brett1868 wrote:Deacon, The first 12ga I ever owned was a Mossburg Mariner 20" S/S pump and I loved it. I currently have a Thunder Ranch (amongst others) in the safe at the moment, it's the first thing I pack, take out, load when up on my block. It's a cheap & nasty pair of pipes on a plastic stock BUT I've been unable to destroy it and it's never let me down. Choice comes back to what type of shooting the O/P has in mind and how much he'll be shooting.
The Mariner..... I owned one as well. Lusted after it for a while , stared at it in a gun shop in Cairns. Used to take my remmy 870 express out to sea but keeping the rust off was a constant chore. The stainless shotty with synthetic furniture was so Hollywood and when I found out it was called a mariner I had to have it.
Nearly cried handing that in back in 97 :/
Now I'm annoyed at John Howard, thanks Brett ....bastard