Top 5 Shotguns of all time

[indiucky]

Browning superposed
Browning A5
Remington 870
Anson and Deeley boxlock sxs (too many use it to get specific on brand but it made sxs's affordable to everyman)
winchester model 12

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, what the criteria? Historical relevance?

1. Spencer shotgun
2. Winchester 1887
3. Auto 5
4. Tie--Greener side by side and Superimposed
5. Remington 1100

 

[snowrs]

So, what the criteria? Historical relevance?

4. Superimposed

Must be a Nazi german gun



Or just laying on another gun

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Must be a Nazi german gun

You'd call John Moses Browning a Nazi? Or, just my adding of prefixes where none are required.

 

[darthfader]

my favs of which i own are my belgian browning superposed, my belgian Automag 5, and my jap bt-99. i like my ithaca model 600 12 and 20 but the brownings are were its at! for fighting shotguns its FN SLP all the way!

 

[Prometheus]

The list begins and ends for me with the Browning Auto 5.

JMB was the master.


-G

A5 has to be in the top 3.

Any list that doesn't have an A5 in it is from someone completely ignorant of the history of the semiautomatic shotgun. Not trying to rude, it's just the truth.

The A5 was also JMB most prized design and he said it was his "best achievement".

 

[snowrs]

A5 has to be in the top 3.

Any list that doesn't have an A5 in it is from someone completely ignorant of the history of the semiautomatic shotgun. Not trying to rude, it's just the truth.

The A5 was also JMB most prized design and he said it was his "best achievement".

The OP didn't say most significant or I would agree but if you set a 1100 in it's prime or an A5 in it's prime infront of me and asked me which I would like to shoot for the day I would reach for the 1100

 

[watkins1988]

rem 870
rem 1100
mossberg 500
winchester 1897 trench gun
winchester 1887

 

[birdslayer]

+1 for the A5, 1100, superpose,citori,870,model 12

 

[Tandor]

Remington 870, drive a truck over it and it still would sing. boom boom boom.

 

[duffman0286]

1. Saiga 12

+1!!!!! the only way to make the best shotgun is to take the worlds greatest rifle and make it shoot 12ga

 

[Hkfiend]

Oh, and an 870, but those are the only two shotguns I've really messed with

 

[slyton]

Mossberg 590
remington 870
Spaz 12
AA-12
remington 1100

 

[Bigjon07]

Remington 870
Remington 1100
Ithica 37
New England single shot
Mossberg 500
For me these have been my standby's.

 

[clonies]

I don't care if it has been done already, let's see what you think the top 5 shotguns of all time.

1. Winchester Model 12
2. Winchester Model 1897
3. Browning A5
4. Remington 870
5. Mossberg 500

These are my picks would like to see some others input.

Mossberg lost all respect in my book with them making an AR-15 in a saturated market, and that Mossberg Chainsaw. I mean really....

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

1) Lenderhaux's break-action shotgun - This one gained #1 status on my list just because of the ammunition development that came with it

2) Browning A5 - ... it is the A5... enough said...

3) Winchester Model 1893 - Pump action... yay!

4) Winchester M1887 - Earliest successful repeating shotgun design... at least that I know of...

5) Blunderbuss - Barrel length effects patterning?! Oh, the possibilities...