Due to a bereavement in the family i've had a small windfall of cash(sadly not enough to buy a spread but welcome non the less) i have decided to treat myself to a new Shotgun and this got me thinking about others out there buying a Shotgun for the first time....i have never had a brand new sporting shotgun before, the only new scatterguns i've ever had were both pump actions , a savage and benelli nova(which i still have) so i drew up my list of requirements planned my budget and researched the gun's i liked that i could afford, after i thought about it a while the list of requirements i came up with were pretty much inline with the advice i'd give to the first time buyer with our mutual interest in survival....first i'd say get a double barrel for its lack of complexity and its ease of use/training then make it an over/under as people tend to do better with o/u than side by side(the most common clay pigeon shooting variant)make it not to long,28 inch barrels are my choice(can be choked to achieve a bit more range)multi chokes are a good idea but not essential, i would have an ejector model and manual safety as this will speed up your rate of fire in a sticky situation, you need to buy a sporter/sporting gun not a trap/skeet or game gun, a sporter is a hybrid gun and is capable of all uses and disciplines(game gun would be ok..its like a sporter but generally lighter so its recoil can be a bit harsh but deffo not the other two as they are quite specialised) there are loads of options out there from a realistic £150 used(baikal model 27...over engineered and dependably rugged)up to as much as you want to spend , the baikal new is around £500 but there are many mid spec brands between £500 and £800 such as Lanber Laurona Franchi etc....these are just my opinions but i hope this helps anybody considering what to buy for there first shotgun.
forgot to say try and get 3 inch chambers to increase ammunition options...my nova is a 3.5 magnum that means it can cycle any 12g ammo out there...very useful post shtf...a three inch chamber will cover most ammo just not the very biggest loads which are fairly rare.
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