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Inertia.

686's are fine guns I'm a Citori Lightning fan myself. You will do okay. Before you use the thrower oil up the spring serious it will throw harder and be less likely to break, oil it. You can gain alot on your relearning curve just practicing your gun mount with an empty gun..mb

Probably good advice. The thrower sat in a corner of a machine shed covered up with old buckets, a few tires, and seed sacks. It looks Ok, but anything steel that sits for as long as it has isn't gonna be hurt by a little oil

Hoping to pick up the Beretta soon. For quite a few years now Illinois has done their own "NICS" check through the State Police. Hate to say much good about anything FED, but when they ran it I was never once delayed on a purchase.
Since the State Police began doing the checks, I've never NOT been delayed

Looking at Iowa and Wisconsin properties weekly

Thanks to all who lent an ear or advice...

Yiu made a good choice.


Kind of where I’m at. I only need one more. The next one. My problem is the next one always seems to be just one level higher than the last one.

Good choice….let the game begin!!!!

Do those berettas come with 3 tubes or 5 ?.

I got 5 choke tubes

Mod and full came installed in the gun.
CL, IC, and IM in an accessory box with choke wrench, and etc

Edit; The full and IM chokes are marked "No Steel"

Well, now that you have an O/U you will go out and do some shooting and have fun. You got a good one. It will always be in the back of your mind about a side by side. Eventually you will be almost right back here asking about them. "There's no vice like advice"......but the absolute best advice I can give you is go for it, but do yourself a favor and scare up a copy of the book written by Michael MacIntosh titled, "Shotguns and Shooting". He actually wrote three, "Shotguns and Shooting" was the first and many regard the best. "More Shotguns and Shooting" came next and gets more in depth and finally "Shotguns and Shooting Three". Even if he doesn't sell you on a SXS these are damn good books and a fantastic read. You cant put them down. He even has chapters on O/U's as well.
I have owned/shot them all and prefer a SXS. I will say two things, first, I don't feel or cannot tell any recoil difference in either the SXS or the O/U. Second, the old term coined by Browning, "single sighting plane" he used as a selling point for his Superposed O/U, while catchy and it sounds convincing, especially coming from him is a load of hog slop. I have yet to see a SXS with two ribs. I will admit that the lower barrel of an O/U, being more inline with your shoulder can feel like a little less recoil. But, if you shoot it enough at one time even that goes away. Best of luck with your new shotgun!!!!! M

Any of the Big B brands* is a good choice I think, reliable, long-lasting, and if service is ever required it’ll be available as will parts. Congrats on your purchase!

A friend shoots a Beretta 28 and has issues with the trigger not switching to the second barrel at times. I suspect it’s because he’s rather slight, and shoots powder-puff reloads and that combination doesn’t produce enough recoil to make it work. One advantage of the trigger-button selectors as found on old SKBs is that quick thinkers can push it manually when they have a failure or load the wrong barrel etc. My 725 is mechanical, but as yet I’m not sufficiently “trained” to just pull it again when I futz up my loading on singles.

Enjoy your new toy.



*Browning, Beretta, Benelli

The best at its price point in a new O/U IMHO.