5 Classic Shotguns You Must Buy at Your Local Gun Shop

[@CaliforniaFly]

Ithaca 37. Cant't beat it.

[@johnwillis4706]

You forgot probably one of the most iconic shotguns going. The Ithaca model 37. The slickest pump action out there. Bottom loading & ejecting design makes it less likely for crap getting into the receiver.

[@IMBrute-ir7gz]

Yeah, I second that motion! I own one, but, as a southpaw, if I had it to do all over again, I'd get a Browning BPS for its bottom-ejection and mostly, the tang safety which is the most lefty-friendly safety on any long gun!

[@weezem]

Winchester model 1200 and 1300 are the smoothest pump actions out there. They didn't call them the speed pump for no reason.

[@johnwillis4706]

@@weezem Ever handled a Model 37? I used to think the same thing about the 1200, not so much the 1300. Not only is the 37 butter smooth, hold the trigger back after the first shot and run the action, every time it closes it goes off. That's why a great many police departments bought them. The 1200 is a good gun, I own a few take downs but, the 37 has it beat IMO.

[@weezem]

@@johnwillis4706 I have and just because you can slam fire it doesn't make it smoother than the 1200 and 1300. I stand by what I say. Ithica 37 is a good pump but it's not smoother than those old Winchesters.

[@johnwillis4706]

@@weezem And that's entirely your opinion and as such you are welcome to it. we'll just agree to disagree. Good day.

[@rodneydarbonne1906]

My father gave me an Remington 870 wingmaster 12 gauge for my 10th birthday in 1979 it was the greatest gift ever and til this day shoots like a dream

[@jerrymartin5100]

I recently purchased an 1100 Remington new in the box , in 410 gauge, from 1997.

[@lescocat1501]

I have the Winchester Mod 12, in 12 Gauge. Great video👍😊

[@dw7094]

A long time ago I pulled guard duty at an ammo dump. They gave me a Winchester M1912 for a weapon with 5 rounds of 00 buck along with authorization to use deadly force from the Officer of the Guard.

[@r.tomrobison8307]

When my grandpa passed away I inherited a Remington wingmaster. Still have it.

[@Birdfan465]

I don't have any grandkids but I have a few wingmasters to pass on to some good kids that will appreciate them. (I HOPE)

[@r.tomrobison8307]

@@Birdfan465 I would hope you have a chance to teach them the proper use of the guns . Good luck

[@Birdfan465]

@@r.tomrobison8307 they are all on the school trap team. They have some good coaches.

[@richardnear4160]

I'll keep using my two Winchester 120 rangers....a 12 and 20 gauge

[@steveolson9422]

Ruger never made a pump shotgun, as shown.

[@stevepoe3667]

You don't need a new firearm, sometimes you need to get confident and productive with the firearms you already have 🇺🇸👍

[@robertcherry7190]

Most times.

[@qkscopejfk8765]

I have a model 12 winchester 16ga. Bought it at Cabelas for around $600. Very nice shotgun, treat it right it'll treat you right. Shot 200 shells in a day before jamming up. Easy to clean to.

[@willyschmidlkofer1753]

Remington 1100

[@Birdfan465]

Most of the older guns were very good guns . Reliability, toughness all around good gun . The Remington 870 wingmaster is as good as there was.

[@caseysmith544]

Not all, some Remmington 870 in 12, 16, 20 and 28 gauge had this habit of a slam rapid fire where if the gun did slam fire it would almost always keep firing all the rounds out. This was mainly in the 1960's around 1964--1966 until 1968 for most of them though a few models in 1969 would do this too, mainly the trap versions with the long barrel.

[@Birdfan465]

@@caseysmith544 huummmm I will check in to this . Sounds like something that could happen with a simi auto . The 870 is a pump action

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

I love utilitarian shot guns like the Stevens 311 in any gauge. Simple, rugged, reliable, and most of them double choked, auto safty.

