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?

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u/Temporary-Box-7493 Jun 25 '26

Love my JM Pro, super fun shotgun, roughly 900 rounds on mine in about 5 outings, very fun to shoot and no issues. Easy to clean

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u/ivanlarav 29d ago

So cool. I really want this one over the Beretta; I really like the design, colours, and length. Might go for this one honestly, haha, although popular wisdom says A300, but I dunno, I feel more attracted to the JM Pro.

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u/Temporary-Box-7493 29d ago

You know I don’t have anything bad to say about the baretta, I have seen some a300s have failures and they don’t get some stuff that makes the new baretta lines super dope like Google the a300 vs 1301. I’ve seen a few failures on the a300s that I haven’t seen on the 940s. I think the 940 gets a bad wrap bc the 930 was farts and unreliable. The new 990 looks sick too