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Maybe a used 12 ga Browning BPS. 3” is plenty. I think they are among the best made pumps, if a little heavy. I started out shooting 12 gauge a little younger than that. If it was a girl, would look at a 20 ga. But for a boy, even if a 12 is a touch big now, it will be fine in a year or two.
I had a 3.5” Mossberg 835 for a while. Most mule kicking gun I’ve ever shot, and I don’t mind Mossbergs. My 10 ga BPS is pretty tolerable in comparison.
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Sorry, missed that he bought one. Forget what I said.
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Old shotguns and steel shot are not generally compatible. A set of screw in chokes could solve his problem. My M12 has a Cutts with an IC tube. That should handle steel.
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"Do not blame Caesar, blame the people...who have...rejoiced in their loss of freedom....Blame the people who hail him when he speaks of the 'new, wonderful, good, society'...to mean ,..living fatly at the expense of the industrious." Cicero
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For a general all around shotgun I'd get a Mossberg 500. An 870 Wingmaster (not an Express model) is not in his price range. I have an early 870 express and like it but I'd shy away from current ones. My son had a later express and it rusted very quick even with proper care.
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Bought an 870 when I was 15 with my hay making money....I almost flunked out of school loading ammo instead of homework...I shot tons of doves and pheasants ....and a few quail...kinda hard to hit with full choke....I still use that old 870 and it has never failed..I picked up an Ithaca 37 a few years ago and like it too.. Either one would be great....I would recommend a nicer model lik a wingmaster...this will be with him for life...
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