Lost 2 birds from a jammed gun....getting a new 12 ga

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well today was the second day in a row that my winchester 1200 jammed up when i need it to work...lost a duck yesterday...and a goose today. I have been using the win 1200 that my grandfather left me to waterfowl for that last few years. It only shoots 2 3/4 shells and i have always prided myself on ..If it was good enuf for one of the best men i ever knew ....it was good enuf for me. Well the jam problem has always been there and i really think i want to upgrade to something that shoots 3-31/2 shells. I'm thinking $500 is my price range. I hunt ALOT in the past 40 days i have been out 30 times......I'm not getting alot of shoots on birds these days so i need a gun that will work EVERY TIME!! I'm leaning towards the Benelli Nova 26 barrel in black synthetic. What do ya think?
 
does it have toi be semi auto? i use a remington 870 with a pistol grip for ducks love it last time i went out i felt proud 3 teal 3 shots
 
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Been there too with a 1200, had to get aggressive with the pumping action. Also, check your plug in the magazine tube; a small diameter plug with square ends will have a tendency to catch up on the spring and not let the gun feed a fresh round. If you want a good reliable shotgun, try a Mossberg with a vent rib, you can't go wrong. Spend the money you save on ammo. I bought a Baikal auto MP-153 (Made in Russia and Remington bought them out) several years ago and its got an adjustable compensator on it a for different loads. I shoot skeet and hunt waterfowl with it......... Love it, its never let me down; neither have my old Mossberg's. Suggest keeping the 1200 as an heirloom.
 
I've got the Nova that you are interested in. Mine has the 28" barrel and a Kick's High Flier choke. The only time it didn't work was when it had a stick in the action and it fires everything thrown in it. I have noticed that the Nova and Super Nova are rather bulky compared to some other options. I personally like the bulkiness. If you don't like plastic, don't even look at Benelli. The reciever, stock, action handle, trigger housing....all plastic or covered with it. What that means to me is I don't have to worry about rust :)
 
ya.. i really don't like plastic...but i'm not in this for looks. I want birds on the ground and i really don't have a ton of $ to get what i want(super blackeagle) so i have to get what will work.. i'm going to get a new gun in 13 hours... season is wasting away....as of now the nova is my top choice..... The 1200 will not be getting traded in....that gun will stay with me till i die.... Any more suggestions?
 
i love my 870, mines shoots 2 3/4 - 3. fairly cheap and doesn't jam, except when i put cheap target ammo in it. rather the ammo not the gun.
 
I wouldn't shoot steel shot through an old 1200 anyway. Is it steel compatible? I doubt it. I've never shot the 1200, LOVE the 1300s, though.

I've been shooting a Mossberg for 20 years. I've lost a few birds to shells hanging up in the chamber. I cussed, I yelled, no biggy, just a lost bird, but it was irritating. I started to doubt the gun, but figured out it was the ammo that wasn't working. I had people tell me that stuff, 3" Xpert hi speed, fouled their 870s, too. Switched ammo, no problems and after 20 years of hard duck and goose hunting, that gun almost pumps itself. I dunk it in salt water regularly and just wash off the mud and strip and oil it up when I get home. The camo finish is amazing. I don't like blued steel and wood in the salt marsh, no way, no how, and standard 870 expresses are rust magnets down here, rust when you take 'em out of the case just from the salt air. That and the sucky ergos, I don't care for 870s at all. Been there, done that, with a Wingmaster.

If I was going to get an auto for waterfowling, right now, I'd heavily favor the Mossberg 935 in camo The reason, though, is ergonomics for a left hander, the tang safety, the lack of a shell elevator in the way when I reload (cold, don't wanna pinch my thumb or glove), etc. Mossberg makes some tough, tough guns. But, I don't need no stinkin' 935, love my 500 and have an H&R 10 gauge I'm favoring for goose hunting lately.
 
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Comfortech stock, larger trigger guard, you can change the stock out.
 
I have a Mossberg 835 which i love. A couple of my buddies have the nova. I have tried them but cannot get use to the feel of them. They have been very reliable though.
 
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motor brakes paddle with it, water too shallow pole with it ducks come rinse in river shoot ducks go back to paddling or poling get to landing give it water bath to get mud off, get home wipe and spray next day all obver again. end of season clean for next year. What am I taking about, well of course its the Mossberg 835 with synthetic stock
Good Luck and God Bless :)
 
Oil. It makes things slippery. Slippery things move easily.:)

I missed a quail or two because of a jammed gun last night. I cleaned it out after a day's hunt with steady snowfall, and I guess I didn't put enough oil in it. It never has jammed before.
 
I think you should pack up that piece of junk shotgun and send it to me for proper disposal!:)
 
Don't the 1200 and the Nova both have pistol grips?
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Maybe on a Turkey model. Pistol grips on bird guns are pretty dumb IMHO, just totally screws things up for quick shots. If you're set up for the turkey coming from over yonder and are shooting off a rest or something, perhaps. I still don't like pistol grips on shotguns, though, turkey, home defense, whatever. I just could never get used to it or carry it in the field port arms with one. Ich.
 
Hang on a sec... instead of spending X amount of money on a new gun, why not save some and get your 1200 looked at by a gunsmith for considerably less?
 
I have noticed that the Nova and Super Nova are rather bulky compared to some other options
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This turned me off of the Nova when I looked at them (YMMV). I would also look at an 870 or if you are willing to pay a little more, a Browning BPS.
 
Off your radar now, but have you thought about a Browning BPS? I have one is has never failed me. Dual action bars, bottom eject and a tang safety. The only draw back is they tend to be heavier than some of the others mentioned, but since I hunt from a blind, the extra weight helps dampen recoil.
 
Weight doesn't help pointability, but I think the BPS is an excellent waterfowl gun. I may wind up with a BPS 10 some day soon for my goose hunting. A little much in weight and gauge for ducks, but I don't want another 12 gauge, got what I need.

Yeah, BPS is quality, perfect ergos, and they're not THAT expensive, maybe a C note more than your 870/500/835s. I don't think there's anything mentioned here that's a BAD choice, but we all have our preferences. :D
 
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