Best Shotgun for Under $600?

[Wildcat1]

I'm in the market for a shotgun, I'm going to use it for home defense and occasionally for hunting turkey. I've never owned a shotgun and I don't have too much experience with them, so I'm sort of diving in blind here. I'm wondering what would be best for under $600?

Thanks

[guncrasher]

where do you live.  apartment, house, trailer, car.  makes a little difference.


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[Spikes]

Remington 870. Cheap and you can modify it for HD for cheap.

[Widewing]

This....

http://www.mossberg.com/product/shotguns-pump-action-500-turkey/55116

Not ideal for home defense, but a good turkey gun. If you want both, you'll have to live with compromise....

[Fish42]

I'm in the market for a shotgun, I'm going to use it for home defense and occasionally for hunting turkey. I've never owned a shotgun and I don't have too much experience with them, so I'm sort of diving in blind here. I'm wondering what would be best for under $600?

Thanks

Why do you need a gun for home defense? If you feel threaten where you are, move out to a safer location. You have a higher chance of shooting yourself then using it to stop a bad guy.

[Wildcat1]

where do you live.  apartment, house, trailer, car.  makes a little difference.


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Appartment, 550 sq. ft.

[CAP1]

i like this. for hd. 

[Widewing]

Why do you need a gun for home defense? If you feel threaten where you are, move out to a safer location. You have a higher chance of shooting yourself then using it to stop a bad guy.

He didn't ask for a political opinion. He asked about which is a satisfactory shotgun for his needs. If you don't have a shotgun suggestion... Don't reply. Skuzzy will not tolerate gun control discussions, and you're trying to turn this into one.

[RedBull1]

Why do you need a gun for home defense? If you feel threaten where you are, move out to a safer location. You have a higher chance of shooting yourself then using it to stop a bad guy.

 

[Shamus]

Ya a turkey gun and a home defense gun are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

shamus

[Nathan60]

Why do you need a gun for home defense? If you feel threaten where you are, move out to a safer location. You have a higher chance of shooting yourself then using it to stop a bad guy.

Bad guys like to go after houses in a 'safer' location nobody b&e's the ghetto. Crooks have the ability to travel aswell ya know.

[SmokinLoon]

Ya a turkey gun and a home defense gun are at opposite ends of the spectrum.

shamus

No, they are not at different ends of the spectrum.  The difference between the two is the choke tubes.  Nothing more.  Yeah, a person can get all tacti-coolio with all the BS gadgets, or he could buy himself a decent Remington, Browning, Mossberg, or other such legit non fad gun (a.k.a. Benelli), and have plenty of cash left over for a camo wrap, extra choke tubes, and some different kinds of ammo.  A home defense shotgun does not have to have an extended mag tube, an 18in barrel, a pistol grip, or other such stuff.

I have a close friend who uses a Browning A500 for pheasant, duck, goose, turkey and deer hunting.  The only thing he changes is the choke tubes, installs sights on his 24in barrel for slug use, and he adds the camo wrap for turkey.  He stores it in his bedroom and is probably about #2 on his list of "go to" guns when things go bump in the night (#1 being a pistol).

I vote for a Remington 870.  A very tried and true design with loads of experience and company support behind it.  Also, there are MANY accessories out there available to fine tune it to anything you want or need and then some. 

[guncrasher]

I dont know using a shotgun in an apartment that small with neighbors all around, it's scary.  then again using a handgun...then again having nothing to protect yourself, it's also scary.

whatever you decide to get just I hope you will never had the need to use it.


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[bigsky]

Remington 870, no doubt about it. Lots of accessory's get one that can do 3 inch mags. I do not know if they make them for 3 and half mags but i would get that one. get a gunsmith to put a forcing cone to the barrel that you want to hunt and sporting clays with. 

[TopGear]

Remington 870 is pretty good all around. Not the nicest action out of the few brands Ive shot. My brother and I and one nephew all have super magnums. We shoot quite a bit of 3 1/2" during goose season and they tend to jam every once in a while.  My nephew called Remington and walked him through some fixes right over the phone. Pretty impressed with them for that.   The 2 3/4 and 3" shells seem to work more consistently.