Dependable pump shotgun

[entropy]

Considering I can buy a new one at Walmart for $159, I hope your decent price is around $100.
They are your run of the mill basic pump. I have not fired one, so you're one up on me, but they seem a decent gun for the price. I'd pick it up for a placeholder until I found an 870, but any working shotgun at that price is not a bad deal.
Hey what's up with your avatar? Copycat.

 

[DynoDan1]

I just got back from the range yesterday and shot some heavy duty deer slugs for the first time.
Won't be doing that again anytime soon!!!
Gave the remaining 40 rounds to my friend, who by the way will probably no longer be my friend after he shoots these
damn Godforsaken rounds!!!
Didn't even know about your avatar at the time I registered.

 

[entropy]

Yeah, slugs kick a bit. I shot 5 or 6 a year; five to check zero on the scope, (cantilever mount barrel) and 1 if I got a deer.

 

[flightsimmer]

I just got back from the range yesterday and shot some heavy duty deer slugs for the first time.
Won't be doing that again anytime soon!!!
Gave the remaining 40 rounds to my friend, who by the way will probably no longer be my friend after he shoots these
damn Godforsaken rounds!!!
Didn't even know about your avatar at the time I registered.

You didn't say what length they were, 2-3/4, 3, or 3-1/2". Also they come in different weights.
Years ago I bought a box of 5, 3-1/2" 12 gauge shells, I still have 3 of them.
Ohhhhhh the pain.

 

[DynoDan1]

You didn't say what length they were, 2-3/4, 3, or 3-1/2". Also they come in different weights.
Years ago I bought a box of 5, 3-1/2" 12 gauge shells, I still have 3 of them.
Ohhhhhh the pain.

2-3/4 X 1.0oz
Fiocchi
I bought these not knowing much if anything about shotguns and shotgun ammo.
I do know one thing, I won't be buying these again!!!

 

[flightsimmer]

2-3/4 X 1.0oz
Fiocchi
I bought these not knowing much if anything about shotguns and shotgun ammo.
I do know one thing, I won't be buying these again!!!View attachment 1032344

Hmmm, and that appears to be a lite load at 1150 fps.

 

[Dirtybob]

I have a few of those same fiocchi slugs and yes, they do have a kick.
The yellow box ones are 'low recoil' 1150 fps (very comfy to shoot), the pictured slugs are a little hotter...

 

[flightsimmer]

I have a few of those same fiocchi slugs and yes, they do have a kick.
The yellow box ones are 'low recoil' 1150 fps (very comfy to shoot), the pictured slugs are a little hotter...

Yes, I would say so at 1560 fps.

 

[DynoDan1]

Hmmm, and that appears to be a lite load at 1150 fps.

I don't know where you see 1150 fps, these are 1560 fps.

 

[DynoDan1]

I have a few of those same fiocchi slugs and yes, they do have a kick.
The yellow box ones are 'low recoil' 1150 fps (very comfy to shoot), the pictured slugs are a little hotter...

A little hotter???
They are insanely hot!!!
I've shot many shotguns in my day, even shot a 10 gauge many moons ago.
These slugs make that10 gauge seem like a BB gun!.

 

[flightsimmer]

I don't know where you see 1150 fps, these are 1560 fps.

I looked them up on the net and that's what it said. They weren't the hot ones.

 

[DynoDan1]

I included a picture of the box of slugs. In my Stevens model 320 12 ga. shotgun these are NOT fun to shoot!!! The ones I shot were 1560 fps. from that box.

 

[flightsimmer]

Can you imagine a 12 gauge 3-1/2" shooting a 2-1/4 oz load, I forget the velocity but dang.

I might be in error, that could have been 10 gauge.

 

[Dirtybob]

A little hotter???
They are insanely hot!!!
I've shot many shotguns in my day, even shot a 10 gauge many moons ago.
These slugs make that10 gauge seem like a BB gun!.

