Going back to a pump

[tomstopper]

870.. Ton of accessories and chokes for them....

[Longshanks]

Rem 870 no doubt..I have three and the one I hunt with the most.. I have had since I was 12.. I'm 46. Replaced one spring the whole life of the gun. Have had a number of mossbergs and sold them.  I have a new 870sm 26" in a duck camo. Turns the my best Pb patterns with a $12.00 ventilator .655 choke. Awesome patterns with Hevi 7's and Win LB's as well. Better gun for me and wing shooting than the mossbergs. The accessories are unlimited for these guns as well.
   My gunsmith has told me over the last 25 years that the mossbergs are not the best quality metal and he works on them more than any other shotgun. He works on rem 870 the least. Although the mossbergs pattern really good with turkey chokes the fore arm rattles and trying to keep my gun quite while moving through the woods or shouldering the gun on a turkey was not something I wanted to worry about.
    My experience with 870's and Mossbergs is all. Don't mean to offend anyone.

[blueridgegobbler]

I would go with the 870 out of the 2 you mentioned, but when you mentioned waterfowl too I would go with the browning bps I have both use a 21 inch 870 for turkey and a 28 in. 3.5 bps for waterfowl. I have better pattern performance with steel out of the bps not because of barrel length because my 870 has a 28 inch barrel also. If I were going to pick one as universal gun it would be the bps hands down.

[FttFttVroom!]

Another vote for the 870.....I own three currently, an express supermag turkey and two wingmasters.  The wingmasters are my upland bird and skeet guns, while the supermag is a dedicated turkey slayer.  I've killed plenty with a wingmaster tho before getting the supermag.  The only experience I have with a Mossberg is my best friend had one for a season and he sold it to get an 870 like mine.  His kicked like a mule and rattled in the forend.

[ccaldwell]

You can't beat a Benelli in the duck blind! works great for turkeys/dove too! I'd go with the super nova

[Gooserbat]

Both are great, but I personally own two 870s so you know how I feel.

[Longshanks]

You can't beat a Benelli in the duck blind! works great for turkeys/dove too! I'd go with the super nova

Benelli's and Beretta's are great shotguns but you can buy 3 Rem 870's for the price of one Benelli/ Beretta. Have one 870 with a long barrel for wing shooting and a short barrel for turkey, 3" for wing shooting and 870sm for turkey. Allot of options with the Rem 870's. Beretta/ Benelli with an extra barrel would put you over the 2 grand mark.

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

Welcome back to Pumps, by the way.

There is nothing more american than being able to buy and hunt with a shell shucker.

[Gooserbat]

You can't beat a Benelli in the duck blind! works great for turkeys/dove too! I'd go with the super nova

Benelli's and Beretta's are great shotguns but you can buy 3 Rem 870's for the price of one Benelli/ Beretta. Have one 870 with a long barrel for wing shooting and a short barrel for turkey, 3" for wing shooting and 870sm for turkey. Allot of options with the Rem 870's. Beretta/ Benelli with an extra barrel would put you over the 2 grand mark.

In all due respect you ain't priced a Nova have you.

[Heller]

Those are the only two pump guns I would own. You can't go wrong with either. Pick the one you like best

[Longshanks]

You can't beat a Benelli in the duck blind! works great for turkeys/dove too! I'd go with the super nova

Benelli's and Beretta's are great shotguns but you can buy 3 Rem 870's for the price of one Benelli/ Beretta. Have one 870 with a long barrel for wing shooting and a short barrel for turkey, 3" for wing shooting and 870sm for turkey. Allot of options with the Rem 870's. Beretta/ Benelli with an extra barrel would put you over the 2 grand mark.

In all due respect you ain't priced a Nova have you.

Sorry I was thinking about the automatics..apologize for jumping the gun there.

[rempumpman]

I have hunted all my Life with a Remington 870 but IMO, stay away from the new ones especially the Wal-Mart specials called Express; if you shoot alot like I do, the older 870 Wingmasters are hard to beat; if you look around long enough, you can find them that were made in the middle 70's thru the late 80's, those are the ones that are made to last; one other shotgun to look at is the SXP Winchesters, real nice pumps for the money;

IF you really want a gun that will do EVERYTHING you mentioned, from dove to ducks to Turkeys and clays, then you should take a look at the Browning Citori; I know that they cost almost as much as a car...LOL.. but they will close up as tight after thousands of shells as they did when they are new; it will be the last shotgun you buy if taken care of. Talk to some Citori owners and they will quickly tell ya that they are one of the toughest guns around; you pay ALOT up front but you get what you pay for.

[Gooserbat]

You can't beat a Benelli in the duck blind! works great for turkeys/dove too! I'd go with the super nova

Benelli's and Beretta's are great shotguns but you can buy 3 Rem 870's for the price of one Benelli/ Beretta. Have one 870 with a long barrel for wing shooting and a short barrel for turkey, 3" for wing shooting and 870sm for turkey. Allot of options with the Rem 870's. Beretta/ Benelli with an extra barrel would put you over the 2 grand mark.

In all due respect you ain't priced a Nova have you.

Sorry I was thinking about the automatics..apologize for jumping the gun there.

No problem and I wasn't tying to be a know it all either. 

[870FaceLift]

870.. Ton of accessories and chokes for them....

Very true.  The 870 will last a lifetime.  If you ever get tired of it being a turkey gun, then you can easily convert it with everything that is available for them.