Recently purchased a Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon Sporting 32" O/U. I have shot trap for years, but recently I'm starting to get serious. I was using a Savage 330 O/U Field Gun and a Sears Ted Williams pump.
I probably screwed up by not getting fitted in advance, but I got lucky in that the 686 fits me pretty well.
The Sporting model has some differences from the Field model:
1. Sporting has a mid-bead.
2. Sporting has manual safety.
3. Sporting has a tapered rib.
4. Sporting has the 32" barrel.
5. Sporting may also be a little heavier than the Field.
I'm really impressed by the quality of the gun. Great fit and furniture.
It came with 5 flush chokes, but not a Full for some reason. I ended up buying a Full choke for another $60., which kinda pissed me off.
It was a little tricky assembling the gun at first but now I have the angle down in my head.
I've been getting some pointers at the range, and trying different barrel and choke combinations for the first 300 rounds. My score did not magically improve yet LOL.
No issues, except for a sticky ejector that needs to cleaned. The hinge is still a little tighter than I like but I think it will break in with use.
It has the oiled walnut stock. I was unsure what to use on the wood. Beretta told me they recommend Old English Lemon Oil.
It came with a nice hard plastic case.
It has an inertia trigger so the second barrel won't shoot with snap caps unless you manually change the barrel selector. (At first I thought that the gun was F'd up).
I patterned it and it looks about 60/40 with most choke/barrel combinations.
In conclusion, I'm pretty happy with the gun. It has all of the features that I wanted, plus it has some nice engraving.
This gun, at $2100, is considered to be an entry level trap gun. It does everything that the more expensive ones do.
I probably screwed up by not getting fitted in advance, but I got lucky in that the 686 fits me pretty well.
The Sporting model has some differences from the Field model:
1. Sporting has a mid-bead.
2. Sporting has manual safety.
3. Sporting has a tapered rib.
4. Sporting has the 32" barrel.
5. Sporting may also be a little heavier than the Field.
I'm really impressed by the quality of the gun. Great fit and furniture.
It came with 5 flush chokes, but not a Full for some reason. I ended up buying a Full choke for another $60., which kinda pissed me off.
It was a little tricky assembling the gun at first but now I have the angle down in my head.
I've been getting some pointers at the range, and trying different barrel and choke combinations for the first 300 rounds. My score did not magically improve yet LOL.
No issues, except for a sticky ejector that needs to cleaned. The hinge is still a little tighter than I like but I think it will break in with use.
It has the oiled walnut stock. I was unsure what to use on the wood. Beretta told me they recommend Old English Lemon Oil.
It came with a nice hard plastic case.
It has an inertia trigger so the second barrel won't shoot with snap caps unless you manually change the barrel selector. (At first I thought that the gun was F'd up).
I patterned it and it looks about 60/40 with most choke/barrel combinations.
In conclusion, I'm pretty happy with the gun. It has all of the features that I wanted, plus it has some nice engraving.
This gun, at $2100, is considered to be an entry level trap gun. It does everything that the more expensive ones do.