Shotgun General. Discuss all things shotgun.
(First time starting a thread, so PLZ be nice ^^)

To start things off, I need recommendations for a light switch to mount on the left side of the VOA pump for the Mossberg 590. The width is about 0.6" wide and sort of angled. Should I go for a flat or angled/raised switch?

>>64050355 (OP)
My dumbass ahh forgot to mention I'm looking for switches with Surefire leads.

>ricing out a pump shotgun
to what end?

>>64050441
Right of passage for all new shotguns owners. He can realize it's retarded after he's spent double what the guns worth on crap.

Italian Supremacy

>>64050441
>>64050551
Yerp. My 590 is my first long gun, and I have it for HD. I bought the VOA because I wanted a light mount that wasn't polymer. And yeah I'm also retarded.

I want a good collapsing stock for a rustington 8700000000 what get

>>64050441
was going to ask this too
>>64050355 (OP)
why not just put the light on the left and actuate it with your thumb?

>>64050559
>yuropean guns
eww
>>64050574
I should probably put a light back on my 500. I took everything off other than the aftermarket stock because that has an adjustable LoP and comb. a shotgun with a full tube just isn't comfortable with all the extra shit on it

>>64050551
I spent double ricing out my 88 with first a PGS then a hogue short LOP furniture set and heat shield (necessary desu and the absolute ideal form for the gun) but I didn't like how it was all black so I tripled it by replacing it with OG 80s wood furniture that feels way worse and still makes it look cheap because of the high gloss varnish

I want a Benelli M3 because I've been playing a lot of Resident Evil, but I don't want to pay the $1600 for it.

What cheaper option should I go with the scratch the itch without breaking the bank?

>Benelli Nova/Supernova
>Turk clone like SDS Duo-Sys/TriStar Tec-12

>>64051724
Supernova because a vtuber i like owns one, and you should avoid turk shotguns.

>>64050355 (OP)
For me it's the Remington model 11.

>>64051781
>t. Courtney Love

bump for more shotguns

>>64051751

>>64054141
Ur right on target <3

>>64050355 (OP)
Get the SI barrel clamp and mount it there. I never liked the idea of the light or whatever I have on the foreend moving around as I pump it.

Last bump

Where are you guys getting trade-in 870s now? They're trickling in but they're much more expensive than they used to be now that people picked them all up when they were cheap

I've been looking everywhere for definitive word on this, but even Beretta doesn't say
can you shoot slugs through an A300 Ultima Patrol?
it came with an improved cylinder choke installed

>>64059155
Yes, absolutely you can. Slugs can pass through chokes up to mod improved from my experience.

>>64059270
cool, thank you

>>64059270
I've shot more slugs through full chokes than anything else lmao

Anyone know if there's any company making new production 1897 shotguns?

>>64059270
>>64060010
>>64059716
>>64059155
Rifled (Brenneke and Foster) slugs are basically fine through any choke. Sabot slugs are for rifled barrels, though I expect they'd shoot safely through a choked barrel, but with nothing to stabilize they'd perform like shit. The biggest safety factors for shotguns are don't mix up your 12ga with 20ga, and don't shoot old (pre-WWI) guns with modern loads.

>>64059155
Do the A300 UP have removable chokes or is it bored to a permanent IC diameter?

>>64060231
removable

>>64060241
Titties, thank you.

>>64051724
I own a supernova in 12 and a nova in 20 since I was 10. Fantastic shotguns the pump action is shortened so you can load it super fast. Recoil mitigation is superb on the 12. I also haven’t cleaned my 20 in about 7 years and never had a misfire. I finally remembered last weekend and carbon was falling out in chunks.

>>64060400
Italian Supremacy

Shotbump

Does anyone here use a cuff? Does it fuck up shooting? I have esstac cards for shells on the receiver, and am mostly baffled and fascinated by the possibility of a pouch on the stock.

>>64059155
This depends on the slug, not the gun. As others have said most slugs are totally safe to fire through chokes. There are a handful that are not, like some of the steel Euro slugs. Just read the box, it will say if the slug is not safe for chokes.

>>64063478
The main point of those things is to adjust the fit of the gun to improve shooting, like if you need a longer length of pull they add extra length to the butt of the gun, and some like the one in your pic also have a built in cheek riser which lowers the "drop" of the stock. If you need those changes they make the gun fit you better. If you don't need those changes then they make the gun fit you worse. The pouch is not the point, it's just something to do with the extra leather on the far side of the cuff.

>>64063478
I use a cheap cuff just for choke tubes and wrench so its thin and low profile, putting ammo on the butt makes the gun feel weird and snag on shit IMO

New into shotguns.

Which is the best 870? What's the difference between the 870 home defense and the 870 tactical? and the express? Should I just go for a maverick 88?

Genuine ignorance since my range don't allow shotguns and never ever had interest on them until now.

>inb4 get a benelli m4 or a mossberg
NO! shut up faggot

>>64064792
>Which is the best 870
The mossberg 500
>Should I just go for a maverick 88?
You mean the Mexican Mossberg 500? Yes. Its unironically great.
>inb4 get a benelli m4 or a mossberg
you wanted the cheap Mossberg before you even knew what it was kek

>>64064792
A maverick 88 is a Mossberg 500 with less machining and crappy finish thats made in south Texas in Maverick County. It will get the job done, it just werks. There is even video proof.

https://youtu.be/-9OL7IquoIo

>>64064792
Buy a 60s wingmaster for 300 bucks and get some spare barrels and parts and mag extension tubes.

Enjoy premium shotgun for literally tree fiddy.

I also have a 500 in 20 gauge for hunting

>>64065375

Should I twenny?

>>64065473
Nah, >>64064960

>>64064837
>>64064854
huh

It's safe to shoot slugs from either the Maverick 88 or the 870? I heard the 870 express might blow up.

>>64064960
I want a new shotgun, not an used one.

>>64066364
>It's safe to shoot slugs from either the Maverick 88 or the 870?
Yes

>I heard the 870 express might blow up.
Lolwhut

>>64050559
What’s your QD sling attachment near the handguard?

>>64050355 (OP)
I am inheriting an old single barrel baikal shotgun (IJ-18), suggestions on building a decent "survival" kit around it? I already have a winchester 1300 defender, but I thought that the good old soviet shotgun would be great as a backpacking gun due to its light weight.
I am having dumb ideas about 3d printing a forend with a hole for a MLOK slot for a WML for it. Or if not that, maybe getting an extra forend for the gun and to install a WML mount on that.

>>64065475
No, I like mossbergs a little more and I’m going to mount a red dot, light, and sling on it so there’s no point to me getting a retro wingmaster. Cool guns though.

>>64065473
>>64065375
>full length tube
meme gun
>>64064792
everyone just buys mossbergs because remingshit has been shot for decades, ever since (((mitt rhomney's))) "private equity" firm bought remington and turned their guns into pieces of rust because private equity is always bad

>>64067971
Go shoot it. Then rethink your life. Lightweight is not a positive in a shotgun. Neither is single shot. You already have a better gun in that pump.

For a home defense/tactical shotgun would you all recommend a pump or semi auto? I'm taking into consideration of price as well as what would look better in court in the even I would have to use it. I've heard the more 'tactical' a gun looks in a self defense scenario the worse it will look in court. I've had people recommend me a beater shotgun for $200 just so I'm not crying over it when its sitting in evidence but I'm concerned with quality at that price.