Where have all the bolt action shotguns gone?

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I had an old Mossberg my aunt had, got stolen, didn't care. :D Actually, she was my step dad's aunt, so she wasn't really kin. Buddies have owned and I've shot a Marlin Goose Gun and a 10 gauge Marlin Super Goose. These were specialty guns with full choke fixed barrels that were past they're usefulness in a steel shot world, but sorta okay for goose hunting. I think I can shoot my H&R 10 gauge about as fast, though. :rolleyes:

Here's a pic I googled....34" barrel on the super goose, 36 on the 12 gauge goose gun.....

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I have an old Wards Western Field (Mossberg) 20 ga bolt. I shot several ducks, pheasants, grouse, and even a deer with it in my youth. One thing I learned was to make the first shot count! As far as the bolt handle being the only thing locking the bolt- have you seen the locking blocks on any of the newer pumps and autos? There is less material there than the bolt handle. Shotguns operate at 1/4 the pressure of most centerfire rifles, you just don't need that much strength.
Keystone Arms, the folks that make the Cricket and Chipmunk rifles are making a new bolt action shotgun, but it is priced at around $400, I think that is going to be a hard sell in a market full of $300 pump guns.
 
Thanks for all the feedback! I do value other opinions,I admit for blasting away a more than one deer at a time,the 695 is not your gun! I dont hunt that way! Nor do my kids! As we dont leave crippled deer wandering around to die,as I see after every season because some people just blast away! As for shotgun shell use, they do fine for turkey and average game! It also sayes alot if you know the 695 was made in 3 versions. The first was blued smooth bore, second was rifled matte, and the third was camo smooth with screw out chokes. It's kind of like using a muzzleloader, you take care,and make your shots count! I do own pumps and semiautos, but I myself perfer to challenge myself. The browning is a good one,as is the savage, cost wise I get more bang for my buck with mossberg!
 
Thankyou all, Its nice to know there are people that use bolt-action shotguns! Now I don't feel so old, and out of date!
 
First 12ga shell I ever shot was from a Glenfield bolt action. The second shell tended to hangup from the detachable mag. I long for a tube-fed bolt 20ga, just because.
 
I have four JC Higgins Model 10's that I bought for less than $300. With some creative swapping of parts, furniture refinishing and wire brushing, I ended up with these two as my favorites. And just as soon as I can find one or two more bolts, I'm gonna polish out the third gun (leaving the full length barrel) and then do something REALLY creative on the fourth......:D


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i had one of them mossberg .410 boltguns and it was the sweetest starling gun ever smooth bolt always feed right never gave me an issue so maybe i was just lucky
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I know it is not just you. I have several and all have never given me any troubles. I know that the guys I shoot with that don't like bolt guns is because they miss the first shot and want to quickly cover the miss.
 
I'd say it's because more people would buy a rifled slug barrel for a pump or semi auto in this day and age, for use with sabot slugs. In single shots the H&R slug gun is popular, and as someone mentioned Savage makes a bolt action rifled slug gun.
 
Should be getting my 20ga bolt this Sunday, if all goes well. Probably spent too much ($125) but it looks pristine in the pics.
 
I'd say it's because more people would buy a rifled slug barrel for a pump or semi auto in this day and age, for use with sabot slugs.
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Old post, but why would anyone want a rifled slug barrel unless they're in one of those commie states that don't allow real rifles for deer hunting? The logic escapes me. And, I don't think Alaska has that big a market, either. There's what, the same population in that state as Corpus Christi? :D

Slug guns collect dust on gun shop shelves around here unless they have rails and pistol grips and 20 round magazines and other such tacticool ornamentation.
 
I'm selling my 95% Super Goose 10 Ga. for $300 and allready have 5 offers on it! It shoots steel out of it's full choke and super thick barrel very well ! Puts steel BBS into a 24" pattern at 50 yards with Ballistic Pattern driver wads. I used to keep it in the blind as a second gun while shooting 3" Benelli Black Shadow 12ga. for those high fliers until the club asked me NOT to ! Now I just use the BPS 10gauge for all water fowl and vary the loads,screw them!
 
