What hunting item do you regret buying most?

[Nosaj]

I consider my late 90's Express Super Mag a regret as I felt the thing swung like a club so much so that as soon as I could I replaced it with a Beretta and then a Benelli I did. Then along comes my 13 yr old son ready to move up from his 20 ga SA to a 12 ga and he thinks the pump action with it's associated Ch-chunk every time he slaps one home is the coolest thing ever. I think not having to fork over the cash for another gun is the coolest thing ever, not to mention the fact that Daddy needs some lighter climbing sticks for next year!

 

[Vtbow]

I consider my late 90's Express Super Mag a regret as I felt the thing swung like a club so much so that as soon as I could I replaced it with a Beretta and then a Benelli I did. Then along comes my 13 yr old son ready to move up from his 20 ga SA to a 12 ga and he thinks the pump action with it's associated Ch-chunk every time he slaps one home is the coolest thing ever. I think not having to fork over the cash for another gun is the coolest thing ever, not to mention the fact that Daddy needs some lighter climbing sticks for next year!

dont let him shoot the binelli...or he'll never want to shoot the super mag again.... THe "chj-chunk" is easily forgotten when you can just keep pullig the trigger!

 

[DroptineKrazy]

Aah the Ch-Chunk. What a fond childhood memory

 

[Nosaj]

dont let him shoot the binelli...or he'll never want to shoot the super mag again.... THe "chj-chunk" is easily forgotten when you can just keep pullig the trigger!

He had been shooting on a 20 ga gas operated semiauto for the previous 5 yrs. The youth model gas operated semi was easy for him to control and light on the shoulder so he was used to pulling the trigger and having it fire. He has shot the Benelli and could have used the Beretta A390 SA he just like the old slap hammer and he is pretty accurate with it. You get lucky everyonce in a while.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Oh dear...here we go ...

I"m right handed...no need for anything ambi. Like the safety to be function the same as my other non ambi rifles. I like a steel receiver. Considering how I beat on this thing, grit(dirt), use, and liquid(rain, lake water) pretty much creates a natural rubbing compound for for aluminum, wearing and causing slop(which I already feel the tolerances arent as good). Doesn't load low brass as well.... I only use it for migratory bird, so no problem with the tube stop. I"ll give you the bluing one, my 870 is painted. No need for a non-losable barrel release since the tolerances are better, it doesnt come lose on its own

I can understand preferences. But on a 500 you don't have to break shooting grip to run the controls. Maybe it's just my tiny hands talking, but that makes sense. As far as the aluminum receiver wearing, that's been a real big problem for the DOD over the years. Those ole Vietnam era receivers are worn down to dust.

 

[Vtbow]

He had been shooting on a 20 ga gas operated semiauto for the previous 5 yrs. The youth model gas operated semi was easy for him to control and light on the shoulder so he was used to pulling the trigger and having it fire. He has shot the Benelli and could have used the Beretta A390 SA he just like the old slap hammer and he is pretty accurate with it. You get lucky everyonce in a while.

I like shooting pump too, and do the majority of the time...but every once in a while I take out the ole 11-48 with some tungsten to whack the woodies and teals...they are just so flippin fast!

 

[DroptineKrazy]

Limited shotgun experience here as I haven't duck or turkey hunted for years but I never had a pump jam on me.

 

[Vtbow]

I can understand preferences. But on a 500 you don't have to break shooting grip to run the controls. Maybe it's just my tiny hands talking, but that makes sense. As far as the aluminum receiver wearing, that's been a real big problem for the DOD over the years. Those ole Vietnam era receivers are worn down to dust.

It is definitely your small delicate hands.

Didn't they have issues with those receivers melting? And they weren't made of bud light cans like they mossbergs are...

 

[hokiehunter373]

I hate turkey hunting, and somehow a savage 220 and a beretta silver pigeon found their way into my gun safe. Between those and my trusty old mossberg 500 20 gauge, I dont have much use for the 1187.

Wait are you using your 220 for turkeys??

Edit: Ahh I see they now have a dedicated turkey gun. Wasn't a thing when I got my 220. Dayum this site!

 

[Nutterbuster]

It is definitely your small delicate hands.

Didn't they have issues with those receivers melting? And they weren't made of bud light cans like they mossbergs are...

I honestly have no clue. I know enough guns have aluminum receivers and "tupperware" furniture for me to feel good about it. Wood and steel are nice until they swell and rust. Aluminum oxidizes like a champion.

For real, to me the 500 has always seemed like a better designed gun. Why the heck would Remington put the slide release as far forwards as possible? Why does the forend nut need to detach so I can set it somewhere and have to look for it every time I disassemble the gun? And why, for the love of jove, do I have to pry that spring stop out of the magazine to get inside?

I do agree the tolerances are sloppy. And every shotgun manufacturer that doesn't give you a knurled IC/mod/full choke set can go sit on a traffic cone.

Edit: and a shim kit. Why do I have to pay 2k for a gun to come with an extra inch of material on the chokes and a nickels worth of plastic? Come on, guys.