[@dannysmith6035]

nothing beats my mossburg 500! It lives with me!🇺🇸

[@brianstevens3963]

I've got to agree love my mossbergs and the price is usually alot less deadly

[@twizlerpacketz416]

My grandfather has an original 1951 browning auto five sweet 16 and I believe it is one of the coolest firearms ive seen, he keeps it in incredible condition so it looks right out of the factory

[@Asmith-1111]

I have an auto 5 from 1914 that was passed down for four generations before I bought it. It does need a minor cosmetic restoration, but it still runs like a top. I love it so far.

[@twizlerpacketz416]

@@Asmith-1111 i bet its an amazing weapon

[@mauricesmith4270]

I've been shooting Field competition hunting ect for over 60 years I've shot and had them all but the one that held up the most and for the money MOSSBERG all the way they just don't break down thousands of thousands of shots still shooting my Mossbergs the 500 590 great gun's

[@DonutVIP]

I have a brownin gold hunter, 12ga, love the quick load, put many rounds thru it, just bought a slug barrel and ready for deer season

[@Life_Is_Torture0000]

All these videos about guns you "must buy." My gun budget is tapped out, unfortunately. Instead, I'm using the money for ammo and training, to become proficient with the guns I already have.

[@tzackaria7]

yea, there is no "must have" gun, just some you might enjoy having

[@josephriggs5950]

Thank you! Well put! Put practice first with what you have and know.

[@andycoslet6479]

I hear ya. There's all these videos out there saying this gun is the best. Hurry up and go out and buy it. How are we truly supposed to get accurate information with everyone contradicting each other

[@Yettiattack]

Probably should find more income. Gotta buy more guns ☺️

[@jarrodwemhoff7270]

Old pumps are reasonable and hold value. 1200, BPS, and 37’s. 870’s don’t fit and are a dime a dozen.

[@JohnSmith-je9jd]

I've got a Belgium made Browning A5 made in 1955....(light 12) Damn thing has never failed once. Yearly maintenance & reasonable care. Amazing heavy hitter.....

[@ronaldjohnson1474]

NOT an A5! Yours is an Auto-5. Two entirely different shotguns.

[@williamhoward9493]

Left out the Remington 1100 auto, a great shotgun!

[@roderickjackson380]

Yep!!!!

[@robertmontgomery6060]

Yes sir. Shot thousands of rounds out of these. For the money, can't beat em

[@44carbine91]

Great shotgun for sure.

[@Bogie3855]

I have an 870 Wingmaster since 1966 and still have one in the safe along with a spare abused barrel which will be cut down to make a shortie. Pretty much an indestructable gun.

[@robbylock1741]

I love my Winchester Model 12's! I have one in 12 ga, 20 ga and .410! Still my go to shotguns when I go hunting is a nice old EJ Churchill 20 ga side by side or my Granddad's 12 ga L.C. Smith. Both have taken hundreds of pheasants over the decades. One is an English Classic the other an American Classic! Oh yeah still looking for a Model 12 in 16 ga. the few I've found were more than I could afford at the time.

[@marshmutt8975]

They didn't make a 410 M12, that would've been the Model 42.

[@robbylock1741]

@@marshmutt8975 Thank you, just looked and you are right it's a Model 42

[@domi69ify]

Model 12's are beautiful and extremely well made guns! I have one, passed down three generations. Made in 1941, chambered in 16 gauge. The only problem is that 16 gauge ammunition has become incredibly hard to find, especially where I live. All of the shooting ranges here in the SF Bay Area only allow slugs to be shot on their ranges. I couldn't find 16 gauge slugs anywhere for years. Luckily they have re-entered production very recently it looks like. So happy to see this sweet 16 re-entering life again!

[@tomweiland7904]

Thanks for sharing. I didn't realize I have a collector's item in my gun safe with a Ruger Red Label Sporting Clay model. The last American made over under.

