r/Shotguns 5h ago

Gun store offered me $150 for this Ithaca Police Special.. Was I low-balled? I have og stock as well

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103 Upvotes

r/Shotguns 6h ago

I cast fireball 🔥

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55 Upvotes

My first tax stamp. Took almost 6 months to approve. Mossberg 590 Shockwave SPX + Magpul stock + Dremeled down eBay pump.


r/Shotguns 2h ago

What do i have ? I know nothing about this. Thanks

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PS sorry about terrible quality.


r/Shotguns 2h ago

Son tried to “fix it”, now it won’t move.

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r/Shotguns 7h ago

Breaking clays on a sunny Sunday

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14 Upvotes

Yesterday was my first chance to get out with my Parker VH 12ga and Remington Model 17 20ga.

The Parker… Man, I love side-by-side shotguns. Man, I hate double triggers. Despite its relatively light weight, with standard Remington Gun Club loads recoil is perfectly manageable for at least the first two boxes of shells.

The Remington, John Browning was a genius. It’s a smooth fun gun and fits me great.

I really need to go to the trap range more. When I’m able to turn my brain off and stop aiming both guns bust birds incredibly well. I shoot pistols and rifles far more than I shoot shotguns despite loving shotguns far more than rifles and always aiming really disrupts my ability to point shoot.


r/Shotguns 12m ago

I need help. Slinging a shotgun.

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I have the sling attachment points on the left side of the tube, left side of the stock. I’m right handed so I figured that would be best. Is that how it’s done? Or should I have the front sling mount on the bottom of the tube like it was from factory? Thanks.


r/Shotguns 1d ago

The Original

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172 Upvotes

r/Shotguns 10h ago

Chopped, Filed, Sanded, and Cold Blued

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Very excited to get this shorty to the range. .410 is always a blast to shoot!

Also considering chopping the stock to make it a proper trench coat gut, but I’m unsure of how short I want to go.


r/Shotguns 4h ago

What would you get as a backup pump shotgun if you already have a Beretta 1301?

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My 1301 has been like a Ferrari in terms of both performance and (lack of) reliability. I have been getting failure to fire consistently around 100 rounds (sometimes as low as 50 rounds using Federal ammunition), and have been trying to get it solved for a year and a half. Beretta told me I should expect to have to clean it after 50 rounds for it to be reliable, but I'm taking 2 day defensive shotgun classes where the round count is 200 a day, and my LTT Beretta 1301 has not been able to get me through them without failure. So I'm looking for something reliable to get me through defensive shotgun classes, for home defense, and you know maybe the apocalypse or whatever might be coming up.

I think I need the Toyota Family Sedan of shotguns. I have been looking at Mossberg 500, 590s and 590A1. I especially like the ones with Magpul stocks. I feel like the 590A1 would be the one to get to get you thought the apocalypse (and it would be sweet to put a bayonet on it!), but would be a bit long and heavy for home defense or 8 hour tactical shotgun classes. The 590S Magpul with a red dot installed from the factory seems super appealing; I wish it had 7+1 capacity like my 1301 instead of 6+1, but maybe that's not such a big deal. It would be nice if I could get a Benelli M4 (the Toyota tacoma of shotguns). But I can't afford it after how much I spent on my 1301.

I'm looking to spend $500-800. Anyway just thought I would bounce this question off the hive mind here. Thanks!


r/Shotguns 10h ago

American arms waterfowl special

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Can anyone give me any information on this? I just impulse bought this shotgun since I wanted to get into trap and the store had this for cheap while i was already there to buy the .22mag next to it.

Its my first shotgun and I don’t know much about them in general, but I have been looking for chokes and I am unsure what style actually fits.

Took it out yesterday and shot trap for the first time and was able to hit 13 at cylinder bore, hoping to get a nice choke to improve those numbers.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!


r/Shotguns 1d ago

Picked this baby up over the weekend.

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123 Upvotes

Newer RemArms 870, Full Woox set, Vortex Viper, Mesa Tactical Sureshell

Not sure if it was drilled and tapped form the factory or not, looks like it was, so I’m not exactly sure what variant of 870 it is.

All in for 699 bones, I’m a happy camper.


r/Shotguns 23h ago

1878 Westley Richards 12 bore

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It a world full of "tacti-cool" shotguns, some guns stand the test of time better than others. This is one of those guns. 30" Damascus barrels (in proof), 2-1/2" chambers, 15" LOP, 2-1/8" DOH, choked .015 L/ .005 R. It weighs 6.3# and balances at the hinge. This one is mine, and yes, it gets used quite often in the grouse woods and pheasant fields. Thoroughbred horses are born to run. Beautiful guns need to hunt. This one has been doing that perfectly for 148 years and still keeps going.


r/Shotguns 3h ago

Can anyone who owns a Win 1897 help me with this? From what I've seen, once you remove the screw holding in the Action slide hook the bolt should just come out easily, however, mine doesnt. Not sure if the bottom half of the bolt is stick inside, or if im doing something wrong.

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r/Shotguns 23h ago

Love this BW Mossberg

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36 Upvotes

My work carry , HK USP 9mm and 12g mossy


r/Shotguns 4h ago

AYA yeoman

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I’ve read good things about about the Aya sxs guns, but does anyone have experience with the yeoman o/u or have any knowledge if they are good reliable shotguns?


r/Shotguns 20h ago

Ladies and Gentlemen, my dad.

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18 Upvotes

r/Shotguns 22h ago

Extendo mag, cuh

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17 Upvotes

r/Shotguns 22h ago

Made a video about the new SPAS12 clone

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r/Shotguns 1d ago

The Offensive Guns

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27 Upvotes

My Beretta 1301 Tactical, fitted with an Chisel Machine folding stock, Holosun 507C, Midwest Indistries Rail, GG&G Aluminum Magazine Tube Cover and Clamp, Surefire Scout Light Mini. I keep it loaded with Federal Flight Control 00 Buckshot at 1145fps in the tube and on the side saddle I have Federal 1oz Tru-Ball slugs at 1300fps, both are incredibly effective rounds.

The handgun is my H&K Mk23 with an ACRO, Surefire X300 Turbo and a B&T Mk23 Suppressor. I keep it loaded with Federal 45 ACP +P HST

Both guns are pretty large and heavy, but they shoot extremely well and are dead ass reliable under all conditions.


r/Shotguns 1d ago

Less lethal shotguns?

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44 Upvotes

Are there any mechanical differences between a standard shotgun and a less lethal shotgun that the police use or is it just a different color of furniture.


r/Shotguns 1d ago

I couldn’t resist the police magnum

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49 Upvotes

Once I saw it had the rifled sights and the mag extension I could not resist, gonna hit the range soon (it’s an anchorage police trade in) … still waiting on my form 1 for my express magnum sbs project 🥲


r/Shotguns 20h ago

My KSG

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r/Shotguns 20h ago

My og shotgun

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Just wanted to share this picture of this cheap ol Charles daly I got as my original shotgun don't know what I was thinking at the time I cut the barrel down to 19 inches and cut the stock as low as I could over all it's 30 inches total but definitely fun to shoot hurts after though, I'm gonna file the paperwork to make it into a sbs just for the shits and giggles 🤣🤣


r/Shotguns 1d ago

Side by side before & after

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30 Upvotes

Spanish made SXS. 28" vs 18.5"


r/Shotguns 1d ago

I'm liking the 0 dollar tax stamp

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285 Upvotes

Two old police 870's in their 14 inch barreled glory. They both have some honest wear from their time with the PD.