So, for the longest time I always bought into the the idea that a defensive shotgun should be semi for reliability/simplicity purposes, but I recently started attending 3-gun matches using my buddies Benelli, reading into it, etc... Semi shotguns like the Benelli's these days are shooting 50 round stages, hundreds and hundreds of shells a match, probably thousands+ over they "careers" and the number one thing guys look for is always reliability. With semi-auto shotguns achieving this kind of reliability (or maybe they always have?), and the addition of the benefits of more firepower and softer recoil, is pump action still the "default" choice?
(Disclosure: I do not own a shotgun, still researching, but do have some experience with military and civilian shotguns alike)
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