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Lately I have been thinking of getting an o/u shotgun. Had Browings, Ithaca's and a bunch of Beretta 's .. Saw a new Browning the other day, a field gun.. liked the slim lines compared to the ones I had in the90's.. Sold all my collection of doubles more than ten years ago.. Just thinking about it now.. Browning still good?
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Lately I have been thinking of getting an o/u shotgun. Had Browings, Ithaca's and a bunch of Beretta 's .. Saw a new Browning the other day, a field gun.. liked the slim lines compared to the ones I had in the90's.. Sold all my collection of doubles more than ten years ago.. Just thinking about it now.. Browning still good? Just bought 2 of the new browning citori model o/u XT trap and the CX.IMHO great fit and finish.They are offering a rebate of $100 off per gun on the O/U models.Not sure of the date when it ends.I think you need to have it postmarked by april 15th.
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Thanks! We are headed to the big Gun shop in Pa. next I hope..
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Check out the franchi instinct
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Still think Browning has the market for fit and finish for the money.
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WCH: What gauge you looking for?
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Battle, a 12.. i have so many factory loads for it I can't switch !
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Still think Browning has the market for fit and finish for the money. This. Browning has it all over the other guys for entry level O/U hands down.
It�s a magazine not a clip......
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Are you after a target gun?
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Battle, a 12.. i have so many factory loads for it I can't switch ! Target 12: I would go with Beretta. Field 12: I'm not partial to any of them, but if I had to choose it would be a Browning Feather or Beretta Ultralight. Both kick a good bit with 1 1/8ths.
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Still think Browning has the market for fit and finish for the money. This. Browning has it all over the other guys for entry level O/U hands down. If it fits you. I live in Browning country, I like and own many Browning firearms, but I can't shoot a Browning O/U for crap. Beretta flies to the eye and feels great and I shoot the Beretta very well. I wish a Browning fit me as well.
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My old 12 gauge Superposed Lightning doesn't fit me very well either. Good point.
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Browning's fit me like a glove
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I'm not an accomplished shotgunner, but the best shooting that I have ever done with an o/u was with a Winchester 101. I guess it just fit me VERY well.
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I took my new instinct put last night for a couple rounds of 5 stand.
Having not shot the gun before I figured I'd be lucky to break 5.
First round i broke 20, 2md round 18 but it was beginning to be the time of day when targets were hard to see due to the sun, so I wandered over to the skeet field and broke 19.
It's a bit light for an all day clays gun, but should be he'll on wheels for pheasant and grouse
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Beretta O/U fit some people. Other people say a browning fits them better. Try both. Both are good long term guns that can be handed down. Perazzi O/U are great and Krieghoffs are better. Just depends on what you want and how much you want to spend.
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Beretta O/U fit some people. Other people say a browning fits them better. Try both. Both are good long term guns that can be handed down. Perazzi O/U are great and Krieghoffs are better. Just depends on what you want and how much you want to spend. For conversation what makes a Krieghoff better than a Perazzi? Or a Beretta?
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Beretta O/U fit some people. Other people say a browning fits them better. Try both. Both are good long term guns that can be handed down. Perazzi O/U are great and Krieghoffs are better. Just depends on what you want and how much you want to spend. For conversation what makes a Krieghoff better than a Perazzi? Or a Beretta? Or the bigger question what makes the Silver Seitz O/U shotgun better than a browning O/U shotgun.
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I knew that would start questions and comments. Shotguns brands are probably them most subjective topic ever conceived for a internet discussion board. I believe a Browning/Beretta will break the same number of targets as a Perazzi/Krieghoff O/U. When I shot a Beretta, the comb was too high. I view guns as a tool, so I took a palm sander to the stock and made it fit. I tried Brownings 425,525,625 and 725's. The browning stock fit me better. Triggers on both guns were so so. I tried a friends Perazzi. Immediately I liked the feel of the gun, how it moved, and the triggers were phenomenal. I also noticed more felt recoil with the P gun. Lastly I tried a K gun. Granted it is a heavier gun. Felt recoil was less than any of the previously mentioned guns. The triggers were great and it moved very well. I forgot to mention I started out my sporting clay shooting with a stock Beretta 391. I added 8 oz. of weight to the front and back of the gun to get it to my likes. But I just got off on a tangent. My friend's MX 2000 probably has ~150K of rounds thru the gun. He has sent the gun back ~4 times for major rework of the action (triggers falling out, action coming open after first shot, loose action to barrels fit) this was all due to large volume shooting. My K-80 is probably approaching the 100K mark and has only been sent in for standard service every couple of years. The metal hardness of the K gun vs. the P gun is the difference. I believe this is a contributing factor making the K gun a better high volume alternative. I do have ~80K thru the Beretta 391 I mentioned. For the individual that will never shoot more than 50K thru the gun, any shotgun will last multiple lifetimes. I guess that's why we have Fords, Chevy's and Dodges.
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