where are all the pum action shotguns

[.357shooter 1,299]

well after owning 5 or so o/u,s and at least 4 semi autos i have an itch to buy a pump action 12g.started looking and not much about so went to my local gunshop and had a word.turns out mossberg are going to be handled by viking something or other and the prices will jump about £200.not good and none available for months.turns out before the lockdown everyone and his dog bought pump action,s.my timing allways sucks.so had another word with the boss at the shop and i have a rem 800 series 26" on order and will have it next week hopefully.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Owned a few. Mossberg, Savage, Remington and Winchester's. I prefer them over automatic actions.

I had a 20g 870 a while ago and it was like a wand.

Always fancied an Ithaca or Browning bps.

[3175darren 1,102]

I have had them, over the years and found they didn’t suit my shooting as in I didn’t do a lot of hide work, most of my shooting then was walked up, however they were good and very reliable on the marsh, anyway now I do loads of crow and pigeon shooting, but mainly use semi, I did however buy the mossberg hushpower 20 gauge and 410, and love them, Once you get used to cycling them you don’t notice it, and it stops you firing 3 shots rapidly in the same spot,  it makes you adjust your swing I find them very useful indeed and thinking of getting un-silenced barrels for my 2 mossbergs they are work horses without a doubt, I didn’t know they were going up so much,  

[Alsone 789]

16 hours ago, Sausagedog said:

Owned a few. Mossberg, Savage, Remington and Winchester's. I prefer them over automatic actions.

I had a 20g 870 a while ago and it was like a wand.

Always fancied an Ithaca or Browning bps.

Must admit I always fancied an SX3 / 4 but obviously a semi. Any gun that can cycle that fast is probably going to have a reliable mechanism. Also look well made but you'd expect that from Winny. 

17 hours ago, .357shooter said:

well after owning 5 or so o/u,s and at least 4 semi autos i have an itch to buy a pump action 12g.started looking and not much about so went to my local gunshop and had a word.turns out mossberg are going to be handled by viking something or other and the prices will jump about £200.not good and none available for months.turns out before the lockdown everyone and his dog bought pump action,s.my timing allways sucks.so had another word with the boss at the shop and i have a rem 800 series 26" on order and will have it next week hopefully.

So much for not owning shotguns for zombie defence...

Seems to be no shortage in stock at Sportsman's Gun Centre though if your hearts set on a pump. There's also a brand new Winchester SXP pump for a bargain price of £376. The 28" is in stock, I didn't check the 26" option:

https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/guns-and-moderators/shotguns/mechanism/pump-action
 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Sx3 is the dog,s danglies  in semi imho ,well made cycles freely and being synthetic a quick wipe down after mud crud and blood .

[BenBhoy 4,706]

Anyone able to tell me difference between the mossberg 500 & the 500e? 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

The only thing i can find is the 500 comes in 12,20, and .410 but the E is just a .410 ,but then the different 500 series models can have different magazine layouts .If you go on gunmart there,s a review of the 500e ,and they like it lots atb

[BenBhoy 4,706]

I really want a hushpower 20

[Alsone 789]

No I don't work for them!

https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/mossberg-500e-hushpower-20g

[Sausagedog 7,381]

28 minutes ago, Alsone said:

No I don't work for them!

https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/mossberg-500e-hushpower-20g

What is your line of work mate? No wait let me guess...... school teacher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BenBhoy 4,706]

52 minutes ago, Alsone said:

No I don't work for them!

https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/mossberg-500e-hushpower-20g

Cheers, yeah seen theirs. Waiting to see how long countryman Derby is before they get some back in, about 30 notes cheaper & no transfer cost. Thanks though.

[Meece 1,958]

I've had a 500 ATP 8 shot for many years which I  had put on my FAC back when Hungerford happened.  I bought it for shooting rabbits out of the back of a truck at harvest time because  my sbs was getting knocked about on the roll frame when reloading.  It was the mag capacity that did it for me. Back in those days they were looked down on as cheap gangster guns. It is fun to shoot but it is a lump in comparison to a double. Mine is chambered for 3 inch so when you rack it using 67 or 70mm cartridges,  you have to be fast or else it will throw two cartridges onto the elevator which jams the whole thing. To clear this fault You have develop a technique of roll it over,  push finger up from bottom to knock one cartridge out the ejection port and then pump the second cartridge into battery. To reduce this happening I only load 6.  A good fun gun but apart from an itch id go for a double. I certainty wouldn't have a hushpower especially on walk up.  Just to much of a fencepost.

[.357shooter 1,299]

i did look up the sportsmanguncenter as it did say they have them but a phone call later revieled the had none in newport even though their site says they have them

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Standard for them ,too many horror stories of money taken for non stock items that they say is in .

Then you pay for it and get waffled on for weeks. 

[walshie 2,804]

I'd rather go without than use that shower for anything.