auto vs pump, what say you

[leasburg]

This is my first year using an auto, i i was wondering about the general oppinion about what is better and why.  i hope the auto helps me in ks when two big gobs run up on me

[teke]

I don't know about two toms but your shoulder will tank you..

[grousec]

I tried the pump route first.  But having used auto's and o/u's all my life I just couldn't remember to pump after first shot (and would almost bend the trigger trying to get second shot off).  I traded it for a semi auto and like it much much better. Less recoil too!! lol.

[Reloader]

It's usually a one and done deal, but I've pulled doubles with a pump as well.  Growing up hunting birds with a pump and an auto, getting a 2nd shot of was just about as fast with either.  I have a pile of each now and still don't find a pump to be a hinderance.

[Brent]

I'd rather have the reliability and light weight of a pump.  Never felt recoil when I shot a turkey.

[FttFttVroom!]

I don't have to pump with the hard recoiling loads out there now....especially the Magblends...OUCH!
Those things will shuck themselves outta there.  I like the sheer simplicity and lower cost of a pump.  

[redleg06]

It's hard to beat the cost and reliability of the pumps and I can shoot a pump just about as fast as a semi.

Most of the time turkey hunting is one and done anyway. I do use an auto for waterfowl hunting where repeated recoil and multiple shots are much more frequent.

[gobbler74]

All of the above will kill turkeys. Hats off to the bow guys.

[flayer]

I think the pumps shoot a lot harder than the auto's,gas operation looses part of there power moving the shell out of the camber and cycling another shell to the chamber.

[deadbuck]

I thought a pump was cool when i was younger, now I won't carry anything but an auto or O/U. A pump cost me a turkey once when the hull wouldn't eject after the first shot so don't think they are foolproof.

[goblr77]

Either one. I like both.

[Gooserbat]

Me realy luvs my 870.

[joshb311]

I'd rather have the reliability and light weight of a pump.  Never felt recoil when I shot a turkey.

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[MouthCaller]

I selected auto although I dont think it really matters when hunting turkeys. Ive never lived in a state that allowed more than one bird per day so I dont have an arguement on the speed side of it but I cn give you my own personal pros and cons of a semi-auto. First is when I duck or dove hunt I dont feel like Im as rushed to shoot as I do with a pump and I shoot a lot better but with that I had to over come the knowledge of being able to have that second shot backup so quickly and not to rush the first shot.

[chipper]

My favorite gun is my 870 sPs-t, I,ve killed a lot of birds with it, know how it shoots,and it shoots strait to point of aim, But due to a bum shoulder I've been relying on a SX2 and SX3 the last 3 years.