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AL390 for me too. Have a Gold in 12 & 20 for the range and pheasant fields and a plastic one for turkeys and any other ugly conditions. Went away from them for a while but couldn’t find better and will not be changing anytime soon.

I got a Rem 31 20ga off the ‘fire that I’m looking forward to trying on clays. Also borrowed a Parker Trojan years ago that I shot surprisingly well that I wished i’d have made an offer on. Oh well, can’t own them all, I guess.

I've put a lot of meat in the freezer with a mossberg 500 (interchangeable barrles) in 12ga. , and it has always functioned well. But I may have a new favorite in the Browning A5 light twelve from my father. (Need to see some trigger time with it.)

Most of the time it's a Browning Gold. Hate to guess how many miles I've carried it. Now and then I'll get the Ruger Red Label out.

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I own a number of them, but my favorite is a Charles Moore (a British maker) 12 gauge hammer gun that dates somewhere in the 19th century. It's been sleeved and nitro proofed. Just way too much fun not to shoot regularly and the wood and engraving are wonderful.

Don't have any pheasants around here, but do get to shoot at doves and ducks from time to time. I will likely use a Winchester 1400 with an improved cylinder choke tube for the dove and change to a cylinder bore choke for the ducks. I hunt ducks in a flooded swamp and the shots are very close and fast. Squirrels, if I'm not shooting a 22LR, will likely be a Fox Sterlingworth 12 ga with tight and tighter chokes. Quail are starting to show back up and if I get the chance to hunt them, it will be with my Darne 12 ga. It has a cylinder barrel and a modified barrel.

Now if we are talking strictly birds, I've shot more birds with a mossberg 3 shot 12ga bolt gun with a poly choke, than anything else.
I also like strolling the fields with a hundred year old Sterlingworth 12ga. SxS.

I only know about two types of shotguns. One is an over/under. The other one isn't.

I've never heard of a semi that didn't malfunction. Maybe Benellis and Berettas are better. I don't know.

Around here all the bird hunting is put and take for pheasant, chukar, and quail. I prefer to use a 28 gauge Browning O/U for all three. Mine has a long LOP, the same as my Heavy Spurting Clays gun. With 1 ounce Winchester ammo it kills pheasants like the hammer of Thor.

My ‘91 870 morphed into a ‘65 Browning Auto 5 two years ago. It tends to follow me into the woods now.

Three shot bolt action mossberg, with a two shot magazine? I'd need to check the model number on the one I gave my son. Most accurate bird gun I've ever used, and longest range. I was knocking down birds after other folks tried twice and gave up.

I hunted with a Belgian Superposed Pigeon Grade 20 for years.I also had several Beretta 680,682 and 686's in various gauges and grades.

I now hunt exclusively with Benellis.

SBE I with a custom E.R. Shaw slug barrel for counties that require a shotgun with a Burris Signature 1.5-6 power scope.

Benelli SBEII and M2 camo for waterfowl.

Two Monterfeltros in 12 and 20.Upgraded the Barrel on the 12 with a 28" Crio barrel.

Two older M1 Super 90's in 12 and 20 gauge.Also bought a fully rifle barrel for the 20 when I found one on ebay NIB for $250.00.I couldn't hit the BIN button fast enough.

My oldest son just set up my M1 for me as home defense gun.He brought over an extended mag tube,a steady grip stock,an extended bolt handle,a 21" barrel and a Streamlight TL4 led light with a red laser.I can't stop playing with this in a dark room.

It pays to have raised kids who like guns as much as myself.It didn't hurt when I gave them their first.22,shotgun and rifle for deer hunting.

I used a Browning B80 for years and years. Thought I'd upgrade to an A390 years ago. Honestly, there doesn't seem o be a lick of difference between the two. I still have both and I still use both. I think I'll give the A390 to my daughter when she's big enough, it's a bit "prettier" than my B80.

I'm not much of a shotgunner anymore.

But the shotgun I have by far killed the most game with was a simple Stevens 311 double barrel. Modified and full barrels. Double triggers.

Winchester 12ga sx3 for waterfowl and Remington 870 wingmaster 20ga for pheasant in less than a month.

One of the guns Skeeter had in his "Me and Joe" series was a Stevens double. The other was a Remington model 12 (22 RF).

One of the guns of my youth, my Grandpa's model 12 out of east Texas.

Browning Citori Lighting Grade III 12 ga. Wife bought it for me on our 25th Aniv. this is for all my bird hunting.
But I shoot about 6k rounds of trap each year, that's when I use my Kolar Max.

A smattering of brands here, & there always will be. But.. 870's & Benelli's seem to be mentioned quite a bit.

There are reasons for this, good ones.

1100 magnum 12 ga
870 supermagnum 12 ga
A5 in 20 ga

I like the SKB shotguns......a O/U 12 Ga for waterfowl and a 20 Ga side by side (high rib) for all other upland birds....both are 3"

Yesterday it was a first year 870 Wingmaster in 16 ga on Ruffed grouse. Dinner was excellent.
For ducks and geese a first year 870 Wingmaster Magnum 12. Unless I'm hunting Wood Duck in which case it's a first year Wingmaster 20ga.
On October 5-7 it will be a 1936 16ga M31 on pheasant and chukar.

Citori White Lightning for style and an 11-87 for dirty work.