What is a good price for a store brand/beater 12 gauge pump shotgun?

[Frank46]

Look for some of the police turn in 870 pump shotguns. I bought two of them and top price I paid was $225. Were covered with rust so attacked that first. 4/0 steel wool and clp = no rust and especially no pitting. redid the wood on one and got two of the rem pre fit recoil pads as the ones that came with the guns had ossified into rock. One had the 18" bbl and the other 20"bbl. And both came with the mag extension. Good dependable shotguns and for these two cheep. Frank

 

[caleb4387]

I'm in SE Ohio, last weekend was at large outdoor sale, keyed on
Guns, tools, fishing tackle. Pump shotguns were a dime a dozen
You could pick up all the M-12 Wins you wanted for $300-$350.
Used 870 express models $200-$250. Ithacas were a little more,
holding value better than Win 12s. A lot of $200 pumps. What
were marked up the most was Win 97s. So for $200 to $300 you
should be able to pick up sevicable gun.

May I ask where this was? And do they do it only once a year?

 

[model70hunter]

In the past 3 years I have bought 3 M 12 Winchesters, a model 1200, a Factory camo Mossberg in 20 gauge in lgs'.

The most I gave was 250 for 1 m12 win in 3".

Thd others were 125 to 175. They had 3 other 1200s rough that were 149 but 125 would have bought them. And I almost forgot. Different lgshad a m12 in 16 gauge in the 275 range. I bought it too.

I bought a Mossberg 500 at the last gun show I attended in STL for 75 bucks. That was 3 years ago.

On High Standard shotguns. Ive owned a couple when I was young and destitute.
Several lgs owners have told me parts are very hard to find.

I personally would not want to trust my life on a HS or an off brand. Id use a time tested model and test fire it with the loads you are going to use.

 

[model70hunter]

In the past 3 years ive bought 4 m12 winchesters and a factory camo m 500 Mossberg used in 20 gauge. All except 2 M12s were in the 150 to 175 range.

This was done by checking lgs's on a regualr basis.

if I was thinking of one for home defense id personally pick a 870 or a 500 or any known brand.

For hunting a high standard might be ok but your looking at a gun that has been around what 60 plus years?

High standard parts are non existant. They had one part prone to breakage. I would not use any unknown brand for self defense.

Life is short but using the cheapest shotgun that may fail could make life shorter yet.

Hope you find a nice name brand.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I would buy some kind of Remington 870.

 

[RJJ 1971]

Just had my local LGS order me a Maverick 88 a couple of weeks ago $242 otd. Could of got the 5 shot on sale at the local Academy for $179. But I wanted the 8 shot instead. Best decision I've made in awhile.