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Also based off John Browning’s Remington Model 31 design, the BPS incorporated the bottom-eject port from Browning’s Ithaca 37, which is still being produced today. The BPS is more than 40 years old, and also one of the toughest shotgun’s ever built. My father bought a 3½-inch 12-gauge when I was a kid, and it was the firearm I most shot growing up. It was a 10-pound gun you would never want to carry in the uplands, but a hell of a goose killer and turkey hammer (as long as you didn’t have to tote it around the woods all day long). The 3-inch version is much lighter and less cumbersome. BPSs are also available in 10-, 16-, 20-, and 28-gauge, plus .410. You could buy one for $210 when it debuted in 1977, and I bet you could snag a used model for close to that right now.
It seems every hunter who aspires to own a Super Black Eagle but can’t afford the price tag ends up with a Nova. And for good reason—it is a workhorse. The Nova, which co*es in 12- and 20-gauge, is built on a steel frame with a polymer overmold. That makes it lighter than steel and wood pumps, and a favorite of any industrious duck hunter that makes long walks to the blind or public stakes. Also, the stock and receiver are a single unit, so you will never have to duct tape the spot where the receiver joins the stock for a quick fix (I’ve had to do this a few times to get my dad’s BPS through duck season). I really like the short stroke on the Nova as well, and have buddies that can shuck a spent shell and reload a new one faster than I can pull the trigger a second time on my autoloader. Deer hunters can also buy an 18-inch slug barrel for this gun.
The Super X Pump (SXP) co*es in more than 20 configurations, eight different barrel lengths, but only two gauges (12 and 20), though I would venture to guess a .410 is on the way with turkey hunters’ affinity for TSS loads. One of the cool/odd co*ponents of this gun is it’s a recoil-assisted pump, which will slide the fore-end back and eject the shell when the gun is fired without any help from the shooter. You do have to slide the fore-end forward to load another shell. Just like the Nova, the SXP has a very short stroke, and don’t be alarmed if it feels stiff or hard to operate when loading the gun; there are no issues running the pump when you fire a shotshell from it. The recoil on this gun is pretty tame too. I’ve shot some turkey loads out of it at the range and it’s manageable. Shoot trap with light target loads, and the recoil on the SXP is similar to a gas-operated shotgun.
TriStar owner Gus Bader is a true gun guy. And he cares about making quality shotguns at reasonable prices. He will often just grab a random gun off the production line and put it through the ringer to make sure it functions properly. And one thing I hear from TriStar owners all the time is the fit on these guns is incredible. I’ve shot a few of their over/unders and the auto-loading .410, and came away with the same opinion. The Cobra III doesn’t have the high-end feel of an 870 Wingmaster, but the wood and steel Field model co*petes with the quality of an Express. It’s a damn fine/reliable gun built by a co*pany that caters to blue-collar hunters (MSRP is $315). It’s available in 20- and 12-gauge, and there is a Turkey model in addition to the Field.
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