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Something to spend it's live in a UTV. Prefer pump. Stick with an 870 Express or something else less expensive but serviceable?


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Mossberg would seem perfect no?

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Hard to beat an 870 or 500 for well under $400.

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Mossberg.

Pretty damn reliable.

If you lose it or it gets stolen, what the hell, its just a Mossberg.


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As others have said, Remington 870 Express or Mossberg 500 if buying new. Other options are any used gun in your price bracket such as Ithaca 37, Browning BPS, Winchester 1200 or Model 12, Mossberg 835, or Maverick 88. These latter guns can be found pretty cheap on used racks, particularly the plain barreled ones. I have seen these models in the $250 or even less price range in the last couple of years up to last weekend. These would be pretty much the "ultimate" in beater guns.

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Ithaca 37,love the easy unloading.Only downfall is no 3".

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Mossberg 500. Interchangeable barrels, no tool swap, I have both field barrels and Sabot. It is my first choice shotgun for hunting or home defense, of the several shotguns I have.


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Go down to the pawn shop and get whatever is cheap. Pawn shops have an EXCESS of shotguns, at least around here.


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Another vote for the Mossberg 500. Yo7 can find them in about any Mom & Pop gun store or pawn shop. Mine is semi-retired but has done it all. It goes hunting once a year to stretch it’s legs.

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Haunt your local pawn shop. Look for something that perhaps has been bubba'd a little; crappy recoil pad, driver's license number engraved on the side, etc. If you are beating it up on an ATV or behind the seat of the pick-up....so what? That said, I'd look for an 870 or Mossberg 500 as both work. You might find a 1200/Ranger Winchester that will work too. How many rounds a year are you going to shoot it? 25? 50? They will easily shoot thousands of rounds with just some basic maintenance, maybe a new magazine tube spring every 15 years. Clean the crud out of them, function test, wipe off the exterior every once in and while... and go forth.


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870 or 500 either one will fill the bill........Hb

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Old police turn-ins can be a good option - lots of them out there. A rough looking but lightly used police 870 is usually a much better gun than a new or recent 870 Express, and often under $250 if you haggle a little. If you want a different barrel than the 20in they usually have just hit the nearest gunshow - there's almost always someone with a rack of 870 barrels. But if you're planning to keep it on an atv the short barrel is a plus.

That's my latest purchase, was looking for a camp gun. Found an older police magnum, wood stock a little beat up, standard mag tube, 20 in IC barrel with rifle sights - $235 from an FFL dealer at a gun show. Still has a side saddle shell carrier and the department inventory sticker on grip from some little town.

Also found a late 70's original version Ithaca 37 Deerslayer 12 gauge. Smooth bore removable 20 in barrel, rifle sights, a little over $300, pretty good condition. Picked that one up too!

Probably have enough pump shotguns now when you throw in my mid 80's Rem 870 12 gauge (28 in barrel with tubes) and Kings Ferry made Ithaca 37 Featherweight 16 gauge (24 in IC barrel and 28 in barrel with choke tubes).

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Marlin goose gun


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Mossy 835 with the turkey barrel would be my choice. Short. Tough. Heavy to reduce recoil, and you won't be carrying it around much. Capable of shooting any shell that might somehow show up. And they almost all throw great patterns with most any ammo.

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Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
Mossy 835 with the turkey barrel would be my choice. Short. Tough. Heavy to reduce recoil, and you won't be carrying it around much. Capable of shooting any shell that might somehow show up. And they almost all throw great patterns with most any ammo.



I had one and it sucked to the nth degree.

Found a Browning BPS Stalker for $225, I just need to cut the barrel down now.


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Scott is find a police trade in 870


Or buy a benelli m4


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All my shotguns are beaters. They are tools to go through the brush with. I have a Franchi L48 that I beat the crap out of but now I regret being so hard on it . I got it when I was 15 for 175 dollars tax and all.


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Whatever you get make sure it has a short barrel..
That way you don’t have to pull the trigger with your big toe....


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Originally Posted by Tom264
Whatever you get make sure it has a short barrel..
That way you don’t have to pull the trigger with your big toe....



I guess that's how flipper has to shoot one.


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I use a single shot , coast to coast branded ,H & R 12.
Rides in the scabbard always.if it has worn the finish some,I never noticed.
.it does have a birch foreend and a walnut buttstock.
Has a bulge in the barrel about in the middle,would be too short if cut off.
Have taken a few grouse with it.
Had to buy a few springs for it awhile back,so it doesn't have the forend taped anymore.


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