r/canadaguns • u/ivanlarav • Jun 23 '26

Buy recommendations Best “Do-It-All” Semi-Auto Shotgun Under $1,500?

Which semi-auto shotgun?

I’m debating between a few options. The main goal is to have a “do-it-all” shotgun for:

  • Casual clay sports (trap and skeet)
  • Hunting
  • General range use

Beretta A300 Ultima 28”

This one goes for about $1,400.

Mossberg 940 Pro Field 28”

I can get this one for $899, or the Cerakote version for $1,149.

Mossberg 940 JM Pro 24”

This one goes for about $1,320.

I like the JM Pro because of the 24” barrel. It doesn’t seem too long or too short, and it feels like a good middle ground. I can’t seem to find the A300 with a 24” barrel, at least on Almost Prohibited.

I know there’s no true “one-size-fits-all” shotgun, but I’m trying to stay under $1,500 and get something that comes as close as possible to covering all three uses.

What would you pick, and why? Any other models I should be looking at in this price range?

20 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

48 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/Dummy_Wire Jun 23 '26

The difficulty in finding a “do-it-all” semi-auto shotgun led me to get a pump-action, so I just thought I’d offer that option (I went with a Mossberg 500).

I had no intention of using it for skeet, but I use it for trap (28” barrel with chokes), hunting (24” rifled slug barrel), and more “tactical” range uses (18.5” cylinder bore barrel) all off of one gun, with the multiples barrels.

For me, at least, it was hard to find one “do-it-all” barrel length that didn’t compromise too hard, so I compromised on a pump-action instead.