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Bitter Clinger wrote:I am 62 with a really bum shoulder (NO rotator cuff at all). I run a Remington 1100 tactical 12 gauge and I love it! It is a semi-automatic (7+1 in the tube) and just a devastating firearm at close range when loaded with buck and accurate with slugs at 100 yards. There is no way I could handle a pump, especially when trying to also manage ammunition.

Plenty of local training opportunities abound. Phil Ryan is planning a class this month, see http://txconcealedcarry.com/class-sched ... shotgun-i/

Come on out and try a few different guns before you buy...

Bitter clinger,

I would love to come out for the shotgun class, but am in Iowa for the summer. The wife and I retired from Texas schoolteaching 8 years ago and hit the road in our RV. We come to Iowa in the summer so as to do a little workamping. We winter in southern Arizona. We will be back in the DFW area during the months of October and November. I will check your link website from time to time between now and then and see what is available at that time.

Thanks for the good info.

Joe

Wow! Again I say Wow!

You guys and girls are great! So many great comments and suggestions. I am not a shotgun guy at all and really have no idea the recoil involved in either the 12 gauge or the 20 gauge. I just assumed that the 20 gauge would be less due to it being a smaller shell. I did not think about the gun being lighter and thus there would be more felt recoil.

So, the 12 gauge option is back on the table.

What is your take on the semi auto shotgun? Is it worth the extra money?

Joe

Right2Carry wrote: You didn't mention what you were going to be using it for.

Sorry. This will be strictly a home defense weapon. I am not a hunter.

Joe

I am 62 years old and have decided to purchase my first shotgun. I want a 20 gauge for the lesser recoil versus the 12 gauge. The local Bass Pro has a Weatherby PA 459 Reaper in 20 gauge that looks pretty spiffy. Ghost ring rear sight, 18.5" barrel, chrome lined barrel, black furniture with a skulls camo pattern, soft pistol grip, full stock with a limb saver type of pad on the end of the stock, 5 + 1 in 2.75 and 4+1 in 3". They wanted $399 for it. I know nothing about shotguns. I am trying to educate myself.

Are Weatherby shotguns any good? Are they better or worse than the Mossbergs, Remingtons, Winchesters, Bennillis, Mavericks, and Pardners of the world?

Can somebody help a brother out?

Which brand is your favorite? Should I consider a semi auto instead of a pump?

Joe