mossberg is a good gun comany we got my dad a 500 for christmas and it is fine, another good gun is the remington 870 but personally i like the feel of the 500 much better then the 870 another good gun to look at is the winchester 1300 they are not made anymore, but you can still find them i found over a dozen of them brand new at a gun store and few used, so if price is your thing i would go with any of them.