[@orangepickel2]

The Remington model 17 pump-action shotgun. Which they sold to the Ithica gun corporation of Ithica New York and became known as model 37. Was an iconic shot gun bottom load bottom ejection. I have 2 since 1970's I won skeet tournaments 25 for 25 with my right hand and then 25 for 25 with my left with my field piece improve cylinder 26-in ventilated rib barrel. Two and three quarter inch chamber. After winning the skeet shoots I've been appreciated through the trap shoot 25 for 25 we're shooting from the 3-in magline which was 15 ft further back than the two and three quarter line taking the birds like 15 ft out of the house with their right hand repeating the same with the left. Tennessee pheasants killed a few ducks.. Through the special order desk at the Navy exchange island of Guam in my Navy veteran father ordered I think a total of seven Winchester Model 37s. I would have to go and check, I cannot remember if they were actually made in Japan or in Canada mine is sitting in my safe 36-in barrel 3-in mag. The 1970's variation for that 12 gauge was called a model 37a. My brother-in-law loading hot 3-in mag rounds shooting geese with his eventually broke the Tang on the receiver were attaches to the stock. About 300 dead geese later at about 500 actual shots fired. I think he got his money's worth out of that $25.00 Christmas present from his father-in-law. 😂🤣🤣

[@unluckymaru8776]

Picked up both an 1897 (dated 1899) and a model 12 (1953) at my local gun shop. They even got an 1893 in right now. Tempted to buy it but id never ever use it. Then again, thats half the fun!

[@reaper.7022]

I Have Remington 870 Express Magnum " PERFECT "..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@tomhman6441]

You only need one of these guns. My Remington 870 is as good as the day I got it, 30 some years ago.

[@icfubar9150]

My Win M 12, 12 ga, F choke was produced in 1931. It has a 32 ' barrel and is stamped "Standard Trap" on the bottom of the receiver. It has seen so much use that the checkering has worn smooth, being passed down through our family. A word of caution if the trigger is kept depressed when using the slide action it will fire on closing...this also makes it rapid fire in a self defense situation. like a Grizz showing up as you're cooking dinner over a campfire.

[@44hawk28]

I have no idea where you took your history classes at, but 1936 was not the aftermath of the great depression. We were in the middle of it. The Great Depression didn't end till 1952. The fact that we had a war in the middle of it took people's minds off of it but there were the same basic number of people out of work on December 7th 1941 as there was on March 10th of 1933. During the wartime economy we didn't think about the depression, but it was still going on.

[@chewcacachewpipi8879]

Why they ever stopped making these will forever be a mystery to me.

[@dirtfarmer7472]

And the rest of us included. They’re making good guns now but not just this good. Oh well the big boys know best, they think.

[@mgaamerica9185]

Because the recoil sucked, even with updated jell pads. Don’t get me wrong I wanted one, but had a browning gold (which shot 3 1/2, so I don’t know that SBE was the first to shoot 3 1/2). I had a young family at that time, and my wife was a stay at home mom, I just couldn’t take any extra money away from the family!

[@bobanderson6656]

too expensive to produce.

[@bisleyblackhawk1288]

You forgot the Stevens 311…I use one in Cowboy Action from 1952 according to the receiver’s alphabet marking (no SN)…they can still be found on the used gun market…but are no longer inexpensive.

[@stevenortega4200]

I got a 1948 model 12 last year for a steal because it had a compensater

[@BilgePump]

1953 Model 12 in 16ga. modified choke 💥

[@country3608]

I have 870 wing master I bought new back in 1975 and it’s in mint condition!

[@jasonmiller6371]

I'm a shotgun guy. From your list, I would only recommend the average shotgun owner to buy a Ruger O/U or the Benneli. The rest might be good for collectors, but not really practical for a regular use gun. If you want an auto shotgun, there are Browning A5 licensed clones made by Remington and Savage, you can get one for a great price online. If you want a glass smooth pump shotgun, look for a Remington model 31. Both These guns are over looked shotguns by collectors, but they are great values if you want just want a good hunting shotgun! I own a Savage model 745 clone of the Browning A5 and a Remington model 31, both made in the 1940s, and both shoot as well today as they did brand new.