Lol, try them from a 4 pound single shot for me then report back (about your detached retina.)
First time I shot one (from my over 8 pound pump) was a *** moment. I didn't think they would kick quite as harsh as they did.

 

[mcb]

Yeah, standard Remington 1 oz sluggers are 1680 fps for the 2-3/4" and 1760 fps for the 3" version. Remington does offer a 1 oz slug 1560 fps in a 2-3/4" shell and the Managed Recoil Sluggers are 1200 fps. Spent a lot of years hunting deer with 3" inch sluggers in Ohio where I grew up. Slug only state back then. I use the Manage Recoil slugs for 3-gun matches, they are just like shooting targets loads, very mild recoil.

Lightfield has made a 1-3/8 oz slug at 1890 fps in a 3.5 inch shell. You have to think real hard (or not at all) before pull the trigger on that.

Can you imagine a 12 gauge 3-1/2" shooting a 2-1/4 oz load, I forget the velocity but dang.

My favorite Turkey load is 2.25 oz of #5 shot ~1150fps from my Browning BPS 3.5" Stalker. You don't nap through the recoil but I have taken turkey at a bit over 50 yards with it.

 

[DynoDan1]

Lol, try them from a 4 pound single shot for me then report back (about your detached retina.)
First time I shot one (from my over 8 pound pump) was a *** moment. I didn't think they would kick quite as harsh as they did.

4 Pound single shot???
What the heck is a 4 pound single shot???
8 pounds???

 

[flightsimmer]

4 Pound single shot???
What the heck is a 4 pound single shot???
8 pounds???

What!!!! My 7+1, 12 gauge Mossberg 500a is only 6 lb. 14 oz. unloaded.

 

[Insignificant bill]

Id use a wearable recoil pad with
those.

 

[Dirtybob]

Just weighed my H&R, 8.6 pounds unloaded. Soaks up recoil nicely.

Lightfield has made a 1-3/8 oz slug at 1890 fps in a 3.5 inch shell. You have to think real hard (or not at all) before pull the trigger on that

I think I'm developing a flinch just from reading about it.

 

[entropy]

4 Pound single shot???
What the heck is a 4 pound single shot???
8 pounds???

The Midland single shots in .410 are just over 4, the 12's are about 4.5.

My Single shot is about 10 lbs.

 

[DynoDan1]

The Midland single shots in .410 are just over 4, the 12's are about 4.5.

My Single shot is about 10 lbs.

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Ah, so you guy's are talking about the weight of the shotgun!
I have no idea how much a Stevens 12 gauge service pump action shotgun weighs.
Does weight matter? Why?

Well, according to my bathroom scale it weighs about 8.6 pounds

 

[entropy]

You don't need to go on a diet as bad as you thought. (unless it was fully loaded, in which case I have to wonder why you'd put a loaded shotgun on a scale. )
Empty weight on them is 7 lb 3 oz.
But I will tell you this-Even with the recoil reducer and 10 lb. weight of my Ljutic, I still would not shoot a one ounce slug going 1560 fps through it!

 

[troy fairweather]

Id give a very hard look at the browning bps, I am.

 

[DynoDan1]

Hmm...I'm pretty sure my scale is accurate and my math was as well (I had to first weigh myself and then me with the shotgun, and no it wasn't loaded!)
Yeah, shooting this gun with the shells I bought proved to be a lesson well learned. I will not be shooting them or buying them ever again.
I'm not exaggerating about the recoil. I can handle some pretty stout recoil and the recoil of these is unmanageable for me and I believe
it would be the same for just about anyone else with the exception of maybe a 6'6" 285 pound, corn fed, muscle bound, Nebraska kid!!
I've shot a fair number of shotguns in my day and this is by far the most extreme I've ever shot of any gun, both handgun or rifle including a
50 BMG and a .50 S&W.

 

[DynoDan1]

Id give a very hard look at the browning bps, I am.

Well since my brother has offered to sell me his Stevens 320 for next to nothing, I'll stick with the Stevens for now.
It goes BOOM every time I squeeze the trigger and that's good enough for me.