Benelli or Baretta ...Love my 11-87 Rem though, would shoot a mossy all day long too. 1 ?, did it kill what you were shooting aT, trusting your aim is good.
Remington for me too. The Express guns are junk compared to the original Wingmaster guns. But compared to a 500 I'd have to go with the Express. The Mossbergs (aka Rattle traps) function and shoot rounds just like anyother shotgun, it's just the cheaper version of enjoyment. It might actually cycle rounds everytime if your lucky.
I have two Special Field Wingmasters (12 and 20 gauge), one Magnum 12 gauge Wingmaster, an original 1100 LT-20 and a 1st generation 1187 12 gauge Sporting Clays. Everyone worth more than I paid for them. Beleive it or not they actually function and cycle everytime and shoot as well or better than any Mossberg.
If you want perfection, it's a Beretta AL 391 or the new A400, very similiar to the Benelli, just much less recoil and quality in every single piece and part...
IMHO for the one or two gun guy, a Mossberg works fine for 20 rounds of ammo per year.
this is kinda fun. lol. i am a mossy lover as y'all can tell. has alot to do with the ambi saftey. but on another note--- i have put literally thousands of rounds through my 500 and NEVER a hiccup. matter of fact i can probably keep up with some of the older autos that are out there. very fast and smooth pump action. have shot many different shotguns and just keep coming back to the mossy. we trained with the 500 in the Navy for shipboard use.
I have a 20G Mossy 500 that is a POS. It rarely cycles any ammo correctly. I was shooting at a hog that my buddy shot to keep it from going anywhere....shot once, cycled it, ran up to the hog to finish it off and "click"....it cycled both the spent shell and the new one out. Glad I shot the hog in the face with the first one. It is my loaner gun.
IMO, no 2 shotguns even the same make/mdl shoot all loads with the same chokes exactly the same. every once in a blue moon you find one that just fits you perfect and throws a great pattern of a particular shot for you and you never seem to miss with that gun and price has nothing to do with it. for me it was that belgian browning 1946 16ga sweet 16 with 7 1/2's. still kicking myself for selling it, it looked like hell but shot like heaven. I've spent alot more on a o/u that I couldn't hit squat with but was real pretty.
