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November 2008

20-Gauge Pump Shootout: BPS Slide-Action Has What We Want

Browning’s shotgun instills both pride of ownership and confidence in its utility for less than $600. Our testers preferred it over Remington’s Wingmaster and Ithaca’s M37 Featherlight.

Where are some great reasons for considering a 20-gauge pump shotgun. Considering the common 3-inch chamber length available today, the 20 gauge itself works well as a general-purpose hunting gauge, handling appropriate payloads for most upland game as well as decoying waterfowl, all in a trimmer package than expected from a 12 gauge. When a common question with autoloaders is constantly focused on "what it cycles with," no such issues exist with pump-action repeaters that do their job regardless of payload and velocity considerations. Finally, in a day when quality

The Browning BPS 20 gauge with 1-ounce Winchester AA No. 7-1/2 Heavy Target loads proved effective in the dove fields. We preferred it over the Remington Model 870 Wingmaster No. 26947 and the Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight. The Browning showed tight fit and smooth finish, and shot where it was pointed. The Remington was poorly fit, in our view, and the Ithaca shot way low in our testing.

autoloaders can easily breach the $1500 threshold and the sky is seemingly the limit for stack barrels, pump-action repeaters with…

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