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Excaliber wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:00 am

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:59 pm The Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical is on sale right now at GrabAGun for $900.

https://grabagun.com/mossberg-940-pro-t ... ready.html

That's a really good deal for a really fine gun!

Yep; a hundred bucks less than I paid for mine 15 months ago. Add to that: under Bidenomics, a 2023 dollar is, in actual spending power, worth 92.6 cents of a 2022 dollar.

And did I mention how much fun it is to shoot this puppy? I have what used to be called a Knox stock (Blackhawk bought the company) on my 870 pump, and it does a good job of reducing recoil. But the 940 feels even a bit softer than that. And disposing of a tube full of shells as fast as you can (accurately) pull the trigger is way better than the pump activation I got used to. My go-to HD firearm was an AR with a 40-round Pmag. When I'm home, I still keep the AR accessible as a secondary, but 7+1 2.75" 00 Buck gives me 5, .33 pellets per round for a total of 40 projectiles with 8 trigger presses. I figure I'll have a really big problem on my hands if that isn't dissuasive enough.

If I come into some extra, unexpected money, I'd still like to have a Benelli, but I'm happy with the Mossberg.

Based on a conversation here on the forum in August 2022 (where TAM told me about his Mossberg 930: viewtopic.php?p=1325355#p1325355) I finally bought my first semi-auto shotgun and chose the Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical. I'd love to have a Benelli, but it wasn't in the budget and, having used pumps all my life rather than semis, I wasn't sure how I'd I adapt to a new administrative manual-at-arms.

I ended up paying exactly $1,000 (well, technically, $999.99) for the Mossy. I'll admit I've never tried it with low-recoil shells--don't feel the need for the low-recoil, diminished muzzle velocity stuff--but have fed it all sorts of 2.75" and 3" shells from #8 through 000 and slugs. Only had a couple of hiccups, and those were my fault when I was practicing swapping-in different shells during live fire.

If it had been in the budget, I'd probably have gone straight to the Benelli. But I put a Holosun HS510C on the optic-ready Mossberg, got it a good sling, and came in at a total cost just under $1,400. I'm happy with it and, while I won't be getting rid of my trusty, reliable pump guns, I was sold on the semi-auto as soon as I zapped off a few rapid-fire rounds. A double-tap of double-aught is a beautiful thing.