BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
10-09-2006 | 02:23 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Central Iowa
RE: BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
It is hard to beat the 870, I got two for my son, one is set up for deer with a rifled barrel and receiver mount holosight, and the other for upland birds.
I picked up a new Nova with bird barrel (includes 3 chokes) and cantilever deer barrel for $400 on Gunbroker. It is a bit heavy with the 3.5" receiver, but with the synthetic overstock is pretty bulletproof, and the stock is extremely easy to handle, even when wet. The 870's a great gun, but I personaly prefer the feel/handling of the Nova stock for myself.
I picked up a new Nova with bird barrel (includes 3 chokes) and cantilever deer barrel for $400 on Gunbroker. It is a bit heavy with the 3.5" receiver, but with the synthetic overstock is pretty bulletproof, and the stock is extremely easy to handle, even when wet. The 870's a great gun, but I personaly prefer the feel/handling of the Nova stock for myself.
10-28-2006 | 08:08 PM
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Spike
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Byron Center, MI
RE: BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
I have both and 870 and a BPS. I like the BPS better. It looks nicer and, for me, it shoots nicer. I think it's just built better andoperatesmore smoothly. Neither have given me any real problems. If you get an 870 get a wingmaster. Remington's bead-blast finish is a pain to clean. I'm sure you'll get plenty of 870 votes because everyone and their brother has one, but take a look ata BPS.
10-30-2006 | 09:48 PM
#18
Spike
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RE: BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
I have an 870 12ga. I want a BPS 20ga. But when I actually get a 20ga it will probabally be an 870. Because I treat mine like crap, and it always works. One of the guys I hunt with has an 870 that he has had for nearly 30 years, and only gets cleaned after the season (we hunt everything, in any weather) and it had never misfired on him. That says a lot about how they are built to me.
11-08-2006 | 04:15 PM
#19
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From: LaFollette, Tennessee
RE: BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
870 all the way. I have a new full realtree Express Supermag I paid $290 after rebate at walmart. I have a tactical rig Express I got when i was 8 and I have a 25-ish year old Wingmaster that is the sweetest shooting shotgun I've used and it looks like hell.
11-15-2006 | 05:11 PM
#20
Member
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: CNY
RE: BPS, 870, Nova...which to choose???
Whichever fits you best, but I would buy the Nova for waterfowl, and an 870 for deer. That way you have two guns, each dedicated to one type of hunting. I really like my Advantge Timber, 26", 12-ga. Nova for turkeys. The camo is very durable and it's quality is amazing. The 3.5"shellsfunction well in the Nova. I have friends who hunt waterfowl and swear by their Novas.Deer barrels are expensive for the Nova, unless you get theall-black combo. That's why I suggest just getting a cheap 870 for deer.