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But I would also agree with this, like'em both. But then I like 'em all!!

Winchester Model 12 12 ga. 28" modified.

TN, The gun I lusted after most when I was about 12 or 13 was a model 12 16 ga. modified with a 28 in. barrel.. Begged for one at Xmas.. No luck.. Santa must have been mad at me..

A few years later, I had my eye on a nice used model 12 12 ga. mod. 28" barrel.. To this day, I wonder if I had bought that shotgun, if I would have traded around so much.. My dad insisted I spend my $ on a new gun, but I know now of lesser quality. Fine gun you have there.. Have never owned either of the model 12's I pined after as a young kid..

Great looking pics everyone. Like my M1 S90 for fowling as well as my 870 and RedLabel. When needed a BPS Stalker in 10 Magnum. For the uplands one of my Sweet 16's or an old 37R Ithaca gets the nod most of the time. Magnum Man

I'm down to two.

16ga F.A.I.R. and a Merkel 20ga but I like the Merkel so much I hardly ever use the Rizzini any more. Should probably sell it but I shoot it so well I can't bring myself to part with it.

Field, beautiful shotguns.. You would always regret selling the 16...

I like shotguns. I'm not much of a s/s guy, but that's only because I don't shoot them well. I collect A-5's, and prefer an old Light Twenty to the rest. I have an 11-48, 16ga, that I can't miss with.

All that said, favorite "all around" goes to one of my several 870 Wingmasters. They all have 30" full choke barrels and synthetic stocks. I have an 18" cylinder barrel if needed.

Auto Fives are just plain cool!

Thanks WCH, and yea, I'd probably regret selling it but I really don't have anyone to pass it down to and worry the county coroner'll end up with it. HA

Grouse season starts here next week so I'm headed to the woods for a few days on Wed (after the labor day crowd goes home). You can bet your bippy I'll have the Merkel and a pocket full of 7.5's in tow.

Grouse guns are a different story. Nothing much to look at here, but this gun has killed more Blue Grouse than many have seen in a lifetime...

Beretta 390 followed by an Ithaca 37. Well, an Auto 5 should be at the top too.

A good bird gun that has a place of honor in the back seat of your truck has many scuffs and ding. It got that way from many outhing in the field of which it earned by being pointable, reliable, strait shooting, well fitting and well patterning. Guns like that don't come around every day.

I paid 800 bucks for my SBE used and I shoot it so well and it patterns so well I wouldn't take 1600 for it. It fits like a glove but she is showing wear. A black semi auto with mud on it is as pretty as a Godly woman in a sundress.

For birds, 870 Wingmaster Magnum that I bought new in '83. That one is on its 3rd set of stocks and has been reblued once.

Anything made of clay, Citori Lightning.

Are you shooting them on the wing with that gun?

I have a variety of Shotguns . Pretty much at leaf one of everything Browning makes or has made . I have Autos ,Pumps , S x S's ' OU's in every gauge 10 through 410 but my favorite all around Shotgun is probably my Remington 1100 Special Field 12 Guage with either the 21 inch barrel with Rem - Chokes or the extra 26 inch barrel modified choke installed . A close second would be my Browning Light Twelve 26 inch barrel with modified choke . I can and have used them for everything . Quick , light and soft shooting for me . I do enjoy having specific guns for different game and conditions and I love Shotguns .

I like Ithaca 37/87's. I have 12's and 20's.

A 3" 20 gauge 87 gets used the most.

My favorite though is a 20 gauge Ultra Featherweight. I try not to use it where it will get dinged up though. It is too pretty at the moment. Incredible grouse gun.

Benelli, M2 Field's in 12 & 20, Montfeltro's in 12 & 20

Benelli M1 S90.....H&K imported version (older). 24" barrel. It's like pointing my finger

That's what the second barrel is for if you miss them on the ground with the first...

I am kind of a SxS guy and use three that I like very much, a Beretta 470 Silver Hawk 12 and a similar 471 Silver Hawk 20. I have an AYA 28 SxS that I like too and seems to kill every bit as effectively as any 20 I've ever had. The 12 is a single trigger model and all are ejector models. I prefer DTs.

Recently (last five years), I obtained a Beretta A400 SA 12. Lightweight, fast and burns pip squeaks to Roman candles like eating ice cream. Last spring I used it turkey hunting and experimented with some 3.5" inchers. In the this gun, a fraction under seven pounds, those were an experience. With a solid 2 3/4" load it seems to be a good fit for late season ring-necks for me.

If cornered and had splinters put under my fingernails and made to pick one, it'd probably be the 470 SH 12. It might just barely fit me the best and I've rarely missed a doable shot with it though a single trigger SxS doesn't make much sense to me.