Shotgun Purchasing
Wants and Needs
The same goes with this post as in the last post, wants and needs. Those are your main reasoning behind your purchase. Identify your wants an needs, then weigh your choices and come up with a plan for your purchase.Wants could be anything from brand to engraving and semi-auto to pump. Needs could be hunting to home defense.
Styles and Configurations
You can get shotguns in many different styles and configurations, I will go over the basics here but not to in depth.Standard Pump Style, versatile gun, uses include home defense, hunting (slug and shot) and Shotgun sports(Trap mainly). Variety of barrel lengths, capacities and accessories.
Semi-Auto style, great for hunting(Shot), Shotgun sports(Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays). Variety of barrels lengths and chokes for different hunting types(Upland game,waterfowl,turkey)
Over Under Style, great for hunting(Shot, Upland) and all shotgun sports. Very versatile shotgun if you are wanting to shoot many types of disciplines. Many upgrade parts available. Also available with one shotgun tube and one centerfire tube, Example .45 on top and 12 gauge on the bottom.
Gauges include but are not limited to 10,12,16,20,28,410. 10 being the most powerful(Waterfowl) and the 410 being the smallest more apt to squirrels and snakes
Overview
If your looking for home defense a pump shotgun will probably suit your needs the best, with many upgrades as in lights, lasers, shot types, slug types, gauges and sizes.Hunting options will range on what types of hunting you will be doing. Waterfowl would be best suited with a semi-auto or pump, sometimes but rarely a over under. Upland game options are all the above types, Pump,Semi-auto and over under. Turkey hunting will be best suited with Pumps and Semi-auto, but also a over under. Deer most likely will be a pump slug gun, with rifles or smooth barrels.
Sporting options include all models, Trap shooting will work with all models. Skeet, Semi-Auto or Over under. Sporting Clay, Semi-Auto or Over under.
Hope this helps aid in you purchasing decisions, If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and thanks for reading my Blog,
Rex
