Vance,
Thanks for the info. I'm going to the gun store tomorrow to look at both.
Originally I was looking at the Mossberg 500 combo unit, but the gun store
is sold out of them. So I'm going to look at the 870 instead.
I'll report back after I get a chance to look at them.
Based on what you say, I too think that the shotgun would be more useful.
Cheers