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Mossberg 590
5️S
Tinkermatic, I think you did very well and you will enjoy that shottie.
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~Matt
I've learned more in my short tenure here on NES than I could have ever anticipated. Most importantly, to be patient with regards to researching and purchasing firearms. Life is too short to buy ugly guns, more so, the wrong gun. There are so many minor idiosyncrasies involved in purchasing a firearm, especially as a lefty, that taking my time has become the most relevant piece of advice ever received. Ambi-friendly firearms tend to ring true for me, not lefty specific, but tools that are able to be used by all, not just most. Hence, my move from the 870 and its subsidiaries, to the 500/590 platform.
An aquintance of a friend that came hunting a few years back had a bottom ejecting pump shotgun. He was a lefty. It was hard to distinguish from a 500 or 870 until you look close. I have no idea what the make/model was, but he enjoyed the way it didn’t eject shells at him.
B&K has a used SPX 930 if you’re interested. It’s in decent shape from what i could tell. I don’t recall price as a semi-auto wasn’t on the short list and I didn’t handle it all that much or inspect it thoroughly. Nice gun by all accounts, I just wanted caveman simple for my first.I have a Mossy, or 2. and really like the 590A1 Tactical that I bought off an excellent member here at NES. Used it as one of my guns in the Defensive Shotgun class I took in April.
Ran flawlessly and smoothly. Looks very much like this:
I am now interested in shopping for my first Semi-Auto shottie. I'm looking at the Beretta 1301 Tactical:
Ithaca’s eject downward
I think it was right at home in the Flanders trenches...
I am now interested in shopping for my first Semi-Auto shottie. I'm looking at the Beretta 1301 Tactical:
What will you be using the semi auto for?
My shoulder!
The savings in physical therapy will nearly pay for a Beretta.
Plus, I already have like 10 pump shotguns in various bores and brands...
...it will most likely become my HD gun and range-buddy.
3 pumps, a sxs, a lever action, and one semi auto.......but the semi is an auto 5 so it still kicks a bit lolAh I'm the opposite. I have 5 auto shotguns and only two pumps.