FN Police Shotgun???

[Green Lantern]

When considering my eventual purchase of a 12-ga pump action shotgun (mainly for home defense), about the only thing I had in mind was a Mossberg 500. Budget is a factor, but never realized that there were so many stories of problems with them floating around. Though like the "Glock KABOOM," it may be more legend than common fact.

Then when reading Gun Tests, along comes The FN Police Shotgun

IIRC - Best in class 2006 from the Gun Tests people, but I know it was highly rated.

Let's see - corrosion resistant finish, 7+1 capacity, 18" barrel. Great, how much would THIS set me back? Oh? Oooooh.....that's not too bad!

From what I've seen locally, the price stacks up nicely to the ol' Mossy.

Now from the words of the GT folk, the FN has trouble feeding 3-inch shells. So that one minor (for me at least) caveat aside, anyone here have any experiences pro or con with the FN?

 

[Glockamolie]

I think it is essentially a Winchester 1300. I think an 870 (even an Express) would be better, and I own a 1300 Defender. For HD on a budget, this is hard to beat:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/95077

 

[Fred Fuller]

The 'Search This Forum' function is your friend.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=170316

Still have it, still like it... (but still like 870s better).

lpl/nc

 

[Green Lantern]

D'oh...I did try one search and was bewildered at the number of results. Including topics I'd been active in! Seems that when I searched for "FN police shotgun" it said at the top that the terms FN and shotgun were too short or too common...!

I wasn't feeling persistent though, so I gave up after that...

Thanks for the replies and link!