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... unless they're in one of those commie states that don't allow real rifles for deer hunting? The logic escapes me. ...
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It's got nothing to do with communism, it involves public reaction to incompetent and unsafe hunters, one of whom, in New York State just a few years ago, killed a 3-year old girl as she played in her trailer. The hunter IIRC was using a .300 magnum and wasn't sure of his "target and what's beyond," to quote the rule he was taught during his hunter safety course. He was remorseful, but is now doing time and petitioning for his release. I suspect that as the population of NYS increases, it will eventually become a "shotgun only" state like New Jersey, and I'll be listing my rifles on Gunbroker.
In the meantime, I'm keeping an eye out for a good buy on a rifled barreled shotgun "just in case." :)
 
Starting to veer off topic on the shotgun slug only states but the laws are as stupid as those that make them. I can't use a rifle for deer, only slugs, but I can use a muzzle loader with rifle bullets and sabots producing rifle ballistics that are way better than my 30-30. I can shoot saboted slugs out of a shotgun that run 2000 fps and are jacketed softpoints but I can't use a 30-30. I can shoot my contender handgun with any length straight walled case (45-70, maybe 32-40) or certain bottle necked cases 300 whisper, but can't use a 30-30. Makes no sense to me. I can use a 460 or 500 S&W too but have to stay with a shotgun and slugs for deer.
BTW...I can shoot coyotes with a 300 Weatherby if I want to.
 
Starting to veer off topic on the shotgun slug only states but the laws are as stupid as those that make them. I can't use a rifle for deer, only slugs, but I can use a muzzle loader with rifle bullets and sabots producing rifle ballistics that are way better than my 30-30. I can shoot saboted slugs out of a shotgun that run 2000 fps and are jacketed softpoints but I can't use a 30-30. I can shoot my contender handgun with any length straight walled case (45-70, maybe 32-40) or certain bottle necked cases 300 whisper, but can't use a 30-30. Makes no sense to me. I can use a 460 or 500 S&W too but have to stay with a shotgun and slugs for deer.
BTW...I can shoot coyotes with a 300 Weatherby if I want to.
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Same here... muzzle loader with sabot are ok any straight walled pistol 5" barrel above .357 dia. or shotgun sabots are ok handi rifle in 44 mag no!
But it is just fine to squirrel hunt with a .600 nitro express :banghead:
A 20 ga rifled tracker II is a blast to shoot with hard cast round balls doing 1260 fps :evil::D:evil:
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When I was little more than a speck my brothers jammed up a bolt shotgun. apparently it had a history of jamming. I do not remember the gauge. They brought it in the house and dad was trying to get it unjammed at the kitchen table. "Someone" goofed and the next thing we know there is a hole in floor.

There was never another bolt action anything at the homestead.
 
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My older brother gave me my first shotgun. A Mossberg 190 20 ga. bolt action with the adjustable poly-choke on the end of a 26" barrel.

It was very accurate and built like a tank (almost as heavy)...

Here's a 16 ga. for sale on gunbroker: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=273463174
 
I had seen a few bolt shotguns at gun shows cheap, and was considering getting one and shortening it to the legal minimum to make a cheap trunk gun.
One day, I stopped at Gander Mountain, a store I never go to due to their high prices. On the used rack was a Mossberg 12ga bolt gun which looked absolutely like new...I was surprised to see it was marked $65!
At that price, I couldn't resist.
I have not shot it. I won't carry out my trunk gun idea on this one, because it is just too nice. One of these days, I will get it out to the range. It seems to hand cycle 2/34" shells fine from the two round mag...three inch, not so well, without tweaking the mag lips.
 
My hunting buddy as a kid used a Mossberg bolt .410 and I had a Winchester singleshot 20ga. We shot piles of rabbits, squirrel, and grouse with those guns. I don't ever remember him complaining about his gun.
 
Bolt shotguns

I learned to shoot a 'Red Ryder' bb gun, then an old Rem. .22 with a bolt you had to 'cock'. I traded the Rem for a Stevens single shot .410 bolt action. It was a little beatup, but I never had any trouble with it. I liked it! After I married, I received a Stevens single shot break action .410 from my wife for Christmas, 1968. I still have it and love it. I also have a Stevens 311 sxs 20 gauge. AND, last but not least on my 'I like it" list: a Stevens 258a BOLT action 20 gauge with a 2 shot detachable magazine. It wasn't in the best of shape when I got a few months ago. I disassembled it, cold blued the metal, and sanded the stock. After about 8 hand-rubbed coats of boiled linseed oil, I put three layers of a polycoat on it. It will probably be sold in a few years. It will NOT be sold by me. The kids and grandkids can do with my guns as they please after I'm GONE!!! LOL
 
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