Best Semi Auto Shotguns/pumps

[MPSR]

This has been a topic for years.. Who makes the best?

I Own a Browing gold, Bennelli Super Black Eagle 3, A Berretta, Remington 1187 Premiere.

I say their all great guns!  My 1187 premiere is a pre 2000 model.  The browning is the 20 gauge gold deer hunter which outshoots my savage bolt. The Benelli and Beretta are both built well, but for durability nothing beats the Benelli.

For pumps I own them all and if I could have only one gun in my safe it would be my 870 wingmaster. And yes pre-2000 error.

I will say my mossbergs action sucks. I don’t shoot buckshot anymore but if I did it would be the go to gun. 

lets here it guys..

 

[vdep217]

I don't own any of the higher end guns but love what I have..  I have a stoeger 3500 and p350.  A mossberg 500 a rem 1187 premier a browning b80 20 guage a stoeger 3000.  They all serve their purpose..  my premier is pre 2000 as well so is my mossberg..  my stoeger has performed flawlessly in the 8 years I've owned the 3500.  Except one malfunction that I figured out was build up on the pin for the rotary bolt..  my mossberg has been through hell.  Maybe not the smoothest or prettiest but it's a work horse..  it's been a gun a paddle and a walking stick lol..  the p350 i bought to use on the bay and it has held up..  I buy my guns to use and some get abused.....

[BowhunterNJ]

I have an SBE II and would probably not get another Benelli of similar build quality.  Gun fits great and shoots well but just seems cheaply made.  Camo wore off pretty quickly in areas.  Some play/movement in the foregrip, etc.  I'd probably go with the Browning Gold if I got another. 

[birdshotnj]

A gun is like a porn star. We all have our favorites for different reasons. Some we have so much confidence with, others not so much. Let's get this thread kicked up a notch and post pics of our favorites. I have a beretta a400 xtreme my wife got me a few years back. The gun just shoots so well for me. Ill post a pic later

[MGHunter66]

Hands down the Beretta AL391 Urika2. Most reliable, soft shooting and well balanced semi i have ever used. A friend of mine and I put these through some serious use and pushed the envelope trying to get it to malfunction. In one year we used it for ducks, birds, a tower shoot and 9 rounds of sporting clays without cleaning anything but the barrel interior. You just can’t get this gun to malfunction. The optima choke system throws beautiful patterns with EVERYTHING. Over a thousand shots with no maintenance speaks for itself. When you do choose to give a thorough cleaning the barrel, action and trigger assembly are so easy to completely disassemble even a true novice could do it

As for pumps I won’t buy new, i will take any year Winchester Model 12 over anything. I own quite a few. Never jams, shoot great patterns and probably the best balance pump ever made. There is a reason they dominated the trap ranges for years

 

 

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[Silver Belly62]

For me would be my Remington Sportsman magnum pump (earlier 870 model) and my Beretta Urika for semi, both 12 ga & 3" models

[SPEARFISH]

I have a 870 wingmaster with a slug barrel and a vent rib barrel.  it's all I have ever needed.

[thefirstndsecond]

1100 (from 84) and 1187 to me

 

BUT, a good friend of mine's uncle went to Argentina for i think doves,  and the only shot guns that held up were Beretta. The guids said none of the others would hold up for the amount of shots.

 

[Batsto]

The last few years I have used a Mossberg 930 and it has been flawless. Love my Mossberg 835 for Turkey and as a bad weather backup. But as I write, I did just ordered a Winchester SX4. It's a universal hunter, 3.5 and a 26 inch barrel. Will be picking up today or tomorrow. 

[Bad64chevelle]

10 hours ago, vdep217 said:

I don't own any of the higher end guns but love what I have..  I have a stoeger 3500 and p350.  A mossberg 500 a rem 1187 premier a browning b80 20 guage a stoeger 3000.  They all serve their purpose..  my premier is pre 2000 as well so is my mossberg..  my stoeger has performed flawlessly in the 8 years I've owned the 3500.  Except one malfunction that I figured out was build up on the pin for the rotary bolt..  my mossberg has been through hell.  Maybe not the smoothest or prettiest but it's a work horse..  it's been a gun a paddle and a walking stick lol..  the p350 i bought to use on the bay and it has held up..  I buy my guns to use and some get abused.....

I've been back and forth on what to buy recently , I'm coming down to the 3500 I think . I've been reading a lot of great reviews .im glad to see another . 

 

Ive owned a mossberg 500 for 10 years now , I bought it new . Never had a single issue . It's been used very hard since day one . Only thing I replaced was the front Bead sight when I wacked it on a branch one night hunting coyote .

Edited October 4, 2018 by Bad64chevelle

[archer36]

9 hours ago, birdshotnj said:

A gun is like a porn star. We all have our favorites for different reasons. Some we have so much confidence with, others not so much. Let's get this thread kicked up a notch and post pics of our favorites. I have a beretta a400 xtreme my wife got me a few years back. The gun just shoots so well for me. Ill post a pic later

Yeah, but I like the rear end loaders over the front end loaders. 

[Daktari]

1100 from 1977

11-87 Premier from 1988

Can't beat these guns for the money. Neither has ever jambed........

I also have a 11-87 SP  that gun does occasionally jamb, when unloading it......

[MGHunter66]

Yeah, but I like the rear end loaders over the front end loaders. 

Keep your sexual preferences to yourself LOL


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[archer36]

In all seriousness now, this is a tough question. Almost all guns today are reliable. The differences are fit and feel. The average hunter may shoot 20 or 30 rounds per year. A competition shooter thousands. That's where the difference in a quality gun pays off. You won't get a definitive answer on this. Buy the best gun you can easily afford and it will serve you well. 

[vdep217]

2 hours ago, Bad64chevelle said:

I've been back and forth on what to buy recently , I'm coming down to the 3500 I think . I've been reading a lot of great reviews .im glad to see another . 

 

Ive owned a mossberg 500 for 10 years now , I bought it new . Never had a single issue . It's been used very hard since day one . Only thing I replaced was the front Bead sight when I wacked it on a branch one night hunting coyote .

Where are u located..  if we meet at a wma I would let u try before you buy one..  they ste not the prettiest but they run

Edited October 4, 2018 by vdep217