I know that the Bennelli family has been building shotguns much longer than Remington, but what does that mean for the most recent autoloading shotguns?

I am looking at a Bennelli pistol grip camo model and the 11-87 ShurShot Turkey guns. The Bennelli appears to be about $100 more. Is it worth the additional $ and in practical terms, why?

Deke.

In my opinon Bennellis will out last remingtons by far. 1187s are just glorified 1100,s.

I like the remingtons. My bet is that you could not wear one out in 2 lifetimes.

I like the pistol grip Benelli. Better re-sale value.

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I like the remingtons. My bet is that you could not wear one out in 2 lifetimes.

Couldn't agree more. After a lifetime of shooting I'm still trying to wear mine out.

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Better re-sale value.

If it's such a great shotgun....Why would I want to sell it?

Any shotgun that chambers 3" shotshells and doesn't have to much shiny stuff on it will work very well for a turkey shotgun. There is no need for a quick second shot in the huge majority of situations. A single shot break action works great. You will NEVER wear out a turkey shotgun in several lifetimes of hunting and patterning. I would wager that you have never met anyone that has fired more than 100 turkey loads with the possible exception of a professional turkey guide.

Personally my favorite shotgun where I am calling turkeys is an old Winchester 1897 with a fixed full choke. It has slaughtered turkeys out to 53 paces with authority, and done it with 2-3/4" shells.