Thread: What shotgun for bulk rabbits and occasional wallbies?

As per the title, I shoot the EBS most years and wallabies a couple times a year.

I'm after a reliable semi with 32gr 4's and buck shot / slugs.

I have looked at the JM pro, Versamax and Benelli M2 and would like the option to fit a red dot for the roo's but that's not a requirement, just nice to have.

JM Pro is around $1600 so are the other two second hand.

Any thoughts or experience?

Cheers.

I have the jm and a versamax, the versamax is the vastly better gun in my experiance. No real time on the M2 sorry so cant comment on that.

Originally Posted by berg243

best one is the one that fits you as if it doesn't fit you you will not get a good success ratio on shots fired.i like a pump as I can fire it and not reload if I want to retrieve the target or do something and know the shotgun does not have a live cartridge in the chamber.

Same here re the pump. Keeps chugging. I dunno how reliable modern Auto's are but they used to be unreliable if not cleaned. Not all of them of course, but some of them definitely.

Have you used slugs and buck in a pump for a day?

If you had you would understand why I am asking about semi's

Beretta xtreama with kick off recoil system. Way more comfortable to shoot for long shooting sessions.
Safe auto system when operating in vehicles as well. Push one button and pull back the bolt and it will eject the round in the chamber but leave the next round in the mag rather than gating it onto the lifter. When you want to load again, throw the round into the open action and push the button and the action will close on the manually fed round. Great if you want to throw a buckshot or slug into the gun without unloading the mag.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...818912e21d583f
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...818912e21d583f

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Beretta xtreama with kick off recoil system. Way more comfortable to shoot for long shooting sessions.
Safe auto system when operating in vehicles as well. Push one button and pull back the bolt and it will eject the round in the chamber but leave the next round in the mag rather than gating it onto the lifter. When you want to load again, throw the round into the open action and push the button and the action will close on the manually fed round. Great if you want to throw a buckshot or slug into the gun without unloading the mag.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...818912e21d583f
https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...818912e21d583f

That is a bloody great idea

Originally Posted by res

I have the jm and a versamax, the versamax is the vastly better gun in my experiance. No real time on the M2 sorry so cant comment on that.

@res why do you have both?

which do you take out most?

45/70

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Have you used slugs and buck in a pump for a day?

If you had you would understand why I am asking about semi's

Aaah. Right. Point taken

A 1oz slug, or 1 1/4oz buckshot load should kick no more than any other 1 1/4oz load, be it 4's, 7's or whatever. Often they kick less because they're going slower. My personal preference is for a Benelli, but I find the gas recoil system of the Rem 1187 absorbs more recoil.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

@res why do you have both?

which do you take out most?

I bought a decesed estate lot of guns that belonged to a guy who helped me a lot when I first got into pistol shooting, the JM was in the lot. I find I get a malfuntion a slab with the jm and only one ever(on a gun that has never been cleaned or oiled since I took it from the box) on the versmax tactical- the versamax is also MUCH softer shooting with feild loads, so I allway reach for the versamax and I just keep the JM as a back up gun rather than a pump.

If your passing through wellington Im sure we could sort a time for you to play with them both back to back as peoples fit comments are correct, allthough both have a certion amount of adjustability

Thanks @res. Appreciate the feedback.

Dont agree with that husky. A 1oz slug traveling at 1600fps has a much stronger recoil impulse than the same 1oz slug traveling at 1200fps. I use the speed stated on the box as a loose guide to how much recoil im going to encounter with shotshells while taking payload weight into account as well.

And the answer to the OPs question is neither Jm pro, benelli or versamax. Its vepr 12

Beretta A400 Xtreme

i have owned a benelli, a beretta, a winchester and even a saiga 12, my semi 12 is now a fabarm, its light but has less kick than any other i ever owned.