I had my heart set on the Remington 870 Express but I would like the cantilever so it’s probably going to be the 12 ga. Winchester black shadow pump as I had mentioned above... For scopes I was looking at the Bushnell, Leupold and Nikon low power scopes. I had looked at the Bushnell Trophy and the Banner Dusk to Dawn but was concerned with the recoil of the gun. Noticing that you have used the Bushnell Trophy I will probably look at them again.

You mentioned that you got a black bear with the shotgun. Ho w did it hold up and was it the Sabot Slugs that you were using..?
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