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

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Am I the only one that thinks that the Nova is just ugly to be seen in public with?

I have a Mossberg 935 (28") I picked up used (low round count) that I have yet to hunt with but it'll bust up clays all day long. So far, it's ran everything I've fed it without fail. The 935 is supposed to be a 3 and 3 1/2 only (the 835 is 2 3/4 and 3) but I have ran a lot of 2 3/4 hi-brass through it and it cycled and locked the bolt just fine. And it patterns very well. Has an overbore barrell. I like it alot.
 
The Benellis are funny feeling at first, but they grow on you quick. I personally don't care if I am seen with a Benelli. I didn't buy it to win beauty contests; I bought it to shoot (and shoot it does!)
 
get what ever you like the feel of all the major brands go bang every time and the pardner pump is a awsome gun as well mine had at least 500 shells through it without a problem even firing fast as i could.
 
Am I the only one that thinks that the Nova is just ugly to be seen in public with?
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Yes.


I have a Nova and I like it a lot. Shoots well and is very easy to cycle. One tip is to watch your pinky when you wrap it around the fore stock to cycle the action. There is a gap and it is easy to smash/cut the tip of your finger. I have to hold my Nova in a different way than I do my Mossberg, which does not have the gap and I have never cut myself on.

The Nova isn't a bad design, just different. Once you get the hang of it you'll never notice. They do rattle if you shake them.
 
Browning BPS with Dura-touch Mossy Oak Shadow Grass camo. When i felt the action of this gun next to the nova it was not a question of wich gun i wanted. This thing is smooth, I didn't get it with a 3 1/2 chamber it's new unfired and got it all for the LOW LOW used price of $429... do to the fact that the box was missing
 

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Don't the 1200 and the Nova both have pistol grips?

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,
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I get it now. You are referring to tactical-type "pistol" grips. For eons the term pistol grip when referencing shotgun stocks described stocks having the typical curved grip found on most American repeaters and some doubles/OUs that were other than straight (English) or "Prince of Wales" configurations. A matter of semantics, I suppose.
 
A store near me was selling brand new BPS 10ga guns NIB for 399 :) If I had the money, I would have bought 3 or 4 and made sure to keep at least one
 
Dayum, I'd have had to whip out the credit card on that BPS 10, unless I had my wife with me to threaten me. I've been wanting a BPS10 for geese and now that I've found some good public walk in goose hunting, can better justify one. I bought an H&R10 and I like it, but the BPS is just SO cool. I also have a 10 gauge reloader, so if I REALLY got to liking it, I could even load up some duck loads, but I really see the big, heavy 10 as a goose specialist. For more versatility, I'd get the 3.5" 12 gauge if I didn't already have 12s.

I get it now. You are referring to tactical-type "pistol" grips. For eons the term pistol grip when referencing shotgun stocks described stocks having the typical curved grip found on most American repeaters and some doubles/OUs that were other than straight (English) or "Prince of Wales" configurations. A matter of semantics, I suppose.
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Well, LOL, yes, 40 years ago if someone would have told me he had a pistol grip stock, I'd have immediately thought the curved stock deal. Now days, in the tacticool 21st century, it's taken on another meaning and I just think "mall ninja". LOL! Does anyone even make an English stock straight grip anymore? Marlin even dropped the 336T (the T was for Texas I was always told) in their lever guns I think. Man, to me, a lever rifle isn't right with a pistol grip style stock and the curved lever.

Anyway, maybe that poster DID mean the curved grip, but I doubt it. Duck hunting with a tacticool pistol grip is even less right than a lever gun with curved lever. LOL In fact, it's down right ergonomically dumb on a field gun. JMHO I suppose. Seems like if you're under 30, you don't agree. :rolleyes:
 
Does anyone even make an English stock straight grip anymore?
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They sure do.The Browning BPS, the Ithaca Model 37 and the Remington Model 1187 (at least as of 2006) are three makers that still do (did recently, in the case of Remington) that come to mind.
 
English stocks are currently offered on at least some shotguns by Ruger, Browning, Beretta, Guerini, Weatherby, and others. Prince-of-Wales stocks are also fairly common on break-actions, and available on a Browning semiauto or two.

Straight-grip lever- and/or pump action rifles are offered by Marlin (everything except the 336 and 39 lines), Mossberg, Winchester, Beretta, Uberti, Browning.
 
I was dissappointed with the english straight stocked 1100 I owned and parted with it quickly. Seems ok on a short-barreled 20ga SXS but on anything else I much prefer a standard "Pistol grip" style of buttstock. I also found I prefer a fairly full foreend on an over-under.

My 1960's Winchester 101 was about the nicest handling/feeling/pointing shotgun I ever owned and wish I'd have kept it even though the styling might seem cheesey by some.

And the last auto I owned (Beretta Mallard) was a very nicely balanced and good looking shotgun in my eyes.

The BPS's I had didn't light my candle like I had expected them to. Never did like the Ithaca 37 in the field and short-shucking it might result in a jam difficult to clear in the field. The actions were the same although the Ithaca had a certain "look" I always found appealing.

Looking back upon all the shotguns I either owned or shot only a handful bring that "wish I'd have bought one" or "wish I'd have kept it" thought.

Ithaca 100 26" Imp Cyl/Mod in 20ga always makes that list as does a High Standard 28ga Skeet Choked pump.

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TB
 
I wouldn't worry a lot about short stroking a BPS or Ithaca. I've used both. They seem to pump themselves. Slickest pumps around IMHO.

I never did care much for the straight grip stocks, either. Now, it is just RIGHT on a lever rifle, but on a shotgun, I guess I'm just not used to 'em. It's all in what you get used to, I guess. I would NEVER get used to a tacticool pistol grip, though, every. :D
 
pumping this shot gun against every other pump gun in cabela's this thing was BY FAR the nicest one...... just seems to me that almost all new pump shotguns are cheap....and feel that way
 
"English" or straight grip stocks really shine when using double triggers, or carrying a gun all day chasing birds - it seems top impart a little less strain on the wrist while carrying
 
Glad to see this,mp.

Re straight grips, I've shot 3 guns with them enough to like them. That's besides a couple single shots,H&R,NEF, etc.

One was a French or Belgian SxS, maker was Didier. Nice little bird gun.

Second was the Stevens "Lupara" I wrote about a while back on TFL.

And third is "Jessica", the little 20 gauge 870 with a worked over stock.

All three were kinda light to very light,and pointed quite well.

On a shotgun I may put a couple hundred rounds through in a session, though, I want more curve to help get the thing seated right where it belongs and to help weld in the mount. And more weight.

But on something that I carry a lot and need to use quickly the English grip works for me. YMMV....
 
"English" or straight grip stocks really shine when using double triggers, or carrying a gun all day chasing birds - it seems top impart a little less strain on the wrist while carrying
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Interesting. I know they're popular on doubles. I've never had one on a shotgun. I don't do much upland hunting, but I'd like to try a straight grip on a double. I'd probably learn to like it. I just never shot one. Can't build an opinion out of ignorance, or, well, ya can, but it'd be an based on nothing. :D

Hey, mp, I guess I missed it, but did you get the Nova?
 
The Nova is a good choice. I bought one for my 16 yr old son 2 years ago. I use it sometimes when he is in school. I might have to get me one.
 
Am I the only one that thinks that the Nova is just ugly to be seen in public with?
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No. I hate how big the reciever is, other than that I would have bought one, but its so fat I cant even wrap my hand around it all the way. so instead a black stoeger m2000 followed me home and I have no regrets.
 
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