Your Favorite Combat/Self Defense/Riot Shotgun?

[Sixgun100]

Let's see yours! Mine is a Winchester Model 1300 Stainless Marine. Have posted this before, but when I retired in 2010, I was gifted my Duty Shotgun. So here's mine, let's see yours!

 

[gwpercle]

Ithaca model 37.

 

[BearBio]

Model 97 or Model 12:





Model 97 is 1902 and marked "Adams Express Co"

 

[johnnyflake]

H&R 1871 Pardner Pump Protector 12 Gauge

I have two, they're cheap $$ & built like a tank!

Gun Review: H&R 1871 Pardner Pump Protector 12 Gauge - The Truth About Guns

 

[RobertJ.]

These two are my keepers. The Model 11 isn't even marked as such, it was made in 1909, and they didn't start stamping that on them until 1911. It's one of my pieces of gun history, in that JMB was alive and well when it was made, and money from the sale of my gun went into his pocket from the deal he made with Remington. The Wingmaster is my favorite shotgun of all time, and I turned a bird gun into this.

 

[jpage]

Ithaca model 37.

Yup
Love My 37 with 18 1/2 barrel with LAPD style wedge sights....

 

[jpage]

Model 97 or Model 12:





Model 97 is 1902 and marked "Adams Express Co"

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2 1/2" chambers ?

 

[BearBio]

Actually, 2 3/4".

BTW: Since, like 98% of the members here I am way too old for combat, I supposed the intention here was for a HD shotgun!

 

[Stirling]

Let me start out by saying I have never owned a shotgun but have had exposure to a good few. I have used a 16" Winchester .44 magnum lever action as a house gun in the past.

I've used various shotguns many of which I don't recall the model number, from memory, the Remington 870 and 1100 birdgun, Winchester 1200/1300 Defender, Mossbergs, Browning, Atis, the SPAS 15 and the South African Protecta with the revolver type magazine (manual Striker automatic shotgun) to name a few. Also a few side by side and under/over shotguns.

Of all the guns I liked the Winchester Defenders most, I liked the capacity and the slick action of the non stainless guns. Maybe it was the feel of the wooden furniture. I know many swear by the stronger 870s but I found the Winchester more comfortable and natural for me. I really liked it and shot well with it. Just my 2c.

 

[Flattop5]

Ithaca model 37.

Damn right! Not only does it eject from the bottom (keeping dirt out of the action), but it takes DECADES for an Ithaca 37 to begin to malfunction. My dad had one with all of the bluing gone, and it STILL went "bang" every time you pulled the trigger. Gun shops rarely have to fix them, unless the owner is a total numbskull who never cleaned it or oiled it. The gun was mostly designed by John Browning, with a few small changes made by others.



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[RobzGuns]

Mine is also a Win1300.
When I got it, it was set up with dual pistol grips.
I changed it to a folding stock and picatinny slide.

 

[DWalt]

As a user or a collectible? Makes a big difference, as there are some very desirable and valuable military marked shotguns. As a user (at least for my personal preference), probably a Winchester Model 1200 military version. Second choice would be an Ithaca 37. I have little use for anything newer than about 1970.

 

[WC145]

I couldn't be happier with my Mossberg 930 SPX, it's a whole lotta gun for the money.

 

[65-2x2]

My bedside gun is an 870 with an extended magazine, a 18 1/2" barrel and the full wood stock. When pumping a round into the chamber it makes a statement that translates to all know languages...

If, heaven forbid, I ever have to use it, I know how to patch drywall and mop floors.

 

[NYlakesider]

My shotgun for things that go bump in the middle of the night is a Mossie 590 12 gauge. It has an 18 tube and it holds 9 shots total, set to fire 4 00s and then 3 slugs! A bandoleer is next to gun with lots of reloads. Full stock no hard to control pistol grip only as some Rambo’s prefer!

We live a 1/4 mile off the road in a no cell zone and very sporadic public safety communications. That means in plain English if our home phone is down we cannot make a call for the cavalry to come. On our own and this gun loaded with 00 buck & slugs will take care of human trash or the bears that live up here with us in the boonies.

Note we are very rural and our choice of 00 and slugs might not work well with other people. A couple handguns are close so the wife can have one while I tend to the shotgun.

 

[max]

I have a short barreled M37 with rifle sights and also a Remington 1100 Special Field. I would be comfortable grabbing either one. Also have numerous other shotguns including a Winchester 1200, but these 2 have the short barrels.

 

[fdw]

Stoeger coach gun loaded with #4 buck stays beside the bed, easy to maneuver

 

[Stranglehold]

Poor picture, but...

Scattergun Technologies (pre-Wilson) 870.

Roe

 

[Muley Gil]

I carried my personal 1897 Winchester in my patrol car for several years. I'm also fond of the Ithaca pump M37 and the Remington 870.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

I have two sons, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. My supply of firearms has dwindled as they grew up and moved away. I have one shotgun left.

Remington 870 "Sportsman 12" model, plain walnut stock, parkerized exterior finish, 12-gauge 3" chamber, 21" barrel with vent rib and RemChoke. I have fitted it for a carry sling, otherwise it remains as manufactured. I have screw-in chokes of IC, Modified, Full, and a Hasting Extra-full Turkey Choke.

This shotgun has won every turkey shoot it has been used in, not only by myself but by a dozen others.

It sits peacefully in my house with the IC choke tube installed and the magazine loaded with 2-3/4" magnum loads of BB-shot. I have hunted doves, quail, and pheasants with various loads and choke tubes, and it does everything I require of a shotgun every time I ask it to do so.

Nothing fancy, just hard core solid performance every time. On a road trip it remains quietly available in the trunk of the car or behind the seat of the truck.