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Good shotgun around 500$

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I'm looking for a good shotgun for around 500$. I would like a auto and wood. Suggestions please.
 
How much is a lower end browning shot gun auto 12 ga wood stock?
 
I've been seeing a lot of shooter grade Browning A-5s and Remington 11-48s in the used market in my area for well under the $500 mark.

Used is going to be the only way you'll get semi auto and wood furniture for your budget.

I'm not usually the guy to recommend saving a bit more and buying a better gun (not that the Browning or older Remington's are bad) but today, I'm going to be that guy.

I wish I had taken advantage of the $400 Saiga 12 days. That's a nice looking semi auto, and there is something very appealing about the wood furniture of the AK family.
 
I was in the same boat as you. .. I was going to get a stoeger or weatherby sa 08 but instead I bought a used browning gold hunter for 600.
 
I would go with the Mossberg or save a couple hundred more and look at a Rem. 1100 or Beretta A300 Outlander if you want new. If you are willing to go used, I bet you could find a Remington 1100 in pretty good shape for $500.
 
Mossberg 930 in Walnut should run around $525-550. It will fire just about any 12ga 2.75 or 3" shell with no adjustments, from light target loads to 3" turkey loads. While the Remington 1100 and Browning A5 are fine shotguns in their own right, I think a 930 would be a better choice for an all-around shotgun.
 
rule303 said:
Mossberg 930 in Walnut should run around $525-550. It will fire just about any 12ga 2.75 or 3" shell with no adjustments, from light target loads to 3" turkey loads. While the Remington 1100 and Browning A5 are fine shotguns in their own right, I think a 930 would be a better choice for an all-around shotgun.
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In my experience with them, the Mossberg 930 is one of the least reliable semi-automatic shotguns available. Mossberg's quality control had certainly proven to be lacking in the past and until they make some serious changes I can't recommend them.

To be fair, though, their customer service usually does a good job of fixing their manufacturing problems.
 
New? Not gonna happen. I'm not bashing any brands but when it comes to new guns, you almost always get what you pay for. Older I would go with the 1100. Older guns usually have beautiful furniture with absolutely gorgeous patinas from years of "hand oiling". I would take older wood furniture and a little more weight, any day.
 
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In my experience with them, the Mossberg 930 is one of the least reliable semi-automatic shotguns available. Mossberg's quality control had certainly proven to be lacking in the past and until they make some serious changes I can't recommend them.

To be fair, though, their customer service usually does a good job of fixing their manufacturing problems.
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My experience has been the exact opposite. I personally own, and have sold a lot of 930's and only had one with an issue, that was a crooked front sight on an SPX. I rarely have seen an 1100 make it through more than 100 shots without having to be broken down, cleaned and lubed. Granted, many of the 1100's out there are 50 years old and are considerably worn. New 1100's are only available in the Sporting line, and are approaching $1k, so that really isn't an option.
 
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My experience has been the exact opposite. I personally own, and have sold a lot of 930's and only had one with an issue, that was a crooked front sight on an SPX. I rarely have seen an 1100 make it through more than 100 shots without having to be broken down, cleaned and lubed. Granted, many of the 1100's out there are 50 years old and are considerably worn. New 1100's are only available in the Sporting line, and are approaching $1k, so that really isn't an option.
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Well, we each have different experiences to be sure. My experience with 930s has all been in 3 gun competition. I haven't seem a single one go 75 rounds without a malfunction (usually a double feed or the bolt locking open with a round on the lifter). My own 930, a JM Pro Series, was this exact way until I did some serious work on it. Heck, my gun even came from the factory with a big enough dent in the magazine tube that I could only load 4 shells into it as opposed to the 9 that I was supposed to be able to... After fixing that I changed the poorly made sheet metal follower for an aftermarket one that has worked considerably better.

The other modifications that had to be done to get it to run as well as it should have from the factory are far too numerous to list.
 
My experience with 930s has all been in 3 gun competition. I haven't seem a single one go 75 rounds without a malfunction (usually a double feed or the bolt locking open with a round on the lifter).
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My experience has been completely different, although I do know 2 people that had issues with the SPX model when it first came out. I shoot my 930 Rhythm in 3 gun and it has run probably in the high hundred of rounds now without a single malfunction ( I just got it last December). I've got 2 friends running the JM model, one short and one long barrel, and they've never had a malfunction shooting with me.
 
I might just save up a few more months and get a browning. Just try to get a extra 3-500$.
 
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