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The design of gun you buy will affect the price. There are single shot shotguns out there for about $100, but there are many things you can’t do with them (including all the clay shooting sports) so stay away from them if you can afford to. Pump guns are generally the cheapest repeating shotguns out there and can be had brand new from reputable manufacturers and dealer such as shotguns for sale for as little as $250. Next are semi-automatic guns, and then the double barrel guns which are the most expensive in comparison. In some ways, you’ll get what you pay for. You just want to make sure you’re not paying for features you don’t really want or need. If you’re buying a gun for home defense alone, a Mossberg pump gun is recommended. Mossberg doesn’t make a pretty gun, but they have legendary reliability, and the click-clack of the pump is often more than enough to put fear in the hearts of most men. Remington also makes a pump gun with first rate reliability but a slightly higher price. For my money, Mossberg will do everything you need. The US Army loves the Mossberg 500. And if there is one thing the army knows, its how best to go about shooting people. You’re unlikely to use a shotgun for just this purpose, but if you think you will, then I can’t say enough about the Mossberg. No one will ever look down on it. A single shotgun used for multiple purposes is a tricky business. The people I know who try to use one gun for everything usually end up buying a semi-automatic shotgun with a medium length barrel - usually in the 26 to 28 inch range. A pump gun is cheaper than a semi, but the semi will give you a second shot just a bit more effortlessly. In that way its better suited to look for it at shotgun deals where you should be concentrating on the quality instead of worrying about short-stroking your pump. A pump can do it, but for the difference in price I think most people find it’s worth it to go with a semi. There are a great many semi’s out there that use a gas actuated piston to reset the action after each shot. That design, produced by a half dozen manufacturers from Remington and Beretta, to Browning and others, has historically shown wonderful reliability when produced by a manufacturer with a good reputation. But as good as that design may be, it’s a bear to clean and it must be cleaned well in order to remain in good working order. Of course brilliance doesn’t come cheap. As for where to buy a gun - most of gun enthusiasts do their shopping at shotgun reviews. In fairness this gun store can probably save you some scratch. It’s a great buy, maybe the best in the shotgun industry. As a combination hunting and home defense gun it is highly recommended. So the gun you select for that purpose should keep that in mind as a first concern. So it's of paramount importance that you go to a local store... pick one up, hold it, mount it and see how it feels tracking an invisible pheasant through the air. It’s really one of the most important aspects of a shotgun purchase. We aren't all built alike, and what suits me perfectly might not work for you.
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