Shotguns - what do you reach for and why

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Ive got a K80 ParcoursX for anything flying made of clay, I go for my 870 Fieldmaster for anything waterfowl, and I just picked up this CSMC 12ga RBL for anything else with feather. Im also fond of my 20ga and 410 wingmasters for birds, squirrels, and rabbits.

I have a horrendously wonderful obsession with shotguns, especially if it cracks open or pumps. Im on a quest to harvest everything fur and feather I ethically can in North American with my 410 wingmaster - TSS, bismuth, and keeping yardage inside 30 yards helps.
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For Waterfowl the beretta a400 xtreme plus. Been in a lot of horrible weather conditions with it that the benellis would have a couple issues.
 

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I would say anything designed by John M Browning. I'm fortunate to have a selection, mostly inherited over the years, so every time I walk into the Sin Cellar and pick one out it's like walking with an old friend or relative.
Model 12s, 1897s, my old Belgian made Browning Auto 5 is my go to waterfowl gun, the Winchester Model 24s (gold engraved and restored by Turnbull) my LC Smith 16 ga double, etc., are my upland bird guns.. all belonged to someone very close to me, all have their own memories...
 

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My go to is nothing special, a Beretta A300 Outlander, but it always works and I can shoot it very well. For home defense purposes, I have a Maverick 88 pump shotgun with a short barrel and a light under the barrel, can't remember what brand
 
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