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To: Sam Cree
An old Mossberg 500 with 8 round magazine, 18" barrel, no choke

I should have known... I have one of those. I have both of those barrels, too. It's a nice knockoff of the Remington 870, but only almost. I still think I'm gonna get an 870 to get this outta my system. My Mossberg is having problems though... and as I understand, it's a fairly common issue: the safety switch breaks. The little plastic thumbswitch breaks off, and then the dang thing tends to fall into "safety on" position just as you're about to pull the trigger. Most distracting. :-) Speaking of boat shotguns... have you ever seen the all-stainless S&W "Camper Special"??? Looks like a nifty thing for a saltwater environment.

4,763 posted on 03/31/2004 8:12:25 PM PST by Ramius (As it turns out... taxation *with* representation ain't all that great either.)
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To: Ramius
I should have known... I have one of those.

So, when are you going to post a picture like Sam's? (she says this referring back to post 4761)

:-)

4,767 posted on 03/31/2004 8:18:17 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)
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To: Ramius
Yes, I think the 870 is better, it's really kind of a classic, while the 500 is sort of an "almost" a classic.

I haven't seen the S&W camper special, though I have seen various SS shotguns, Winchester has one, I believe.

These days, I usually pack a Mini 14 .223 stainless barrel with 30 rnd clip. I had half a mind to get one of the custom after market high tech looking stocks for it to make it look more intimidating, but probably won't, since it's actually pretty accurate the way it is, which I believe is uncharacteristic for those things.
4,771 posted on 03/31/2004 8:26:46 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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