sjsfire

If you ever plan down the road to hunt turkey, pheasant, dove, quail, ducks, etc I'd take a hard look at either a Remington 870 combo or a Mossberg 500 combo. Both would serve you well. With a rifled scoped barrel you'd be good well out past 100 yards with the right ammo and practice and plenty good enough for you 50-75 yard shots. I can't hunt with a centerfire due to regulations in Illinois. But I have 3 12 gauge shotguns with field barrels and have bought cantilever rifled barrels for 2 and my 870 has a smoth bore with iron sights for a brush gun. Plus I have two 50cal muzzleloaders. I would love to be able to hunt with a centerfire but forced to use either the shotguns or muzzleloaders. I only have one centerfire rifle, a Winchester 94 30-30 I got from my wife's late uncle. If it wasn't for the aunt giving it to me I'd probably never own one. I'd go with a shotgun........just my 2 cents.