StorkPatrol
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My house gun is an 870. I guess I just bought into the accepted conventional wisdom that you need a pump action for home defense. I took a shotgun course last spring and every single student had a Remington, Mossberg, or Winchester pump action. Semi-autos aren't as reliable enough, right? But lately I've been thinking about it... I carry a semi-auto handgun. If there was rioting in the streets/collapse of society/zombie apocalypse I would surely reach for one of my semi-auto rifles. So why not a semi-auto shotgun? Is the design technology just not there yet? I suppose I could spend $1500 for a Benelli M4 and hope it was money well spent. They seem to have a good reputation. For that kind of money though I could buy an 870 Express or Mossberg 500 for every room in my house. So is it that there are no acceptable semi-auto's or is it that they just aren't cost effective. Would all the 870 and 500 guys out there use semi's if they were the same price or even close in price? Your thoughts?
--Stork
--Stork