[@jarrodwemhoff7270]

I have picked up a couple different 12 gauges for under 350 that I wouldn’t part with. A 1200 Winchester with a 30” barrel and full choke. The other is a 3 1/2” bps with the 30” barrel. It’s a good one for the person that needs to loose some weight. Lotta good older shotguns on the shelf for reasonable money that got traded by a family member who just didn’t care.

[@troydixson1394]

I never thought of buying on of those til a couple months ago

[@dundeeecroc]

Is the 1964 Remington 870 Wing master 16 ga pump shotgun any good?

[@Noone765]

Yes

[@dundeeecroc]

@@Noone765 its in excellent condition, value ?

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

I'm too crippled to go hunting these days and too poor to go skeet shooting but I still have my two barrel set Model 12. My Ithaca 37 is still with me too. I gave away my guns while I was still alive to give them to who I wanted, only two mistakes made! The prices quoted here are a bit silly but it has some good info in it!

[@gordyowens9570]

Ithaca model 37

[@morelanmn]

A very good shotgun that is often overlooked is a Winchester Model 25. It is a non takedown Model 12 Winchester. They never came with a vent rib but they shoot great. I have 10 Model 12's even a 28 gauge skeet. Another much overlooked shot gun is the Sears. J.C. Higgins Model 20 shotgun. Hi-Standard made the firearms. High Standard Model 200. It looks a lot like the Mossburg shotgun. But it was made decades before the Mossburg 500 even started production.

[@PsychoKern]

This literally sounds like the announcement for Ammunation from GTA San Andreas XD

[@pinevalleyfarm4941]

Remington 1100, browning a5 and Winchester model 12

[@garypiont6114]

Great video. 👍

[@robertozerbinati5937]

Puno shotgun sold by Sears roebuck had a cheap metal stock screw that cracked after to much shooting

[@spartan1347981]

No Mossberg?

[@josephriggs5950]

I agree with you, Mossberg shotguns are hard to beat .

[@chub4141]

I want to see the ruger pump shotgun you showed on the starting video face it could be called the unicorn because it doesn't exist

[@andrewrunnion3557]

Would like to see the poor boys gun. 37A ,H&R,Steves,IvoryJohnson

[@oldschoolhomesteadfarm2683]

Im a poor boy that just inherted my gramps guns. Win 190 .22 semi-stevens37b .410 bolt w/mag. Stevens single 12ga . Win pre64 94 30-30 lever & Winchester pre64 model 70 in .300 magnum mint. He was a sniper in the military. But i would give it all away to have him back.

[@ronaldbertin9455]

28 gauge is always almost unobtainable in CANADA

[@moseskorolinussomiar3650]

I like that gun

[@youngguns1319]

Browning A5 for a auto Winchester 97 for a pump j.m browning got it all right in all gun departments

[@hawks2252]

I agree with the A5, with the Berretta a390 a very close second.

[@Peter-gj8kp]

The Browning bps

[@jimmymorrison9824]

Reading something about Winchester model 1400 according to what I was reading it's a piece of kaka well I've hade mine one for the last 40 or 45 years never failed me so far were did they get there information very concerning one thing keep it cleaned well oiled not to crazy about steel shoat 2/ 3/4 only love it😊😊😊

[@joewattenbarger1433]

You for got the best one of all the Mossberg 500a pump

[@timgiesin4025]

I have a JCHiggins 12 gauge my friends nick named the Rifleman due to if you hold the trigger and rack the pump it fires every time

[@davidmiller8924]

Just picked one up for 100 bucks. Made late 40's by Stevens. Looks like a cross between a Browning and a model 12. Nice gun. Good enough for me!

