Lucky Strike
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New to shotguns and I know the 870 and 500 are supposedly the two most popular first shotguns.
Apparently there's a "Ford/Chevy, Glock/XD, etc" type of thing concerning these two brands of shotguns. Just wondering what the actual mechanical differences between the two were? I looked at the mechanical differences between the glock/xd (grip angle, grip safety) and it helped me chose my handgun.
Also I intend to use the shotgun for home defense and trap (or skeet or clay...not sure on the difference) shooting.....really don't see myself using the thing for hunting....now from my uninformed reasoning a 20ga has less recoil and as such would give faster follow up shots which would be a benefit for trap shooting and home defense.
The 12ga has more power which would be handy in hunting and also HD. Is a 20ga sufficient for HD? i carry a 9mm and obviously a .45 has more power but IMO a 9mm +p with JHP's is sufficient for SD....is it a similar situation with 20ga? If so then i'd be better served given my needs getting one right? Or am i missing something...
Apparently there's a "Ford/Chevy, Glock/XD, etc" type of thing concerning these two brands of shotguns. Just wondering what the actual mechanical differences between the two were? I looked at the mechanical differences between the glock/xd (grip angle, grip safety) and it helped me chose my handgun.
Also I intend to use the shotgun for home defense and trap (or skeet or clay...not sure on the difference) shooting.....really don't see myself using the thing for hunting....now from my uninformed reasoning a 20ga has less recoil and as such would give faster follow up shots which would be a benefit for trap shooting and home defense.
The 12ga has more power which would be handy in hunting and also HD. Is a 20ga sufficient for HD? i carry a 9mm and obviously a .45 has more power but IMO a 9mm +p with JHP's is sufficient for SD....is it a similar situation with 20ga? If so then i'd be better served given my needs getting one right? Or am i missing something...
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