Preferred Shotgun For Hunting (Poll)

[Hilltop123]

Give me an 870, I can field strip it down to just a pile of parts with nothing more than my hands and a 16 p nail. But what this survey will  probably show, is that folks will choose, what they are more comfortable with.

[huntingfool7]

All of the above...as long as it has a decent piece of wood attached to it.

AWS- Love the hammer gun, I'm green with envy.  What's the make/model on the 12 gauge with English stock?

[wadu1]

I chose semi-auto. The only think I use shotgun for is geese. I've scored a few doubles with it and would love to get a triple. I don't see that's possible with the others, possibly excepting the pump. It's also really reliable.

Bingo-that is why I shoot an auto. I have taken three sets of triples the best is 3 honkers. And last year was my quad 2 mallard drakes with the first and another drake with the second, ah-heck the hen went down with the third. SP10 on the honkers and my Beretta Extreama for the daffy ducks. 

[bobcat]

One time I got a quadruple out of a flock of greaters with an 870. Like I said, a pump is faster than an auto. Of course it helped that I used to shoot trap every Tuesday night in a league, and we did continental and doubles, so I had to learn to get that second shot off quick.

[Bofire]

  I have taken triples on flushing quail with an 870, many times.
Carl

[jaymark6655]

Pump  Moss 500

Never breaks down and almost as fast or faster than a semi-auto.

[AWS]

huntnfool, PM sent

[scout/sniper]

Does everyone really believe a pump is faster than an auto. 
It's fine to prefer one over the other, but this is ridiculous.

[AWS]

A little double gun fun today.  It is fun to do things like our grandfathers (to me, some of you it would be great-grandfathers) They weren't handicapped by their firearms, transportation slowed them down a little.



I even load shells like they did, I do cheat a little and use plastic hulls.



As for the fastest I'd say a double barrel with ejectors would be faster if you start with 10 shells sitting on a table in front of you and start with empty guns.  I've done it a couple of times.

[dawei]

Pump because it is uniquely an American design and so versatile.

[steen]

I guess it depends on what you are hunting.  I shoot a Remington Model 1100, semi auto, 12 gauge with an English style stock for upland game birds.  It fits me real well and goes up to my shoulder very quickly. That is what I picked but I also have a 20 gauge rifle barrel single shot for hunting deer if I'm so inclined here west of I-5 in Whatcom Co. Both are very accurate and fun to shoot!  I've used the semi auto the most.  I shot my one and only turkey with a Remington 870 pump which was to big for me but it got the job done.....or I did! Lol

[Bofire]

  I have heard this before: "a pump faster than asemi-auto"


"Does everyone really believe a pump is faster than an auto. 
It's fine to prefer one over the other, but this is ridiculous."

?? Standing at a safe place and shooting 3 shells as fast as possible, THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD A PUMP IS AS FAST.

I have heard people say "well, shooting at birds(deer,skeet), when you must aim" a "pump is as fast as a semi-auto"    Maybe??!!!? could be I guess but I would have to see it, I shoot both.
Carl

[bobcat]

A pump action IS faster than an automatic. At least for me, and that is based on a Remington 1100 and a Remingon 870. I don't believe I'd ever notice the difference while hunting. But when I first began shooting trap, I used an 870. Later on I switched to an 1100. Shooting doubles I noticed I really had to wait for that second shell to cycle through before I could shoot that second bird. With the 870 it was always just shoot as fast as I could pull the trigger. It was only a split second difference but it was noticeable for sure.

[Bob33]

The world record for a pump is breaking 8 hand thrown clay targets in under 2 seconds.

A semi may be faster, but if you need to shoot faster than four rounds per second you've got some serious problems.

[Fishaholic]

My pump is light and never jams and wont freeze up in the cold. I can take it apart if I drop it in mudd and clean in without much of a hassle.