Your "Go-To" gun and why?

[Carguy2Banker]

Like many of you, the gun safe is full of options, but I always gravitate to the same gun for the pheasant season. Mine is a Franchi Alcione (2 barrel set), but I mainly only shoot the 20 gauge barrels. It wasn't expensive when I bought it new in 2003. Cost with both barrels was $1150. It fits, it's effective and it's easy to carry, and clean. It's got more scratches than I wish it had, but I remember where each one came from.
Is it because of everything listed above that I gravitate to it? I hope someday my kids battle each other for it over the much more expensive guns just because they remember the old gun Dad always hunted with.
Someday, I'd like to find a Browning BSS that's nice, but not too nice to carry in the field....but will I ever trust it enough to leave my favorite hunting weapon at home? Until then, excuse my admiration with a cheap old gun with lots of memorable and lucky shots left in it!

 

[Mosby]

My primary shotgun for pheasant is a Benelli UL 12 gauge. I hunt by myself most of the time, don't need to impress anyone and I'm a lousy shot.

 

[waterdog09]

Beretta A400 in either 20 or 28, I love having 2 guns that are virtually the same. One just offers a little bit more of a challenge.

 

[Matt D]

Had been Beretta SV10 Perennia in 12 gauge but added a Rizzini Aurum in 16 last year and foresee that becoming the go to from here on out. If I had to pick one for killing and ease of carry and not worrying about beating up it would be the Montefeltro in 12 gauge. It is my bad weather option that goes along with me.

 

[birddude]

Preserve birds Ugartechea 20 sxs Imp. Cyl. As I think I've said before. If I lived where I could hunt any time I wanted I might hunt with a sub gauge, probably a 16. But as long as I have to drive 10 hours I'm not screwing around. I'll hunt with my Beretta ultralight full and xtra full.

 

[A5 Sweet 16]

I like all my shotguns, but I'm an autoloader guy at heart. My 1990 Auto 5 Sweet 16 w/ 28" barrel & factory Invector chokes is my hands down favorite. It began life as a gorgeous shotgun, & when I bought it (I believe in 1999), it had only been fired a couple times. I've hunted pheasants with it nearly exclusively since then. It's somewhat worn now & will get worse, but its fit, feel, & performance haven't changed. Incomparable!

 

[Chessie 67]

I’m a Rizzini over under guy. I tried several attempts hunting with an auto loader and after many boxes of shells and almost as many misses, I’ve put those guns to the back of the safe. My 16 gauge Rizzini with a 28”barrel used to be my go to, but now I’m into the 28 gauge with 30” barrels. Seems like the longer barrels on a lighter platform have smoothed me out.

 

[Gobbler]

With these late season rooster I've got to have a 12 ga auto. I work too hard for a reasonably close e flush to gamble on a lighter gauge and two shots.
In my younger days I always shot a Rem 1100 which I shot well but the auto was fussy if you didn't keep it clean. Now I shoot a Benelli Ethos which is not fuzzy but I don't shoot it anywhere near was well. Maybe... just maybe... it's my old rusty reflexes and eye sight where I see 2 floaters in each eye along with the moving bird when I go to shot. Those under 60 yrs old please Google floaters.