Binelli M2

I would choose an 870, regardless of the budget.

Mine has never jammed and I kill 300+ birds a year typically

I have seen them used for everything from skeet and wing shooting to slug gun hunting and everything in between. Hard to go wrong with one.

Most guides in Arkansas tote a half rusted stock falling apart rem 870. It works every time no matter how much mud or how often it falls to the bottom of the swamp. Now of course there’s the other groups that tote the benellis and berettas. I’d look at an 870 for him and buy a pile of shells with the rest.

I've had great luck with a BPS 10

You must have bought one with a manufacturer’s defect then.

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My 870 has never let me down, just bought a 20g 870 for my son to use, he is 14. That gun will serve him the rest of his life. I have had them covered in mud , snow, ice etc and it has always gone boom.
Duck hunting is expensive, get an 870 and put the rest towards shells, dekes and gas to chase those things
My2cts

Another for the 870. Wingmaster magnums if can find. 2 of them for $700

Look at the ATA Venza semiauto from academy. Normally runs around $550 or so. On sale right now for $450. Solid gun.

$699 before taxes and a ffl transfer. That really doesn’t work with a $700 budget.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Passing along the info.

Bob White, I’m gonna sling your climber on your roof tomorrow, you ungrateful prick!

Maybe so, that would mean another guy in the group got lucky too. Either way, I've had zero problems

The 870s legit... Surprised no one's mentioned a 20ga. Guy in our group wears them out with less recoil

Stoeger 3000 or a 3500. I would rather have the 3000. My old 2000 has piled up a bunch of ducks.

Either you got a bad one or you don’t know what you talking about. We shoot a lot of Stoeger here, my GF has a 3000 along with my buddies and a few 3500 in there. I still got a old 2000, dove, ducks, turkeys and deers etc etc. that’s all we hunt with and I mean get after it hunting, clean em once a year and they do fine. No we wipe em down along the way, but I break it down after every hunting season and clean it. Never jammed the first time. So you may need to back up and punt on that deal.

X2 on the Stoeger....My son has a 3000 and it is a fine shooting shotgun. He has never had a bit of trouble with it. Shoots anything he loads it up with.

My son in law and I must have some of those factory defect Stoegers as well, because they never have jammed.