What is a good first duck gun?

[Guest elkbeers]

My friend is taking me duck hunting this season.

I don’t want to drop a lot of money into it because I want to deer hunt still.

What shotguns would you recommend new and used?

Also can you recommend some good entre level waders as well?

Thanks for any info you can pass along!

[TN Outlaw]

Benelli Nova is a good choice IMO can be had for around 300-400

[Troutburger]

On a budget, hard to beat Mossberg 500 and Red Ball waders.

[dlm37015]

10 gauge browning pump for steel shot in days of old when i could use lead i used a winchester 101

[TrickyNicky]

Benelli Nova is a good choice IMO can be had for around 300-400

I really like the Nova series. From my very limited experience with shotguns it hard to imagine getting more gun for the money.

The Winchester sxp series also looks intriguing. Something about a rotary bolt to help cycle follow up shots quicker. If I was in the market for a not too expensive pump, those are the ones I'd be looking at first and probably last with the edge to the Nova as that's the only one of the two I have first hand experience with.

Is it just me or is it getting hard to find bad new guns these days?

[Ropin4gold]

_{Hard to beat a remington 870 with a 30" barrel and a synthetic stock ($300?) For an auto I would look at the synthetic stocked Beretta 390 wal-mart sells for around $550.}

[Guest elkbeers]

Thanks for the info. I now your suppose to live one day at a time but I'm really excited about this fall.