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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I'd try to find a used Beretta 390.
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Beretta a300
Some guys really liking those Retay SA, I know the LGS selling more of those than anything else.
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One more. Weatherby SA-08
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The best one is the one that pulls up the best for you ( fit and balance), for me that is the Benelli M2 It’s like it’s part of me, it’s creepy how fast I can kill something with it.
Then it comes down to mechanics and quality of the gun itself.
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I'd try to find a used Beretta 390. Yep. A used Beretta 390 for the easy win.
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Beretta - Used 390 (no I'm not giving mine up) or A300 (not giving up my A400 either).
"A Republic, if you can keep it." ~ B. Franklin
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Original Browning A5 Light Twelve, if you can live without 3” shells. Hand engraving and checkering, French walnut stock. Nothing else points as well for me. After foolishly selling my original when someone waved a bunch of cash at me, I picked up another one and had tubes installed by Briley in its 30” barrel. It requires adjusting the friction rings when changing from light to heavy loads or vice-versa, but that’s a minor quibble. The quality is something usually associated with double guns.
Been shooting clays with it this year, something new for me. Almost no one else is familiar with those at the range, and the way it feeds itself when you stuff a shell in the magazine with the bolt open is a minor marvel to them.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Hard to beat a Belgium A-5 IMO. They just don’t build them like that anymore. Last you a lifetime, plus.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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I'm with Charlie and Wilkes--the Beretta 390 is tough to beat if you can find one.
For an out of the ordinary recommendation, I also had a great experience with an H&R Excell Auto. Picked one up for $225 at a pawnshop when I was a poor student in 2006. It gave me almost ten years of flawless use before I parked it in the safe. Still gets occasional use as a loaner.
The Browning B80 is another reliable shooter that can be found for a reasonable price, if you don't mind a wood stock.
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+3, or wherever it’s at.
Picked up a used 390 Silver Mallard some years back for a song. It’s a smooth running gun that doesn’t seem to care what you run through it. If I had to pick a nit, it’s maybe a tad on the chunky side.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Hard to beat a Belgium A-5 IMO. They just don’t build them like that anymore. Last you a lifetime, plus. My other favorite auto!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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If I had to buy one today, it would be a Beretta A300.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Yamamoto Auto Pointer (clone of Browning Auto 5) I have had for over forty years, great gun.
"The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack) 79s and losttrail, biggest waste of air.
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Winchester Super-X. My Super-X 3 has been stellar.
Mark
NRA Life Member Anytime anyone kicks cancers azz is a good day!
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Oh The Drama!
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i was a Benelli guy for years. Ive used my SBE2 as a canoe paddle, a walking stick in the swamp, and an ice breaker. it is still banging away.
I found a hell of a deal on a new A5 this year and have pretty much retired the SBE2 to snow goose duty
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
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+3, or wherever it’s at.
Picked up a used 390 Silver Mallard some years back for a song. It’s a smooth running gun that doesn’t seem to care what you run through it. If I had to pick a nit, it’s maybe a tad on the chunky side. Yet another for a 390. And I'm a Browning fan! And there is nothing wrong with things just a tad bit chunky!
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Has anyone tried the Retay line up ? They’re supposed to be a great gun for the money
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I looked at Retry but what I found was mixed reviews so I passed.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Franchi Affinity fits me well and has been very dependable. Probably go M2 as second choice.
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