Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Naches Sportsman on June 10, 2012, 03:40:48 PM
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Which gun handles the best for reloads? I have about $600.00 to spend on a 20 gauge right now and want to get a good one that can handle reloads. I have been thinking about an 870, but I do not know anyone to see how they handle the reloads. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Usually you work up a load for the gun, not work up a gun for the load.
Do you have a bunch of loads worked up or something?
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I would go with an 870. You can always load them one at a time if you need to.
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If you reload long enough you know about loading/shooting one at a time. :chuckle:
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One thing though, I wouldn't spend near that much on an 870. You can buy some nice ones and spend a lot or buy a "work" gun and spend maybe $200.
I do like nice looking 870's though. I have a 12ga lite contour (Wingmaster) that I put an 18.5" barrel with sights on. If I need to grab and sawed off shotgun, I want it to look nice. :tup:
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Breach loading shotguns handle reloads better than guns with tube magazines. Sometimes the rim of a reload swells and will stick in a tube mag, it won’t do that in a breach loader.
