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webeth · 05-15-2008, 12:02 PM

Which should I get, I want an 18.5 barrell pump 12 gauge for home defense and screwing around.

Reeek · 05-15-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by webeth

Which should I get, I want an 18.5 barrell pump 12 gauge for home defense and screwing around.

I like the Benelli but that is just me - nothing wrong with either I suppose.

Have you looked at the FN Herstals?

VermontXD40 · 05-15-2008, 12:23 PM

I own a mossberg 500, works great and priced low. Rem. is good too.

**jonny4523** · 05-15-2008, 12:26 PM

I'm a big 870 fan. If I'm looking for a 12g pump, I'm not sure if I'll ever buy anything else.

Wired · 05-15-2008, 12:27 PM

I have an 870 and love it. I know a lot of the local Law Enforcement Officers carry 870's.

**TMP** · 05-15-2008, 12:43 PM

I love my 870, but I think that any of them would be a good shotty.

bowl443 · 05-15-2008, 12:48 PM

I have both the 870 and the 500. The 870 is better made but a little bit more expensive, the 500 is still good and a little cheaper.

If you want the better of the two, spend the extra change and get the 870 IMHO.

Brickboy240 · 05-15-2008, 12:55 PM

I vote Remington 870, too.

I know the Benellis are nice but the 870 is proven and has a great reputation.

- brickboy240

fritzmeister · 05-15-2008, 01:42 PM

I want to say Benelli, but I don't think that the aftermarket goodies are as available or as cheap.

Even though I own a Nova & a Super Nova that I have yet to take out and bump my shoulder with.

Thod24 · 05-15-2008, 05:31 PM

Mossberg 500. I've got it and love it, but either gun you mentioned is good.

05-15-2008, 12:02 PM	#1
webeth XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 33	Remington 870 or Mossberg 500 or Bennelli Which should I get, I want an 18.5 barrell pump 12 gauge for home defense and screwing around.

05-15-2008, 12:23 PM	#3
VermontXD40 XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 52	I own a mossberg 500, works great and priced low. Rem. is good too. __________________ "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." - James Madison

05-15-2008, 12:26 PM	#4
jonny4523 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lafayette, IN Posts: 1,913	I'm a big 870 fan. If I'm looking for a 12g pump, I'm not sure if I'll ever buy anything else. __________________ -XD40 Service (Feb 2002) Springer Precision Carry Trigger, USPSA Production -Remington 870 Mag, 12g, my hunting companion -Thompson/Center Triumph (June 2007) -Ruger Mark II (Oct 2004) Gvt Comp Model -AR build (Sept 07 - May 08 ) Essential Arms lower, RRA LPK 2-stage NM trigger,RRA upper, Troy handguard, Troy BUIS NRA, USPSA #A60062 -If guns kill people, then spoons made Rosie O'Donnel fat! -When seconds count, the police are only minutes away

05-15-2008, 12:27 PM	#5
Wired XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 236	I have an 870 and love it. I know a lot of the local Law Enforcement Officers carry 870's. __________________ XD-40 4" XD-40 SC Smith & Wesson 629 .44 MAG 4" Remington 870

05-15-2008, 12:43 PM	#6
TMP XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 914	I love my 870, but I think that any of them would be a good shotty. __________________ ______________________ XD45 Tactical XD9 subcompact Wilson Border Patrol 870 Ruger 10/22 Beretta U22 Neos 6.0 INOX "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -- Jefferson`s "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776

05-15-2008, 12:48 PM	#7
bowl443 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: tx Posts: 107	I have both the 870 and the 500. The 870 is better made but a little bit more expensive, the 500 is still good and a little cheaper. If you want the better of the two, spend the extra change and get the 870 IMHO.

05-15-2008, 12:55 PM	#8
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 8,495	I vote Remington 870, too. I know the Benellis are nice but the 870 is proven and has a great reputation. - brickboy240 __________________ NOBAMA 2008...neo-Marxism is a very poor substitute for pretend conservatism! Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

05-15-2008, 01:42 PM	#9
fritzmeister XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: southeast Nebraska Posts: 1,355	I want to say Benelli, but I don't think that the aftermarket goodies are as available or as cheap. Even though I own a Nova & a Super Nova that I have yet to take out and bump my shoulder with. __________________ ...to be truely happy in life, one must learn to embrace the recoil.....

05-15-2008, 05:31 PM	#10
Thod24 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 426	Mossberg 500. I've got it and love it, but either gun you mentioned is good. __________________ XD 45 Tactical Taurus PT145 Stainless Mossberg 500 Winchester M70 XTR Sporter 270 My father's old JC Higgins 22 Red Rider BB (don't laugh...it'll put your eye out ) There is no problem that cannot be solved by the use of high explosives. - Bumper Sticker

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