Happy new year everyone,
My grandfather passed away a few years ago, and my grandmother gave me his two Hornady 366s, one 12ga and one 28ga. They have been sitting in my basement ever since. While I haven't done a ton upland hunting, I'm looking to get out more this year and would like to get a 28ga gun and take advantage of reloading the uncommon subgauge.
I'm in the east, so my small game hunting will mainly be dove, pheasant/ringneck, rabbit, squirrel.
I don't have a budget set in stone yet, so I really just want to get an idea of what are some guns I should be researching, and questions to ask. Are there any worthy "budget" guns, fully aware that you get what you pay for? Are semi-autos in the subgauge reliable? Are most scaled receivers? Are most going to be 2k gentleman guns that I should just stick with my Benelli Nova 12ga for everything.
Appreciate everyone's time!
My grandfather passed away a few years ago, and my grandmother gave me his two Hornady 366s, one 12ga and one 28ga. They have been sitting in my basement ever since. While I haven't done a ton upland hunting, I'm looking to get out more this year and would like to get a 28ga gun and take advantage of reloading the uncommon subgauge.
I'm in the east, so my small game hunting will mainly be dove, pheasant/ringneck, rabbit, squirrel.
I don't have a budget set in stone yet, so I really just want to get an idea of what are some guns I should be researching, and questions to ask. Are there any worthy "budget" guns, fully aware that you get what you pay for? Are semi-autos in the subgauge reliable? Are most scaled receivers? Are most going to be 2k gentleman guns that I should just stick with my Benelli Nova 12ga for everything.
Appreciate everyone's time!