[@Peter-gj8kp]

Most of them do

[@glendelong1023]

Nice thing about the net and you tube is anyone can post a must have list. The plus side is everyone has an opinion on what they consider must have. I wouldn't own any of the 5 talked about here. Benelli super never did live up to the hype, finicky on the type of shells it would shoot and in really cold weather was damn near useless not to mention it hated dirt. The Winchester had a touchy hammer so it was a close when ready to shoot gun. The Ruger was ok but nothing special, same with the Browning. The Wingmaster was to light for me and would twist as I tried to lead my target and lets not even mention 410, good on squirrels I guess. How about 5 guns I know work all the time/every time. Remington 870 super mag. 3 1/2 inch. never finicky about shells, good swinger and easy to find. Winchester 1200-1300, solid feel, great action, shoulders fast, also easy to find. Browning bt 99 single shot, lots of pheasants fall to this one. Simi auto good old Browning auto 5. these work in the field or the duck blind. Grew up around auto 5 and never seen any real problems with them and will say I have seen more birds taken with an auto 5 then any other gun, period. Tons of other guns I can mention but these I can go find most anywhere. Last since it is an opinion piece, I have to mention Mossburg. No I don't own one but have have been around them always. They are sloppy, kind of unwelding, and not a handsome shotgun...but the damn thing work and work hard. Not to finicky about what you shoot threw them, rugged and super dependable, fairly inexpensive and best of all easy to find. thats how I see it from my arm chair

[@JohnSmith-lw2bm]

Winchester SuperX1

[@azharaslam3733]

Good analysis and information Pakistan

[@tomkirkemo5241]

I got an Italian (what else) Marocchi O/U 12G for just above 50 US dollars here in Norway. :)

[@bristleconepinus2378]

I owned a Red Label for years and shot thousands of birds with it. Great gun.

[@pedrojsanchezalvarado5569]

Muy buenas para todos aquellos en cazerias

[@jamesdyson7126]

Excellent

[@tosijjaan]

I got a fantastic deal for a brand new ИЖ-43 at my local gun store just for 299€

[@odanewilson]

I need 300000 of those to buy ok

[@alanb9397]

Winchester model 12 light weight

[@marshmutt8975]

Video is dead wrong about the Red Letter M37. The first M37s were RLs and around 1948 they stopped the Red Letters. The Red Letters do not add to the value so I wouldn't get too hung up on having to have the RL.

[@ShotgunPoint]

I don’t know if we agree on this one

[@jasonnester9514]

I would if they were affordable

[@tjrubicon5463]

No Ithaca?

[@zanaevans7403]

Way back in the early 2000s I bought a 500 in 410, even then it wasn't the most practical option. The ammo back then was more money, with less hit. But it was a fun round. Now days the price of 410 ammo is just stupid expensive! If you can even find 410 ammo. Then a Remington 870 in 410, That's the worst recommendation ever! Remington hasn't made a decent gun 20 years or pre freedom group.

[@dvvalant]

I bought my first 12 gauge in the late 1960s. A Remington 870 Wingmaster. Absolutely indestructible. Yeah, right now 410 ammo is very hard to find, and if you could who can afford it? A fun little gun but not for duck or goose hunting so.....

[@mondaymotivator_]

There's always that one mom and pop sporting shop that for some reason never runs out of these classic guns, i'm talking the ones that went out of production when they never should've (model 12, ithaca 37, 1911a1, etc..)

[@my2cents945]

Personally don't understand what a Benelli is doing on the list. Over priced, over complicated, less than desirable dependability. Old 870 wingmaster in any gauge is as good as it gets. Good luck finding one for sale. Most are handed down as will happen with mine when I'm gone.

[@bowhunt2472]

Do not buy a Red Label. I have a beautiful wall hanger. Bought it in 92. Thought i would pass it down to my kids. Ruger does not even work on them anymore. Can’t find anyone who will. No parts available. I had it at an internationally known gunsmith and builder, advised to no longer shoot. Action opens after first shot. They were nice guns, but not for a lifetime. Now shopping Browning and Beretta.

[@bryanbaker5942]

These reviews are jokes. They’re just opinion pieces.

