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In an effort to avoid a "Ford vs. Chevy" dispute, I would like to put up my disclaimer that rarely is anything perfect, or the ultimate, or the "one and only". This is only my opinion and I know that many opinions may differ slightly, totally or not at all with mine.
I feel that the pump action shotgun is most versatile weapon out there. I can hunt with it, whether my quarry is in air or on the ground. I can take small, medium or large game with it. I can take dangerous animals with it. I have a wide, almost infinite choice of ammunition for it, from #8 shot to '000' Buck, slugs of varying weights and even some very interesting, off the wall "who would've thunk it" rounds.
I can fight with it. I can hit a human sized target with a 1 oz. lead projectile at over 200 yards. I can take down a charging bear at 5. I can shoot bad guys through car doors, front doors, back doors and sliding glass doors. If it has two legs or four, I can take it. It is the most devastating close combat weapon I can think of. It breeds fear, can breathe fire and hammer tent stakes at night. After-Market accessories and limitless configurations such as stocks, optics, lights and the like are as available as the air we breathe.
They are easy to operate, easy to clean, reliable and controllable. If I were to have to pick one weapon, and one weapon only, in a SHTF/Survival Scenario, I would take a 12 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun, hands down.
I feel that the pump action shotgun is most versatile weapon out there. I can hunt with it, whether my quarry is in air or on the ground. I can take small, medium or large game with it. I can take dangerous animals with it. I have a wide, almost infinite choice of ammunition for it, from #8 shot to '000' Buck, slugs of varying weights and even some very interesting, off the wall "who would've thunk it" rounds.
I can fight with it. I can hit a human sized target with a 1 oz. lead projectile at over 200 yards. I can take down a charging bear at 5. I can shoot bad guys through car doors, front doors, back doors and sliding glass doors. If it has two legs or four, I can take it. It is the most devastating close combat weapon I can think of. It breeds fear, can breathe fire and hammer tent stakes at night. After-Market accessories and limitless configurations such as stocks, optics, lights and the like are as available as the air we breathe.
They are easy to operate, easy to clean, reliable and controllable. If I were to have to pick one weapon, and one weapon only, in a SHTF/Survival Scenario, I would take a 12 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun, hands down.