A friend of mine noticed a Pardner Pump Compact shotgun at a local Walmart for $179 and expressed interest in it as a low cost, general purpose weapon useful for home defense and hunting. A youth sized 20 gauge that is heavily based upon the Remington 870, it is drilled and tapped and equipped with a 21 inch barrel, a screw in modified choke tube, sling swivel studs, and a rather short, synthetic stock with a 13 inch pull. The Pardner Pump is manufactured in China by Hawk Industries, a subsidiary of Norinco, and though I had not shot the version imported by H&R 1871, I still advised my friend to purchase it as I have found riot guns marketed under the manufacturer's name entirely satisfactory in quality, performance, and reliability.
