Ice Knight Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Hi all, new here! I enjoy shooting clays when we go out to the range and would like to purchase my own shotgun to take along. I like Benelli's line up, there all great! I definitly want my first shotgun to be a Benelli, i've been shooting my dad's 870 Magnum Express for as long as we have been going. Anyways, my dream gum would be a M3 or a M4 pistol grip, but they are simply outta my price range by a long shot! I really like the tactical look of them, their awesome! Now i'm looking at the Nova pump tactical with ghost ring sights, how would this baby do for clays? I don't really ever plan to hunt so that's not a requirement at all. Would the tactical Nova be a good clay shooter? I'm not sure whether or not a short barrel like that would negativly effect clay shooting, but I think it looks better than the huge long barrels, lol. And how would the sights do? I'm used to the bead on the end and that's it, you know, the pointing thing, would the ghost ring type sights be a problem? I know this model can have a brutal kick but I may get the recoil reducer and I won't be shooting heavy stuff out it often, is it a good choice for what I want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossberg Man Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 short barrel police home defense gun for shooting clay targets not the best choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Knight Posted January 1, 2004 Author Share Posted January 1, 2004 Originally posted by Mossberg Man: short barrel police home defense gun for shooting clay targets not the best choice. LOL that's what I figured, any other recomendations? Before I saw these Benelli models I was liking the Winchester model 1300 Black Shadow but after seeing these babies I look at that Winchester and just cringe. It would probably be good for what I want though, 26" or 28" barrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossberg Man Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Go with a sporting shotgun Browning sporting models Citori Gold Cynergy winchester models Super x2 select energy beretta 391 687 benelli sport 2 franchi alicone 612 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezman Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 for years i used to use a mossburg 500 with a 18.5"bbl to shoot skeet but there were two major draw backs first it used to beat the crap out of me after 50 shots or so i just couldent shoot it any more because of the punnishing recoil. but i broke a lot of birds. the other draw back was, every time i took it out at the range the old dudes would tease me about sticking up the quicky mart on my way home. if you want a duel purpose gun mossburg used to make a kit that consisted of a 18.5bbl and a pistol grip and a 28"bbl and a full composit stock it only takes about 15mins to change the stock and bbl also its fairly cheep and my mossburg 500 takes all kinds of abuse and keeps shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 MAybe I am too late... and the Benelli SPORT II may be out of your price range... but when it comes to clays... it is pure... well... you know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Fan Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I bought a Nova 12ga 28 '' barrel a short while ago for trap and so far I have been very happy. I am not a very experenced trap shooter so I am not an expert, but it brings the clays down. I have a M1 Super 90 with the 18.5 barrel, one range I shot at, the min barrel lenght is 24 so no go, the other doesnt have that restriction but I have not had the time go try out the M1 S90. One post that I read said that barrel lenght is not that important its more the choke, we'll see. I am 6' 245 recoil is not a problem then again I am shooting target loads. I still ma get the recoil reducer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bambihunter Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 In my opinion, a inertia-recoil Benelli would not make the best home defense gun. I've tried shooting my SBE "free-hand" (not against my shoulder, just holding it) and an alarming number of times it ejects the empty but doesn't come back far enough to release a shell into the chamber. If I were you, I'd get a SBE for all hunting uses and then, depending on your finances get a purpose-built defense shotgun like the M3 or if you're on a budget after the SBE, get a Rem. 870 police, Moss. 500, Win 1300 defender, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezman Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 also dont forget that nothing strikes fear into the heart of a man like the sound of a pump gun racking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birddog Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 LOL ... or the sound of a tracer round blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novatkyhntr Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Nova 26". Good all around gun. I use mine as a home defense gun and a hunting gun. It even does a good job at clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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