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I Have hunted with a Remington 870 my whole life but I would like to try a Browing BPS. Does anybody have any suggestions. Does the 3.5 hand up?

I have been using a BPS 3.5 for 5 years or so. So far it hasn't given me any problems. I like the weight (its no upland gun), and it points good. I have broken ice and paddled a boat with it, taken several turkeys and gobs of doves. I say its no upland gun, but since I got it I have been leaving the citoris at home during dove season. You pay a little more for it when ya buy it, but.. Its still a Browning when (God forbid) you have to sell it. I have mossy oak camo on mine, that has proven more durable than I expected. You don't want to lay it down in the green turkey woods, kinda hard to relocate.

I would recommend getting the Rem 870 Super Magnum 3.5, since you are used to the 870's. A lot of people like the BPS, but it is by far the most awkward gun I have ever put to my shoulder. I had one for about a yr and couldn't kill a duck with it. The BPS I had was a big piece of chit.

I got a 3 1/2 ............10 gauge BPS. Know it is not what you probably looking at but still the same basic gun except the 12 is samller. Tough as nails and never had any problems out of mine. I use mine for goose hunting only so I do not use it that much.

I have a 3" BPS Upland Special that I really like. Great duck/turkey gun. I also have an old Wingmaster that has shot more doves than I will ever remember. Both are great guns. The 870 is lighter I think.

I bought a BPS the last weekend of the season last years (my old 1100 jammed one to many times) and love the way it feels, shoots, and stopped hitting my son with shot shell when you get to shooting. BUT I put it in the boat, the gun slid and hit the seat and bent the vent rib. It was not that hard of a hit and one of those thing you would worry about when you are duck hunting. The rib is made out of thin channel alum. If you baby your guns BUY IT, if you are like me and are harder on one, I might look at something else.

BPS's....you either love them or hate them. I fall in the later of the two categories. Had one that misfired 50% of the time...sent to the factory and they managed to do nothing to improve it. Wilfowler had the same luck but I thinnk that his jammed all of the time.

I had one for about a yr and couldn't kill a duck with it. The BPS I had was a big piece of chit.

From what I hear you can't kill a duck with your 870 either.

BUT I put it in the boat, the gun slid and hit the seat and bent the vent rib. It was not that hard of a hit and one of those thing you would worry about when you are duck hunting. The rib is made out of thin channel alum.

I can fix that if you have not already repaired it. (No Charge - Well maybe a cold beer would be nice)

Duckmen

I have staighten it the pretty good with 2 c-clamps & flat head screwdriver. you can still tell when you look down the barrel, k/o ducks the next morning with it.

If you could get it 90 degrees again, i will buy you a case of beer.

Duckmen wrote:

I had one for about a yr and couldn't kill a duck with it. The BPS I had was a big piece of chit.

From what I hear you can't kill a duck with your 870 either.

Oh yeah???....................Whatever!!!!!!!!!

kinda off the subject, but I bought a 20 GA 3" Mag in the middle of this past season. I hunted with this gun a few trips, and I was very surprised, with the gun & it being a 20 GA. I have always hunted with an 870, and now I hunt with a Mossburg 835, but the BPS in a 20 seemed like a good gun. I believe that there's not much difference with the any of these guns, except what you are willing to pay to get one. I lean towards an 870 or 835, because they are easier to take apart to dry & clean..

SoftCall wrote:Wilfowler had the same luck but I thinnk that his jammed all of the time.

That's a fact. I had terrible luck with mine. I would never consider buying a used BPS.... Say that reminds me, I have one that I would like to sell.

I have a BPS and have not had any problems with the mechanical aspects of the gun. Although I do have problems with the gun jamming up do to my ignorance. The BPS will jam if you do not pull the slide back far enough to eject the shell that u just shot. Seems like the company would not let the next shell come into the chamber if the old shell had not been ejected yet, but mine does. This causes one hell of a frustration when u are in the middle of a slough and you have to break your gun down.

I have "short shucked" mine a few times too, I think its easier to do with the 3.5 inch shells. Try pushing the unfired round back into the magazine tube, usually works for me.