20 Shotguns That Were Built To Last

Above, yours truly with the Winchester Model 12
shotgun at Loeffler's Guns Etc. in Grants, New Mexico.

Having a shotgun or two (or three) in one's arsenal is something every Second Amendment supporter should have.

I have several, two of which I bought (a Winchester Model 12 and a Remington 870 Express) and the others were inherited from my dad, including a Manton 12 gauge made in the 1800s.

The Avid Outdoorsman posted a list of 20 shotguns that were built to last and proven it for over 50 years.

They begin with:

Every fall I see the same thing at the gun counter and at the range: a guy with a brand-new shotgun in a fancy box, and another guy quietly carrying a 40-year-old blued steel and walnut “plain” gun that has killed more birds than the shiny one ever will. Trends come and go. What lasts is a shotgun that feeds, fires, ejects, and keeps doing it after it’s been rained on, bounced around in a truck, and leaned in the corner of a duck blind for decades.

This isn’t a museum list. These are working shotguns that have earned their reputations over 50 years of upland miles, waterfowl mud, and the kind of hard use that shows up in worn checkering and thin bluing. Some are expensive now, some are still affordable, and a few are just heavy and boring. Still, they keep showing up because they keep working.

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