jimbobborg
Oddball caliber fan
This is why I avoided the clay sports all these years. My Benelli M2 3-gun shotgun was $2500 after tax. If I'm going to be getting active in these games, I'm not buying an O/U.
This. Go through Joel Etchen for a Beretta or speak with August Crocker about a Caesar Guerini.
It was a tough decision for me but ended up with a CG and couldn’t be happier.
This is why I avoided the clay sports all these years. My Benelli M2 3-gun shotgun was $2500 after tax. If I'm going to be getting active in these games, I'm not buying an O/U.
Here’s something used I found on Gunbroker. Don’t worry about it saying Trap. A lot of Sporting and Skeet guns look like trap guns nowadays. This would be a great gun for any game. It does have a step rib. It allows you to have your head more upright which means better visibility. The adjustable comb would cost you at least $250.00 to have it done. The barrels are ported. I don’t look for porting but it wouldn’t stop me from buying this. The gold series guns are gorgeous to me. Mine’s a silver gun like my avatar. You definitely want choke tubes and at least 29.5” barrels (which is 75 centimeters). Italians. This model would be considered a step up from the 686 Silver Pigeon.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/790777365
Hmm - just noticed that the CXS is HEAVY compared to the Beretta. 8.4 lbs versus 6.8.
What would you say this gun is worth? Min bid is $2800, which would have won since no one bid on it. Up for sale again.
I see the 6.8 for the Beretta but the Browning looks like 7.12. I’m not sure I trust those figures though.
The bottom line of shotguns is, buy the one that fits you the best.
Gun fit outweighs most everything, as long as you are comparing guns in a similar quality range.
The bottom line of shotguns is, buy the one that fits you the best.
Gun fit outweighs most everything, as long as you are comparing guns in a similar quality range.
I would shoulder both the Beretta and the Browning before purchasing. The Browning fit me whereas the Beretta did not.
Hell, the same model guns fit differently. I was at the Cabela's in Christiana a couple years ago and it has a bunch of DT-11 guns on the rack. I shouldered 4 of them and the first 3 did not fit exactly right. The 4th one, which actually had an adjustable stock just like my 682 Gold E, fit perfect. I almost fell to my knees and asked my wife to allow me to buy it, but I just said "This gun feels awesome" and she said "Maybe". Then, Beretta came out with the DT-11 Black and I really, really, really like how that gun looks.
Debating whether to spend my current good husband vouchers on a DT-11 Black or holding out and saving up more vouchers for a SO-6.
Sheez, the DT-11 EELL looks really, really nice too. The SO-6 is orgasmic.
This is why I "hate" these kinds of threads. It gets me looking at stuff I do not need, but really, really, really want. Hey, the DT-11 EELL is "only" $16,000.
Well here’s an SO6 EELL. It’s only $60,000 USED!
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/790244158
Here’s a new DT11 EELL and it’s local. Larry’s Trading Post in Ocean City, MD. And only $16,000.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/792218690
This...
But I was just the opposite. The Beretta fit me like a glove and I couldn't get comfortable with the Browning, at all...
Yeah, not a big fan of the engraving on that SO6 and Able's had a couple of DT-11 EELL on gunbroker too. Oddly though, they did not have the black in the engraving like Beretta shows on its website.
The SO6 that I want will be ridiculously expensive I am guessing. Probably going to settle on a DT-11 EELL until most of the kids are done with college.