TomTeriffic
Active member
The Remington 870 Express police pump I bought five years ago second-hand sucks. I'm not impressed by new Mossbergs, Benelli Nova/Super Nova, Charles Daly, Savage Stevens, Iver Johnson, Remington and Iron Horse Firearms. Iron Horse Firearms pump shotguns are weird looking and a bit pricey. I don't like the name Kel-Tec and new Ithaca Gun Model 37's and Beretta pumps are way too spendy. I don't like the new Japan-made Brownings.
Once my new Win pump is tested at the range, the Remmy will go up for sale. It has some issues caused by the previous owner's monkeying around with it. The 1990-vintage Mossy 500 I bought a few months back will be my dove gun since it is gloss black and has a field barrel and wood checkered stock already. It has a thin hard rubber recoil pad but should be soft enough shooting for dove loads. Better to have a dedicated home shotgun for burglars. A new blue security barrel for my Mossy runs about $200 and I don't really want to fart around changing barrels and dealing with the magazine plug between hunting birds and home security setup anyway.
The new Win SXP Flat Dark Earth Defender is Turk-made and has this exclusive khaki brown outfit its sporting. A cool tactical pump gun for $305 at GB.com auction brand spanking new with slick hi-vis light-gathering front bead. This gun oddly takes screw-in Invector-Plus choke tubes as a shorty defender model. Hunt doves or grouse with a police pump? Shoot skeet with one? I don't think so. Gladly, this Winchester defender has a CYLINDER tube already from the factory.
Don't ask me where the word "Invector" came from. Browning guns use this brand too.
Who here owns a modern Winchester pump and how do you like it? Being that this gun oddly has choke tubes for an 18" barrel, instead of the usual fixed cylinder, does anybody actually use a gun like this to hunt? What was Winchester's logic in putting choke tubes on an 18" barrel anyway?
Once my new Win pump is tested at the range, the Remmy will go up for sale. It has some issues caused by the previous owner's monkeying around with it. The 1990-vintage Mossy 500 I bought a few months back will be my dove gun since it is gloss black and has a field barrel and wood checkered stock already. It has a thin hard rubber recoil pad but should be soft enough shooting for dove loads. Better to have a dedicated home shotgun for burglars. A new blue security barrel for my Mossy runs about $200 and I don't really want to fart around changing barrels and dealing with the magazine plug between hunting birds and home security setup anyway.
The new Win SXP Flat Dark Earth Defender is Turk-made and has this exclusive khaki brown outfit its sporting. A cool tactical pump gun for $305 at GB.com auction brand spanking new with slick hi-vis light-gathering front bead. This gun oddly takes screw-in Invector-Plus choke tubes as a shorty defender model. Hunt doves or grouse with a police pump? Shoot skeet with one? I don't think so. Gladly, this Winchester defender has a CYLINDER tube already from the factory.
Don't ask me where the word "Invector" came from. Browning guns use this brand too.
Who here owns a modern Winchester pump and how do you like it? Being that this gun oddly has choke tubes for an 18" barrel, instead of the usual fixed cylinder, does anybody actually use a gun like this to hunt? What was Winchester's logic in putting choke tubes on an 18" barrel anyway?
