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Good basic new pump shotgun

Buying your kid a gun..... my kids just claim mine as their own! They are legal adults.....and they still got grubby, sticky little fingers!! They get all upset when I want to use MY gun.

I would bet that most hunters started off with either a Mossy 500, Remington 870 or a Winchester 1300 of some configuration...at least around here. Indiana was not legal to deer hunt with a rifle for a LONG time......so we was slinging pumpkin balls out of a scatter gun. They was relatively cheap and plenty durable. My mossy 500 has fallen out of trees, been used as a boat paddle, and killed more critters than all my other guns combined....I might have cleaned it a time or two. It's beat up.....but scars tell cool stories. Fancy guns are like fancy cars.....great to look at and impress people with, but sometimes you need a late 80's fox body shitbox to just thrash and have some fun with! We ain't here for a long time, so we better make it a good time!!
 
Got the youngest kid a Mossberg 500 18" 12ga. No venter rib. Think it was $430. Oldest one scooped it up at the local gun shop. putting it under the tree for him.

This kid won't hunt, just goof around with clays a bit......

80 fox body schit baux........ Looking for one of them actually, probably more a sn95. Could be an F body too. Got a 2024 mustang Ecoboost, but want another fun toy again.... Got a 1980 460 Ford taken apart and scooped up some trick flow heads. Also got one crower 4140 stroker kit left for Pontiacs, makes a 521 out of a 455. Was a day short on a 1995 mustang setup for scca over the summer. Even had a scca logbook, so I can do vintage with it..... snooze ya loose.
 
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Seen you posted that you got a Mossberg 500. I was going to say I’m a Rem 870 kinda fella, although I do own other brands also. I was wanting another 870 for a boat gun. One I could leave in the hatch, bring it out when we’re hunting, fishing on various public ground spots around the state. I never ran across a 870 for what I was wanting to give for it. One rainy day I was in the local big box store. They had a Moss 500 12G, 26” barrel wood stock with a tag saying $238 on it. I rolled the dice on it. Sure it rattles when you shake it, but it shoulders well, shoots straight. I’ve picked up a few chokes for it. I can say it’s done what I’ve asked of it so far. I think you’ll be pleased with your purchase.
 
I have both a 870 and 500 in 20 gauge for myself. Not 100% sure whats in the box, but told the oldest kid to get him one. Wanted it blued and not parkerized. Dont think he'll yake great care of it. Bluing will look better longer.

Not a huge fan of NY laws, so buying another semiauto is on a gun registry here in NY. Not that not buying a pump isn't put into a computer anyway. But besides that if I were to buy myself one, would be a beretta 686 or similar, or a browning bps. maybe get a 12, I do not have a 12. Only ever had one 12ga, a browning citori field grade fixed choke IC/MOD 26 inch.
 
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