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Anyone familiar with the Beretta BL-4 ?
Where is the best source of information about them?
Who has them & what is your experience?

I’ve shot and been around them off and on for many years. Never owned one, but they are nice, reliable guns with ejectors and a single selective trigger. Chokes are fixed, with 26” barrels usually IC/M, while 28” are usually M/F.

As a hunting gun they are very nice. They are pretty light, such that they would be pretty tough as a clays gun. Horses for courses.

the beretta BL series were good guns. I had a BL3 that I sold to a friend of mine. I used it a lot and he still uses it and never had a complaint. I believe the big difference of the is the wood grade.

The BL series are solid guns. The BL-4 was the higher grade with nicer wood. They were the predecessors of the 680 series and share some features. Other than the barrel length and fixed chokes, the biggest issue is they are 40+ years old and there are spare parts.

I've had one since sometime in the late 70's. It's a BL-4. Mine has a 26" barrel choked skeet/skeet with a wide rib.
It's still my favorite shotgun although I've stopped using it on sporting clays and moved to a heavier Beretta
after shoulder surgery. Primarily my pheasant and grouse gun since I don't take long shots and hunt with a dog.
It's been absolutely trouble free.
From what I've been able to gather parts are pretty much non-existent. Certainly a consideration if you are considering purchasing one.

I've had one since sometime in the late 70's. It's a BL-4. Mine has a 26" barrel choked skeet/skeet with a wide rib.
It's still my favorite shotgun although I've stopped using it on sporting clays and moved to a heavier Beretta
after shoulder surgery. Primarily my pheasant and grouse gun since I don't take long shots and hunt with a dog.
It's been absolutely trouble free.
From what I've been able to gather parts are pretty much non-existent. Certainly a consideration if you are considering purchasing one.
Like I said mine has been trouble free but if I were considering a shotgun now I think I'd lean towards a 800 series unless the price and condition
of the BL were really right. The 800 series have had a longer run than the BL's and they're still around.

My first shotgun was a BL4 20 M/F my dad bought me. Still use it some. I shoot better with a heavier gun at birds. Nice to carry though.

I had tubes installed many years ago and shoot lead only in one of mine. It is my favorite upland shotgun. South Dakota dust fouled it once. It was my fault for leaving oil in the action. I have another that gets used occasionally.

Thank you all for your responses.
Much appreciated.
-Jim