The most DEPENDABLE shotgun you own..

My Wingmaster built around 1972 hasn't missed a beat. Then again, my Winchester Super X2 and Lanber 2097 have also been rock solid.

I have a 1945 Remington Model 11 that has been 100% for the last several years, and a Beretta Xtrema that jammed once because of a bad shell, but I've only had a couple of years, but many rounds have gone through it.

I don't do pumps, I'm to slow.

870 wingmaster 12ga 3" magnum builit in 1971. Flawless in operation there are alot prettier guns out there but none I trust as much. I have owned anything from NEF to Benelli SBE and just about everything in between. I keep going back to the 870.

Mossberg 535 and an original winchester 1897.

I'd go with my old Sarasqueta double, never jams, shoot any ammo, always goes bang, but I had to retire it in 1980 when we had to start using steel shot. I shoot a Mossy 500 now. It runs fine so long as you feed it ammo it likes. 3" Winchester Xpert Hi Speed, it doesn't like. Will eat Federal 3" or Winchester 2 3/4" all day long.

I'd say my most DEPENDABLE currently used waterfowl gun is my H&R 10 gauge. Never jams, shoots any load, always goes bang. I shoot geese with it, but prefer one of my 12s for ducks and the Mossy usually goes 'cause it's tough and cheap and duck guns get salt spray on 'em, get banged around in boats, get dunked now and then. It ain't nice out there in the waterfowl marsh or on the bay. That's why my old 12 gauge double looks like it went through two world wars, poor thing.

My Mossberg:



H&R 10 gauge:



The old retired Sarasqueta:

High Standard Model 10B bullpup made in the 1970's .... hasn't missed a beat.
USAS-12 Destructive Device made early 90's... has never jammed after the 50 round break-in.
Mossberg 930SPX ... choked once on Fiocchi reduced recoil buckshot.
NEF Pardner single-shot .... recently purchased, so gunked up it wouldn't even fire.

Most unreliable one was the simplest.... go figure

BTW, I have a double 20 and a Winchester auto for birds other than waterfowl and I hunt small game, well, squirrels anyway, with .22 pistols. 80 percent of my shotgunning is waterfowl and it has to be steel shot compatible or it don't go.

NEF Pardner single-shot .... recently purchased, so gunked up it wouldn't even fire.

Most unreliable one was the simplest.... go figure

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You don't own a cleaning kit?

MCgunner said:

BTW, I have a double 20 and a Winchester auto for birds other than waterfowl and I hunt small game, well, squirrels anyway, with .22 pistols. 80 percent of my shotgunning is waterfowl and it has to be steel shot compatible or it don't go.

NEF Pardner single-shot .... recently purchased, so gunked up it wouldn't even fire.

Most unreliable one was the simplest.... go figure

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You don't own a cleaning kit?

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Certainly do, but if you're going to see if a gunked up shotgun even fires then you need to clean afterwards, not beforehand. It received a thorough cleaning, no worries.

1972 870 Wingmaster.....god I love that gun.

Since I do not use a shotgun for deer,. and I stopped shooting waterfowl when lead was outlawed, my dependable gun is my Browning GTi target gun. At about 90,000 rounds, it needed a few new springs.............

My '51 Winchester Model 12.

Wingmaster 12 gauge

Any of the several shotguns I own would fit into the DEPENDABLE category. Anything less would have been sold long ago. 870's, 1300's. Model24's, 1100's, O/U's.....I would say that all of mine are as reliable as I am if I hold up my end of things when they happen.

Most I would say is a tie between my BSS and my Wingmaster. Neither has ever had a bobble that I can remember.

My H&R 20 ga single has yet to let me down.

Hello friends and neighbors // 1976 Wingmaster 12ga. with 4 barrels fits all needs.

For me it would probably be my 870 Express Super-Mag that I bought new in late '97 or early '98. I like it because it will shoot any 12ga round regardless of length. I'd really hate to narrow it down to just one, because I really enjoy using the assortment that I own. The first runner up would most likely be my 12ga Model 12.

Only have one shotgun, a Remington 870 Express, about 10 years old. Always goes bang when I pull the trigger and have had no extraction problems with it whatsoever.

All of them. Anything that isn't dependable, wouldn't stay around for very long.

^that too +1 and then some.

My 870.

870 Express Magnum. Smooth as butter, and goes bang every time.

Winchester 1300, hands down...

Benelli SBE