting. They will shoot when a lot of autos freeze up....
No chit there pullit. I've got a Marlin 120 Mag you could use for a boat paddle, and it won't fail. Mucho good medicine on prairie chickens to boot.
"There are three kinds of men Those who learn by reading The few who learn by observing The rest have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves."
