8 Affordable Home-Defense Shotguns Under $200

I don’t know if cheap is way to go with this, low cost yes but cheap has issues, and with this is immediately life threatening.

Would say pay 200 more and get a low range quality firearm or buy a gently used one. Make sure you get range time and understand most houses offer concealment only not like on TV shooting through doorways and Noone shoots through dry wall like it is concrete.

Also with shot gun it is a what happens to missed shots ie what is behind the area you are shooting at,  what if it is a sensitive place or has other family members.

I also prefer number 1 buck shot, 00 is 38cal 1 is 32 caliber but you get 2 more pellets with 1. Learn about cut shells, combat loading +practice. Have a defense point that is more than dry wall…. if your house take off drywall and sandbag inside then close up.

Norinco produces some fairly good firearms, mostly take-offs or full clones of iconic American firearms.  After all, they produce arms for the Chinese military.  I doubt I’d put my life to trusting anything made in Turkey, however.  I would place the Turks only slightly above the Pakistanis.  Still, its better than a sharp stick or a pocket of rocks if you absolutely, positively could not afford ANYTHING else.  Besides, I’m not one of those fans of a shotgun for home defense.

For commercial products I would put the Turks miles ahead of the Chinese.

Worked on too many Chinese junkers. The military quality  is not what they are making in the sporting copies.

One Ithaca 37 copy stopped working within a box of trap loads.

I may not like the political scene in Turkey but they are putting out decent guns.

The Canik’s and CZ clones for example.

I have an acquaintance  that has one of the Norinco MiA clones and its flawless and a lot cheaper than Springfield Armory.  Takes all the same upgrades and interchanges with western M14 parts.  When a company says that they have improved the quality, that means to me that all their previous stuff was junk.  I get fliers from Dick’s Sporting Goods where their ‘plain Jane” model Remington 870 is only a few dollars more than the imports.  What’s your life worth?

I have m1a clone and a Springfield, I can 800 yard plus with Springfield, norinco not a chance in hell even with upgraded spring, ops rod and barrel the loading breach are just not close enough spec and cheap steel.

Reason I changed barrel was I shot out rifleing in norinco in 2000 rounds of hand load brass.

5000 through the spring field and now it is beginning to fail.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by  namelus. Reason: Typo

JM,

As I recall, you are north of the border, and can still get the Norc stuff. It’s been 24 years down here for much of it.

Call me crazy but I don’t think paying scalpers prices for  something that wasn’t as good.

I have a spx winchester defender marine, it is well made for a cheap shot gun up here it has to be over 18 inches of barrel or it falls in a restricted class. It was $250 plus tax brand new when I aquired it many moons ago.

I can’t see buying a benelli for over 5000, but I would not trust a 200 at today price shot gun, just to get there it will have to be made  cheaply with comprise on parts quality.

I would use $$ and go to gun show to look for a good gently used one of better quality. New in guns is a relative thing, as long as cared for and maintained older for less money usually works out.