Evyl Robot
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On Saturday, the wife and I were at the pawn shop that we frequent. We have been wanting to get into long guns, as we have been on a revolver binge since we started shooting. At the pawn shop, we decided to fondle shotguns.
Long story short, we wound up purchasing a 28-inch Winchester 1300 20-gauge. --and we love it! We went through 50 rounds at the range on Saturday, and you would have thought that we were a couple of kids with a new toy! I had no idea that a pump action would cycle this smooth and quickly, and the recoil is still low enough that it doesn't bother my wife's shoulder, which she has had trouble with in the past.
It's scratched and dinged (the gun, not my wife's shoulder), so I don't have to be paranoid about its looks, but functioned flawlessly. The bluing is mostly intact, and the stock has most of the finish on it.
After shooting, my friend that works at the range pulled out the choke tube to look at it. To his surprise, it came out with finger force, and would not thread back in. Now, the gun is with the smith, and I haven't heard back about it. Worst case scenario, if they can't get the choke tube back in, I think I'll have the barrel cut down to the limits of the law, and make it a dedicated house gun.
One thing that I keep asking myself is why we didn't do this sooner. We only paid $150.00 for the gun, which seems like a pretty good deal to me. This thing is cheap to feed at the range, and we both love shooting it. How could be possibly be wrong? Does that price seem fair for this gun to some of you shotgun aficionados? Thanks!
--Michael
Long story short, we wound up purchasing a 28-inch Winchester 1300 20-gauge. --and we love it! We went through 50 rounds at the range on Saturday, and you would have thought that we were a couple of kids with a new toy! I had no idea that a pump action would cycle this smooth and quickly, and the recoil is still low enough that it doesn't bother my wife's shoulder, which she has had trouble with in the past.
It's scratched and dinged (the gun, not my wife's shoulder), so I don't have to be paranoid about its looks, but functioned flawlessly. The bluing is mostly intact, and the stock has most of the finish on it.
After shooting, my friend that works at the range pulled out the choke tube to look at it. To his surprise, it came out with finger force, and would not thread back in. Now, the gun is with the smith, and I haven't heard back about it. Worst case scenario, if they can't get the choke tube back in, I think I'll have the barrel cut down to the limits of the law, and make it a dedicated house gun.
One thing that I keep asking myself is why we didn't do this sooner. We only paid $150.00 for the gun, which seems like a pretty good deal to me. This thing is cheap to feed at the range, and we both love shooting it. How could be possibly be wrong? Does that price seem fair for this gun to some of you shotgun aficionados? Thanks!
--Michael