Looking for a new shotgun. My spending limit is right around $1,000(ish). Gun will be used for turkey, dove, quail, and ducks. I’d like it to be gas operated rather than recoil inertia or anything else.
First off, my first question here is I’ll be new to turkey hunting, so do I need or should I get a 3.5” gun or will 3” suffice? My aversion to 3.5” guns is the fact that I hear they don’t always reliably cycle the 2 3/4 light load quail shells very well.
Now on to the options:
Remington V3 (3”)
Beretta A300 (3”)
Winchester SX4 (3.5”)
Remington Versa Max (3.5”)
Browning A5 (3.5”)
I know the versa max runs plus 1,000 but I can get a good deal on it through my dealer. As far as the A5 goes I know they are recoil operated but I have a friend who is just adamant that I add it to my list of considerations saying the brand new 3.5” A5’s are just amazing and the best of the best of the best today and would be the best shotgun I could ever own and the softest shooting. I’ve got an old old old auto-5 that I like and still runs flawless but don’t know beans about the new ones. Also I know they are closer to 1500 but if they are truly this amazing thing then.
So anyway if I need 3.5” for turkey and or ducks then people can eliminate the V3 and A300. I’m new to these two hunting types so I don’t know how necessary 3.5” truly is. If 3” will easily suffice what I need or if it’s true that 3.5” shotguns won’t reliably cycle my light quail loads then scratch those off. Unless when comparing the versa max and V3 the versa max is a true better more reliable better stronger made shotgun.
First off, my first question here is I’ll be new to turkey hunting, so do I need or should I get a 3.5” gun or will 3” suffice? My aversion to 3.5” guns is the fact that I hear they don’t always reliably cycle the 2 3/4 light load quail shells very well.
Now on to the options:
Remington V3 (3”)
Beretta A300 (3”)
Winchester SX4 (3.5”)
Remington Versa Max (3.5”)
Browning A5 (3.5”)
I know the versa max runs plus 1,000 but I can get a good deal on it through my dealer. As far as the A5 goes I know they are recoil operated but I have a friend who is just adamant that I add it to my list of considerations saying the brand new 3.5” A5’s are just amazing and the best of the best of the best today and would be the best shotgun I could ever own and the softest shooting. I’ve got an old old old auto-5 that I like and still runs flawless but don’t know beans about the new ones. Also I know they are closer to 1500 but if they are truly this amazing thing then.
So anyway if I need 3.5” for turkey and or ducks then people can eliminate the V3 and A300. I’m new to these two hunting types so I don’t know how necessary 3.5” truly is. If 3” will easily suffice what I need or if it’s true that 3.5” shotguns won’t reliably cycle my light quail loads then scratch those off. Unless when comparing the versa max and V3 the versa max is a true better more reliable better stronger made shotgun.