 

[Nosaj]

It is definitely your small delicate hands.

Didn't they have issues with those receivers melting? And they weren't made of bud light cans like they mossbergs are...

OK, I'll bite! The first shotgun I bought was a mushberg model 500. The trigger housing pins would wear the holes oversize in the aluminum receiver and the pins would fall out so you had to use an old bolt to hold the trigger in and the plastic sliding thumb safety on the top of the receiver would break off. If you were luck only the bottom half of the safety would break off so you could still keep using the safety until the new one came in.

 

[Vtbow]

And why, for the love of jove, do I have to pry that spring stop out of the magazine to get inside?

Obviously so that you REMEMBER you took it out and dont end up in the boat shoving too many shells in there and go..."O ****, wheres my plug..."

yeah, the aluminium/steel debat is probably a null point, I just like the idea that I know steel wears better, and everything else is built so crappy on (both) these shotguns I like knowing if poor materials were used, its a stronger poor material...not that I"ve heard of any failures... EDIT: O stand corrected I've now heard of @Nosaj 's issues with the aluminum receiver

I agree, the mossberg is a well designed gun, and could be a real decent gun ...maybe even better than the 870...if it was made by a manufacturer with a better attention to detail and quality control...

 

[BTaylor]

I honestly have no clue. I know enough guns have aluminum receivers and "tupperware" furniture for me to feel good about it. Wood and steel are nice until they swell and rust. Aluminum oxidizes like a champion.

For real, to me the 500 has always seemed like a better designed gun. Why the heck would Remington put the slide release as far forwards as possible? Why does the forend nut need to detach so I can set it somewhere and have to look for it every time I disassemble the gun? And why, for the love of jove, do I have to pry that spring stop out of the magazine to get inside?

I do agree the tolerances are sloppy. And every shotgun manufacturer that doesn't give you a knurled IC/mod/full choke set can go sit on a traffic cone.

Edit: and a shim kit. Why do I have to pay 2k for a gun to come with an extra inch of material on the chokes and a nickels worth of plastic? Come on, guys.

Let me make sure I am following. Your dislikes of the remington are your short arms, small hands, inability to decide which eye is dominant, inattentiveness and proclivity for losing things coupled with a desire to violate and run 5 shells in your duck gun?

 

[Vtbow]

Let me make sure I am following. Your dislikes of the remington are your short arms, small hands, inability to decide which eye is dominant, inattentiveness and proclivity for losing things coupled with a desire to violate and run 5 shells in your duck gun?

MWAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA..I literally just laughed outloud...

Don't forget its too heavy for him with that steel receiver....

 

[FishBlood&RiverMud]

Once i was convinced to buy Buffalo Wool Company fingerless gloves. $90
They lasted 3 weeks and were full of holes. Couldn't get ahold of company regarding their poor product.

Been wearing the cheapest wool fingerless gloves from Amazon since, and i go through one pair a year. $12

 

[Nutterbuster]

Let me make sure I am following. Your dislikes of the remington are your short arms, small hands, inability to decide which eye is dominant, inattentiveness and proclivity for losing things coupled with a desire to violate and run 5 shells in your duck gun?

Yes, yes, no, yes and yes coupled with I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Obviously so that you REMEMBER you took it out and dont end up in the boat shoving too many shells in there and go..."O ****, wheres my plug..."

yeah, the aluminium/steel debat is probably a null point, I just like the idea that I know steel wears better, and everything else is built so crappy on (both) these shotguns I like knowing if poor materials were used, its a stronger poor material...not that I"ve heard of any failures... EDIT: O stand corrected I've now heard of @Nosaj 's issues with the aluminum receiver

I agree, the mossberg is a well designed gun, and could be a real decent gun ...maybe even better than the 870...if it was made by a manufacturer with a better attention to detail and quality control...

What we need is for Browning to copy it but make it bottom eject like the BPS. Why shuck shells in your buddies face when you can just shoot them into the floor of the blind? Include knurled chokes and a shim kit, and voila, perfect pump.

For real, if you want a nice thing, BPS is the only modern pump gun that I've held and admired the fit and finish.

 

[Vtbow]

What we need is for Browning to copy it but make it bottom eject like the BPS. Include knurled chokes and a shim kit, and voila, perfect pump.

For real, if you want a nice thing, BPS is the only modern pump gun that I've held and admired the fit and finish.

Ithaca model 37 featherlite. Other than not coming with the knurled chokes its perfect-it does come with 3 choke tubes though.

 

[bj139]

My first gun is an Ithaca 37 Deluxe pump in 20 gauge with bottom ejection. I still have it. I also have a Browning BPS. The bottom ejection is nice on each.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Ithaca model 37 featherlite. Other than not coming with the knurled chokes its perfect-it does come with 3 choke tubes though.

Yeah, my dad's boss can shoot anything he wants and has Franchis, Berettas, Benellis, Brownings, etc. 90% of the time he totes an ole Ithaca.

What I think we can agree on is an 870 is garbage and a Nova is ugly garbage.