[@pedrojsanchezalvarado5569]

Todas 3 marca de arma son una belleza elegancia

[@brianstevens3963]

What's wrong with mossberg I have two of them that my step father gave me back in the 80s they still work fine !! yes these are nice quality shotguns but they come with a high quality price !! just paying for the name

[@midwest7176]

Buy them used, from a private seller, no paper trail.

[@nickn6223]

Bla,bla,bla.!!! Bring back the double barrel side by side .12 ga

[@Isaihernandez777]

All of these shotguns suck exception of the model 12.

[@zsar31]

Red label a waterfowl gun ??????

[@davidlentz4618]

They made a stainless synthetic model!

[@lesbratton]

Why not? It's a shotgun, not all waterfowl are shot over water.

[@bickabraham2397]

B.S.!!

[@pedrojsanchezalvarado5569]

🇪🇨🇪🇨👍🤝

[@proudhammer62]

Trump!

[@joemarchinski914]

amazing info....I would have NEVER known that you can find shotguns at the gun store....life changing info.....by the way...Which gun stores would be dumb enough to allow anyone from this " expert" gun channel to even enter their store???

[@davehein7466]

Nah........ I don't 'need' another 12 Ga. shotgun. I have my Mossberg 500 (late 1980's manufacture), my Stoeger double barrel 'Coach Gun' (purchased new 3 years ago), and my Remington Model 11, 12 Ga, that was purchased by mt Grandfather in 1935, then my Dad inherited it, and now it's mine (as of 5 years ago). My Model 11 is the easiest pointing/aiming shotgun that I've ever shot!

[@mitarreljici6823]

Best shotgun it's Baikal mp 153, others it's a bullshit

[@JMD1965]

THANK you!... Great list here. Shotguns are a real weakness/addiction with me. I have been chasing an illusive original Ruger Red for a long time myself. I would also recommend (IMHO, favorites from my collection) the Remington 1100 (from the 80's or 90's.. PRE Freedom Group ownership of the brand) and the Ithaca model 37 Featherweight (especially in 16 Gauge) pre 1986 when they sent production overseas. the only drawback for the last one is you will probably only find one chambered for 2 3/4 shells, but still a solid made, all steel pump that loads AND ejects from the bottom (GREAT for Southpaw shooters)

[@lesleyboeder1798]

Yea I have two Ithaca 37s in 16g awell as two Winchester model 12s in 16g thy never made a 3 inch 16g shell or gun

[@nealbushnell5556]

Hi Jerry. Not that I'm interested in parting with it but as a young adult in the 1970's, I'd already realized recent mistakes I'd made. For instance, letting coveted firearms slip by as a matter of my ignorant youth. The most prevalent was the Belgian Browning, "Dianna Grade" 12ga OU for sale, literally for several years at Skaggs Drug and Sporting Goods in Salt Lake City. "Could'a, should'a, would'a" has plagued me for decades. At $750.00, I could have walked out with it but didn't. Skaggs went out of business and with it the Browning disappeared... forward a very few years, Ruger came out with a new (much lower quality, new kid at school) over/under. My inner self said "take it now" because in part to the Browning mistake, I bought it. 20ga, Imp cyl, modified, non replaceable chokes, blued receiver at about the same price of the Browning. $700.00. It still is in excellent condition and remains one of my favorite upland tools. I'm not a shot gunning socialite but these days, it's the only one I've seen that doesn't have replaceable chokes. As I speak I've found a Winchester Model 12, in 16ga at a local pawn shop that's been reduced $100.00. excellent blue and well cared for stock. The shop's asking $799.00 for it. With these times of political/social crap, I'm reluctant but my (old weapon demon) won't shut up. Anyway , Merry Christmas and be well.

[@giuseppe4909]

Remington model 10, model 11 and my favorite Mossy 590A1

[@denizen9998]

Funny those Browning and Winchesters are made in Japan yet the japanese are not allowed to own firearms.

[@robbylock1741]

The Browning Auto 5 I own was made in Belgium not Japan. My Winchester Model 12's were made in New Haven, Connecticut. I don't think any of the Model 12's were made in Japan.