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Thanks Engineer. There must be a reason Beretta make this differential between models though. Maybe like you say it's down to the hide and cover you use......pigeon hides will be a bit tighter?

A mate and I have been out a couple of times this month in Essex and seen good numbers of birds. I eat what I shoot so I checked all the shot bird's crops. We are relative newbies, but thought we'd spotted some patterns. The birds started the day in small gangs and gradually flocked up throughout the morning. There seemed to be a lot of traffic to and from the main roost wood (which we can't shoot. ). A huge flock was feeding undisturbed on a field we don't have permission on. We picked a few off who were coming from there to roost the hedge we were in, but were ignoring our pattern. Their crops were crammed with rape. We got a good number committing to our pattern direct from the woods, but we noticed that these had empty crops, maybe a few flecks of rape. One or 2 did have crops full of flower buds, but still committed well. Do birds fill up, then go for a quick roost and process their crop, before going out and filling up again? Or did we just shoot a few who'd had a lie-in that day?

Afternoon gentlemen. I could use some help please. I feel the need for a semi-auto. I have decided on a Beretta Xtrema 2. Please, please, please don't try to change my mind. I used one at the Epping shooting school, shot pretty well with it and loved it. Money isn't really an issue to be honest. I will be using it mainly for pigeon shooting, but I am hankering after a bit of wildfowling too. I reckon this gun could be just the tool for the job. I like the Realtree Hardwoods green cammo. Here's the problem though. This version comes in 24 and 26" barrels only. The MAX 4 cammo gets you a 26, 28 or 30". If it were available, I think I would choose 28". Is 26" too short for wildfowling? I'm a complete beginner at wildfowling obviously, but I'd make a random choice to use steel shot. Any advice would be most welcome.