For the benefit of anyone thinking about buying a shotgun, CDNN Sports has a flash sale on shotguns right now. Their sales flyer can be found at this link. Prices are only valid for a day or two, so if you're interested, click over there ASAP. No, I'm not being compensated in any way for mentioning this - CDNN don't even know I'm putting it up - but their prices are very low, and the quality of the Silver Eagle shotguns is pretty good. I've used a few. For more details about the shotguns they're advertising, click on the image of the one you want.
To put the sale in perspective, a new single-shot shotgun usually sells for anywhere between $125 and $175. CDNN has a pump-action repeater for $120. That's a great deal in anyone's book! You could buy four or five of them for the price of a single good-quality handgun. If you've ever thought of equipping every adult member of your household with a defensive firearm, that's a pretty good place to start. Their sporting shotguns (with longer barrels) are also a good deal for beginners who need their own shotgun, rather than borrowing someone else's expensive setup.
I'll try to put up another post later today. I just thought this sale deserved to be publicized.
Peter
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If I had the slightest use for a shotgun, I’d order a couple of them. Those are great prices and a skim through the internet tells me they are reasonably well made turkish guns. My lack of use is my physical limitations, I’d really like one of those semi auto’s.
Always a mystery to me why anyone in this day and age would want a pump action shotgun. But oh, they are so dependable! What if something goes wrong with your automatic shotgun! You, you, you just have to know it will go bang (and your auto may not, . . . because it so, so, so, . . . often does not)! And do not worry! You won't ever need to shoot *that* quicky [in case there are two intruders (or more), instead of one intruder].
I appreciate the heads up. I can't figure out what I'm going to do with the shotguns I have.
They were great deals, also :)
Thanks!
That a pump-action forces you to slow down a little is actually a good thing--it means you take the time to actually make sure the muzzle is pointed at the miscreant.
One of the in-laws picked up a couple for "truck guns". They go into bear country quite a bit, so they load them with slugs.
Where are these shotguns made? Are they an off-brand from a major manufacturer?
They're made in Turkey. I've tried both pump and semi-auto models. They seem to work just fine, except that the semi-auto requires higher-pressure loads (e.g. high-brass birdshot, buckshot, slug) to function reliably.
"Always a mystery to me why anyone in this day and age would want a pump action shotgun."
Gosh, I dunno. Maybe that's all they can afford?
Those are some really good prices. I have used some of the turkish made shotguns in the past. Gave one to my sister many years ago, a pump, and have a one of the so called ar15 styled magazine fed ones from turkey. Nothing ar15 about it. However it is fun and reliable with one caveat. Never ever get a magazine fed shotgun for self defense of the pick it up and defend yourself kind. Shotgun shells stacked in a magazine under the pressure of a spring compress and turn in to oval shaped shotgun shells. Oval shaped shotgun shells will not under any circumstances chamber in any shotgun, including the one the magazine is in. :) just a fun fact that could kill you if you needed that shotgun to function riki tiki right damn now!
I like my old mosberg 12ga pump. It works every time :) however it has a 26 inch barrel and is a bit much.
I like semi auto functionality...
My very expensive compromise was a Tavor TS12 bullpup 12ga with a Mepro21 tritium sight on top. :)
When I got it, it was a because I could and it truly is an excellent for purpose weapon. It has a rotating magazine built in with 3 5 round tubes.. 5 rounds per for 2.75 inch shells and 4 rounds each if 3 inch shells. Gives you a total of 15+1 of 12ga goodness. It is fun to shoot with a decent moderation of recoil being a semi auto but still kicks like a beast. Since the rounds are in a tube stacked nose to butt, you don't have the worry about deformed shells.
At 1400 dollars msrp it was the most expensive gun I have ever purchased. I still wonder if I should have budget wise. However it is a good milspec bullpup shotgun with 16.1 inch barrel. it is solidly built though and comes in at 8 lbs by itself without ammo or sight. When you pick it up it is heavy. That weight helps with recoil though over and above the semi auto nature of it. overall length is just over 28 inches. Probably 11 pounds with sight and loaded with buckshot it balances really well probably because of the bullpup design.
When I first got it i didn't have a sight for it and all it comes with is a built in picatinny rail. I loaded it and ran 15 rounds of bird shot through it into a mimosa in my back yard shooting at the flowers. first it is supposed to have a break in period where you use full power shells. it wasn't recommended to use cheap bulk bird shot.. regardless it ran flawless. second just looking down the barrel/picatinny rail i was from 30 to 40 feet away hitting the flowers on the tree I was aiming at. It just pointed like a dream.
For those that might get upset that I used a live tree as target practice, you have to understand what a mimosa tree is. It is the demon spawn of invasive trees I have an acre and I am constantly cutting the damn thing down. A mimosa will spread it's roots underground and when you cut it down the roots will send up new trees all over the place. I take glee in shooting, burning, chopping, chainsawing and any other evil thing I can do that damn thing. Think of a single tree that has trunks covering over an acre.
Oh... another evil tree like this is a bradford pear.
Don't forget that buying a gun online has more in costs than just the purchase price - you have shipping, sales tax, and a transfer fee through a local dealer.
When buying online, I assume transaction costs such as these will add $100 to the cost of a gun.
For less expensive guns like this, those costs become a LARGE part of the total cost.
And don't forget to check with your local dealer to make sure they DO accept transfers - many are not, or they are charging larger and larger fees to do it.
Jonathan
I like my pump shotguns. And the double barrel coach gun. But the recent acquisition is the beretta 1301 - way more expensive than i wanted to pay but did get it on sale, when they had a rebate and used a lot of bass pro points. That thing is so reliable. Meant to clean and lube it but have never gotten around to it. NO FAILURES. have taken it out for 4 range sessions and put 4 to 8 boxes of shells each time. Put a dozen buck and dozen slugs through it with still no hiccups. Only thing i don't like is the aggressiveness of the foregrip so i wear a glove. It's one of those "cry once for the price rather than many times for the frustrations" thing. If you can be patient to wait to save up for quality might be happier.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't always have time to keep up on the sales.
Yeah... some of the transfer fee's are getting stupid expensive and make it a no brainer that its not worth it. Of the shops I deal with locally most are 50 to 100 dollars now. only one has just maintained their old 25 dollar transfer fee that they were charging 25 year ago. Places I would buy guns online haven't gotten crazy for shipping fees so at most 25 dollars there. but yes on a cheap gun it is going to push cost 40 to 50 minimum over purchase price. A few times a year you can walk into bass pro, cabela's, or other regional gun stores and get those deals in person which makes it really worth it. Sometimes those stores will match a price if they carry that gun.. never hurts to ask.
Because I can and it’s what I prefer. Nobody else’s bidness I reckon. ET in Dixie
The perceived intimidation factor of the sound it makes mostly. A semi-auto is less hard on the shoulder, admittedly
Thanks for the post! I really don't need another shotgun, but it is on the way to a local FFL who already has his stuff on file and who only charges $30 for the paperwork.
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