Semi-Autmomatic Shotguns: Meet the 10 Best on the Planet Today

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We discussed personal defense shotguns before and recommended a few powerful shotgun scopes, but in today’s piece we’re going to dive into some of our favorite semi auto shotguns.

If you’re in a big rush to see our top picks, here they are:

1. Benelli M4 (Most Expensive but nicest, ~$1800)

2. Browning A5 (~$1500)

3. Beretta 1301 Tactical (~$1,000)

4. FNH SLP Mark 1 (~$1,300)

5. Benelli M4 Tactical (~$1,200)

6. Mossberg 930 SPX (~$750)

7. Remington Versa Max (~$1,100)

8. Stoeger 3500 (Best Discount Option ~$650)

HISTORY OF THE SEMI-AUTO SHOTGUN

Before I share my top picks with you, we need to discuss the Browning Auto 5. We need to start with this epic boomstick to know how the modern semi-auto shotgun industry started.

The Browning Auto 5 was originally created in the 1800s with a patent finally put on it in the 1900s after about 100 years of use. From 1903 onward it was mass produced in the US. Despite its popularity, the original Browning Auto 5 was notoriously unreliable.

It would jam, break and explode. After about ten years of production the Auto 5 was revamped by the legendary Browning company. The newer “fixed” model solved all the issues that plagued the older Browning Auto 5 version.

A new shotgun was born.

It was so reliable and powerful that military forces all over the world started purchasing it in bulk.

The Browning Auto 5’s history is almost as old as the 1911 pistol.

It was a favored weapon of tactical units throughout the world and paratroopers dropped into close proximity fighting.  The Auto 5 packed some serious firepower utilizing a 12 gauge buckshot to obliterate anyone unluckily enough to get hit.