You can keep both IMO. I'll take a Browning BPS over any other pump shotgun.

hmmm......how much would a bps combo cost me?
compaired to the $250 i paid for the new mossberg combo with a rifled slug barrel with scope mount!

An 870 goes to the duck blind with me. I have been given a gift the other pump, but did not like the way it handled and re-gifted it. The Mossberg felt like I was swinging a 2"x4" to me, although it did seem to be fairly well made for a gun in it's price range. The price certainly is right on the Mossberg combos.

A whole lot more! To me it would be worth it though. The Mossbergs just do not fit me well and I have no need for a rifled slug barrel with a scope mount.

I'm partial to Remington for shotguns but the ones I own were manufactured prior to 1975.

You know what they say about ole' say'ins................they wouldn't still be around if there weren't some truth to them !!!

870 is a entry level gun that have been just simply working, for a lot of guys, and for decades now.............

The BPS Hunter will go about 500.I would have to say it's well worth it considering all the use you'll get from a shotgun.

I have both.
The 870 Action feels a little tighter, 500's are known for having kinda rattley(is that a word? let's go with it) pumps and actions. both shoot great. And I use both equally. Just depends on if I feel like a wood stock or a synthetic that day.
-Jake

my dad bought me my mossberg 500 when i was 15 and im 22 now, took it hunting for the first time last week and took my first goose with it. yes it may be rattley, or not as refined as a Benelli nova but it did the job. for the price they can be bought for now i think its a great buy and the safety is way way way better then the remington 870. Other then the safety i doubt most could tell the difference shooting wise. hoepfully ill pass it along to my kids and theyll do the same.

I've shot the 870 express, but I own and prefer my 535. It's killed everything from quail to turkey to deer in cold rains and on hot sunny days and I have never had a problem with it. The tang safety makes it especially ideal for upland hunting and the front and rear-bead sights make it easy to aim. And to me, that looseness in the foregrip isn't looseness at all-it's flexibility; 870's feel stiff to me. Of course, this is just the gun I'm used to and it's one that I have had a lot more experience with in the field. I would say the only advantage an 870 has is that they don't make Hasting's Rifled barrels for Mossbergs. But, on the other hand, the $200 rifled barrel/scope combo still delivered crisp 'plinks' on 8"x8" steel targets from 130 yards every time.