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see no bad post about the 500 yet i ams like paul said i amsure there are people out there that do not like them but like retak said most just are not god with the gun i now of no one who has had one use it currectly and for agood period of time that does not like it. unless they do not like mossberg

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...mossberg 500..no worries mate

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gladeveryone arees makesme feel that much better about getting my second next friday can not wait and i will be shooting friday already have shells

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Hey thanks for the info. Now I can tell the wife what to get me for x-mas! Happy hunting everyone.

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I have to vote for the Mossberg 500 as well. Never owned an 870 but my brother does and he loves it. With Hornady SSTs and my Mossberg 500 you can shoot out to 200 yards. On the box they actually zero it at 150.

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Have you actually shot it at 200 yards, or are you just going by the ballistics and what the box says. I have not talked to many poeple that get any where near the accuracy at those distances you would need to hunt, let alone sight one in.

If yours does indeed shoot that well me and others would be happy to hear it.

Paul

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Last fall I purchased a Remington 870 Express Magnum combo from Gander Mountain. Package included a 28” smooth bore barrel and a 23” rifled barrel with a cantilever scope mount. I mounted a Nikon Pro-Staff 2-7x 32mm shotgun scope on the slug barrel. I have been extremely happy with the whole package included scope. Shoots2 3/4" - 3 1/2"inch shells. Slug barrel is very accurate. I shot this doe through the heart at 110 yards with a Hornady SST. See attached photo.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff75/huntingthenorth/P1010002.jpg

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hunting the north what did you pay for it

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you sure did not wont to get shot there did you

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bigtim6656; Cost on the Rem Express Mag Combo was around $450, before a Rem $30 rebate.
Scope was $129.

Remington has a rebate program going on right now.

Yes, lots of blaze orange. Minnesota law requires it from the waist up. I choose to wear the full body becaues we have had some idiots in the past wonder onto our property while hunting, and I that does make me nervous.