I think it is a good idea. Pumps, while looked down upon by some, are truly American and as I read somewhere "it takes a real man to shoot a pump gun."

I mostly shoot doubles but I do use my Browning Uplander pump gun when walking over treacherous terrain or when out waterfowl hunting in salt marshes. I also use it when in grizzly country where I have the first two rounds consisting of bird shot and the last three rounds with magnum slugs.