Author Topic: Lefty 3 1/2" pump. (Read 494 times)

bigbuck270 · « **on:** October 27, 2004, 03:50:20 AM »

I am in the market for a new shot gun. I was thinking about the super black eagle but I would rather have a pump. What is available for leftys that will shoot 3.5"? I know Mossberg has an 835 with tang safety but is there any thing else out there?

MTNMAN · « **Reply #1 on:** October 27, 2004, 04:27:43 AM »

There's always the Ithaca Model 37... It doesn't much care what side ya shoot from...unfortunately they are only chambered in 3".... :wink:

savageT · « **Reply #2 on:** October 27, 2004, 04:37:50 AM »

bigbuck,
As mntman says, the Ithaca m37 is a great pump and I'll give you the site to check them out.........http://www.ithacagun.com/ The Ithaca offers bottom eject but in 3" only.

Now, about this 3 1/2" chamber. Do you really know or want the pain that comes with a 12ga. in 3 1/2" chamber?

? You don't say what you want to use this for. If you want it for geese or low-flying unidentified flying objects(of the saucer configuration) then look into a 10ga.

Jim

bigbuck270 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2004, 04:57:32 AM »

I use my shot gun for a varity of things. I shoot skeet, hunt crows, partridge, turkey, and geese. I want something that can be easy on the shoulder when shooting skeet yet reach out and drop a turkey or crow. Some of the 3.5" guns such as the SBE will take all the size shells I want to use.

dukkillr · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2004, 08:45:18 AM »

the browning bps is similar to the ithica only better... they have a top mounted safety and a bottom eject. I'm a lefty and i own lots of different pumps, including guns converted to left handed safety, the bps is still the most reliable, toughest, most versitile gun i've got.

SBF · « **Reply #5 on:** October 27, 2004, 09:02:28 AM »

I'll second the vote for the Browning BPS. I've owned on for 15+ years with never a hiccup. While I'm not a lefty I liked the bottom eject and the tang safety. It's so much easier to use, as far as taking the safety off to fire, than my rem 870's. But I guess that's all in what your used too.

bigbuck270 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2004, 02:03:30 AM »

dukkillr- how do you convert a safety for a lefty?

I will check into the bps. I have a lefty a bolt and love it. The only problem is it is made in Japan.

Do they make a 3.5"?

dukkillr · « **Reply #7 on:** October 28, 2004, 05:27:47 AM »

my absolute favorite shotgun is a 2 3/4" model 12 with a 28" modified barrel. Its the gun i'll have when i open the kansas and missouri duck seasons on saturday, it's also my dove, quail, pheasant, and occasional fall turkey gun. i had the good people at simmons install a left handed safety on it for me. it was roughly 60 bucks.

my experience has been that the newer pumps like 870 and mossbergs do not have a tight enough fit to keep the gasses from chamber out of my eyes. i've never had that problem with my m12. i still have to deal with the empties flying across my line of sight but with the tight chamber and a lefthanded safety that gun is passable for a lefty.