Skeet semi auto........
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Richard in LA
Mag Whore
Beretta 391. I recently picked up a 400 Xplor light, and like it too, but only time will tell if it is going to be as good/reliable as my old 391.
Yeah my 1100 is my favorite but I haven't shot too many, and honestly I couldn't imagine it being to much better, as they say ignorance is bliss
. I cant hit crap with my winchester X2.
Richard in LA
Mag Whore
semi's are more frowned upon in trap due to a couple reasons. When standing on the line, the guy to your right (or left if you have a southpaw gun) gets hit with your empty shell if you don't use a shell catcher. Also, with the new(er) voice activated traps, closing your bolt can can trigger the machine to throw a bird if it is sensitive. Semis are very prominent on the skeet field nowadays though, due to softer recoil, less muzzle jump and quicker follow up on the true pairs. The "best" gun is open ended, just like when someone asks what kind of pistol to get. Take every opportunity to shoot different guns if someone offers to let you try one out, rent some different ones at the range to see which one fits you best (or closest). I am partial to Beretta's. I love my Beretta O/U's, but I have been using and abusing a 391 Urika for 10+ years now in duck blinds/goose pits, out in fields dove hunting, on the skeet/trap/sporting clays course, and it keeps on ticking. Heck, I managed to bend the action spring housing inside the stock right after I got it (don't ask), and it still functioned 100%. I finally replaced it a year or so ago, after I found out is was a sub$20 part. (I was thinking it would be big bucks).
Nothing wrong with an 1100 or Browning A5 out on the clays course, but keep in mind that they are older designs, and with todays technology, the guns are softer shooting, lighter, easier to field strip for cleaning, etc...
MyTFAL, I'll be going over to Tallow Creek tomorrow afternoon, and can bring a couple different auto's with me if you would be able to make it out there and try em out.
Man that is a very generous offer unfortunately I couldn't make it today till after 6:00PM, damn work messing up my play. I actually have a 40's vintage Remington (A-5 copy) Sportsman 16 gauge that I shot skeet with over the Easter weekend, it was and is a great gun. I did well and really like the gun, but man that monkey bites! I am a recoil Junky and the actual recoil didn't really bother me or my ability to shoot on target, but damn I was bruised up for 3 days after. If I'm going to deal with that I want a 12 gauge. Thanks for all the opinions and i would love to meet up at Tallow creek. If you go again let me know I'm in!
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I went to Argentina last January and ran over 3000 shells through one of their Baretta's (which was obviously well used by many others before me). 5 jams only!
I have been a Remington(1100's & 1187), boy/man all my life. Still have them, but will never buy another as long as Beretta is making them.
Beretta all the way!
I have been a Remington(1100's & 1187), boy/man all my life. Still have them, but will never buy another as long as Beretta is making them.
Beretta all the way!
Most of the Beretta's I've looked at come in a real nice kit with multiple changeable chokes, these seem to be getting rave reviews all over the place. I like the gas system on the Remington it is very simple to clean. The older Beretta's seem to be a good bit more complicated. I am sure it would become second nature eventually.
I like to use my Saiga 12. in case I miss on the first 10 shots... i got a couple extra...
+ 1
and after a couple cases of Miller Lite, ya just can't have enough magazine cap...I really don't like ranges that don't allow ice chests or boom boxes on the firing line, I mean dam, it's a sport right ??
My REMINGTON Special Field 870's NEVER even burp.
When headin' South, I need only take one; it won't fail me, ever !
And it is all-American !
elViejo
Shot 2 cases of skeet this weekend.
Remington 870's and 1187 models performed round after round with zero failures.
My Dad's Berretta Auto would not eject the low power 8's. I even put a good bit of Hoppes in it to no avail. I ended up putting it back in the truck. It ran fine with 7 1/2's, but it sure doesn't like 8's.
However my Brothers 1187(Shur-shot Thumbhole) could reach out there and touch these skeet at 50+ yards with ease. That was hilarious to wait until they were almost to the ground and bang-shatter 3 1/2" Madness! Lol
Remington 870's and 1187 models performed round after round with zero failures.
My Dad's Berretta Auto would not eject the low power 8's. I even put a good bit of Hoppes in it to no avail. I ended up putting it back in the truck. It ran fine with 7 1/2's, but it sure doesn't like 8's.
However my Brothers 1187(Shur-shot Thumbhole) could reach out there and touch these skeet at 50+ yards with ease. That was hilarious to wait until they were almost to the ground and bang-shatter 3 1/2" Madness! Lol
Richard in LA
Mag Whore
Use it all you want, you aint gonna wear it out! What model did you end up getting?
