What is your favorite shotgun?

My dad gave me a Remington 870 Wingmaster in 1961. I have hunted everything I could with it and it never let me down......until eventually the barrell became "shot out" from all the Triple Ought Buckshot. I must have killed 200 deer with it at least. The 28" modified was then shortened by 1 inch and tapped for the internal tube chokes. Now it is good as new, with stock refinished and metal blued again. I gave it to my son in 1995. Sweet and smooth. To me nothing quite matches the sound of that famous slide action. Just keep your head down and to the target, it will do the rest.

I don't really hunt too much with a shot gun any more, but my favorite all time shot gun was a breakdown Iver Johnson & Cycle Works in 12 gauge with an inch sawn off its formerly 30" barrel; it was a grouse and rabbit getter. A few years ago my wife and kids bought me a Remington 870 in 12 gauge magnum. I need to whittle out a plug for the barrel so it can only hold two shells; it has a plug allowing it to hold 3 shells, but two is more than enough.

My Dad gave me and Remington 870 just before he died in 1965, but it was taken from me by my Sainted but then desperate to make ends meet Mother; my kids were trying to replace it.

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Remington 870 all the way!!!

I hunt with a Ithaca mod37 with a polychoke. Probably the best pump shotgun out there.

My one & only shotgun is a Remington Sportsman 58. It's an automatic that I purchased used from an old boy 41 years ago. This gun is very much like the Remington 1100 but a little lighter it seems to me. I used to go Dove hunting around Yuma, Arizona and I really enjoyed my shotgun. New rules and regulations are changing the shot that needs to be used in shotguns here in the Northwest especially when hunting water fowl and I think that is a good thing. Remington says that steel shot should not be used in the barrel on my shotgun. I like upland bird hunting but when the rules here change to use steel shot for upland bird hunting I think that I will be looking for another shotgun.

I really like the photo that "Big Rockpile" took. I saw a similar photo years ago of a shotgun on the poorch of a cabin with some old worn hiking boots that I always remember. I like your photo just as well Rockpiles. Thanks for that.

Philbee

Favorite is an old Browning A-5 light 12, have used in everything from dove to coyotes, it just fits and swings perfectly. Wish it could handle something bigger than 2 &3/4" shells.. Andy

In order
1 Parker vhe1 16ga 26in tubes sst auto eject cyl&cyl . bird gun
2 Winchester mod 12 black diamond trap 12ga 32full trap gun
3 Winchester mod 12 16ga 26 imcyl bird gun
4 Winchester mod 12 20ga 26 mod squirrel gun
5 Winchester mod 12 28ga 26 full squirrel gun
6 Winchester mod 42 .410 26full this is my squirrel gun
7 Winchester mod 12 12ga 3in 30in full duck gun

By now you can tell I love Winchester mod 12's

As a "favorite" I'd have to pick the first shotgun I ever owned, my Mossberg 835 12 ga. I got it used a couple years ago and has been fantastic for me. A little on the heavy side, but that helps deaden the recoil of the 3 1/2" shells. I've got two barrels for it, a 24" and a 28", using the 24 for turkey and deer, the longer barrel for upland and waterfowl. Just a super reliable gun for me. Shoulders great and can handle any load I put in it.

There are a whole lot of guns I have'nt owned that I know I would love. I think my model 37 and fox model b (with 2 sets of barrells) gets almost all the use for very good reasons. They both handle beautifully. That old featherweight can be carried all day. and has an action so smooth it's the only pump gun for a one armed man.