Wingman

My A303 and A302 wont cycle 65mm carts either, stick 70mm in though and they cycle everything even 70mm 21 gram carts like Eley Ambers all day long. Can you confirm for us what your using?

Which chokes are you using ? (briley, teague etc). I havent found an extended choke that doesnt come a slightly loose over time, apart from my Mullers which I use on my Beretta 682.

Great choice, I have one for my youngest and he loves it. I wish I had bought the non ejector though as its really stiff to open and he's been hit in the head a few times by ejected cartridges. Seems like they use the same springs as they do for 12 bores as they seem to fly about 20 feet into the air!!

What you would advise to warm it?

Hi All I want to remove the front blade bead from my Beretta 682X as I find it quite off putting (it shines super bright in sunny weather). I have tried pulling it with pliers and easing it out but cant seem to make it budge. I am nervous about applying to much brute force for fear of damaging the finish on the rib so before I send it to a gunsmith does anyone have any tips or advice on how the darn thing comes out?

Here you go, top one was done with oven cleaner, your call if you want to try it I have read various reports of how successful but mine looks fine...

Oven cleaner in the spray can worked well for me, I think I did a writeup on here a while ago when I did one of my Auto-5's..

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Thanks Mick let me know what condition it's in and choke etc.

Bit of a long shot but wondered if anyone has a barrel available for a Beretta A302/A303 Semi Auto? Dont want one with the drop in Mobil choke (as I already have that), so looking for either a fixed choke or normal screw in Mobil multi. Thanks

You just need a cheap one, loads on Ebay

I started my radio career with AM CB back in the 80's so have had dozens of rigs and setups over the years. I now have an amateur radio license so dont dabble in CB these days but stick to operating digital modes on VHF/UHF and of course HF. I did stick a CB in my 4x4 a few years ago as we setup a 4x4 Response crew up in the village when the weather was very bad but dont have one now. Principles are all the same though so feel free to ping me if you want any help setting it up. Did you buy a SWR meter? You'll need one to properly setup the antenna system you can damage the radio if the SWR (standing wave ratio) is too high!

All really helpful information thanks guys.

Yep, done that car is 6 years old so had a few advisories last time and a previous fail due to a damaged tyre and a child seat stopping the tester from being able to test the seatbelt!

Hi All Ok, so I am a bit paranoid it comes with the territory of working for 20 years in Security roles! My wife has seen a car she wants to buy, it looks very straight in nice condition and from a "reputable" used car dealer. The dealer also has a service and MOT department so today they have at our request MOT'd the vehicle and its passed with no advisories. Why am I suspicious?, well surely if a used car dealer has an MOT function then they would have a vested interest in making sure the car passes so it can be sold. So my question is whether the MOT process could be bent in favour of the seller or are there checks and balances in place that make this unlikely? Having not purchased a car for the last 10 years (due to having company vehicles) I am a bit unsure of the process, I remember back in the day stories of bunging the tester a few quid to make sure the car passed! Cheers all, stay safe!

Absolutely you can, I did just that to my Mossberg pump gun, as I wanted something a bit handier for the hide. As long as it stays above the overall legal length your fine, but a word of caution my gunsmith reminded me that extended chokes cant be included in the measurement.

Apart from the obvious "one that fits" comment my vote is with Baikal. I always thought they were like railway sleepers bolted onto a couple of scaffold poles until I tried my mates one a while back. Cant remember exactly what he paid for it but I know it started with a 2 (250 I think) and once I got over my initial phase of taking the hit and miss and tried it I was really surprised how nicely it seemed to handle. Single trigger, fixed chokes and didnt feel at all like I expected it to. More to the point he's used it for everything from clays to bunnys and pigeons and cleans it once or twice a year if its lucky its never failed to go bang when required. I would buy one if I had any more space and use it for poor weather pigeon shooting or as a crutch if I twist my ankle when rambling over my permission (with appropriate safety check of course!)...

I am just be extra cautious at the moment....

I agree with this 100%. Our farm manager asked me to come and have a go at the pigeons on his drillings, I said I needed something in writing email would be fine. 2 weeks later nothing received from him so I haven't ventured up there..

Its not a problem I was in Georgia last October and hired several handguns at a range local to our office. Wasn't cheap though

If like mine there's a slight looseness of the trigger group when the gun is assembled I found a small 1 inch square piece of duct tape fixed to the inside of the receiver resolved it. I don't know whether that's a problem with only the 302 which mine is as the magazine cutoff is the main trigger group pin but if yours is the same it works! Also made a shim for a slight bit of play in the forend and that's sorted now as well.

The Pachmayr slip on ones are very good

Thats a good price! I have two Beretta SA's an A302 and A303, my 303 cost me 350 quid and whilst in good condition I wouldnt describe as mint. Cracking autos mate you'll enjoy it when I am at home next I'll have a look in my spares box for chokes I dont have a teague but might have a briley. Is it Mobil chokes?

Hi All This is probably a long shot, but does anyone know where I can get a replacement circlip for my A302? Its what Beretta call the hammer bush retaining spring and fits into the hammer bush in the trigger group (marked in red in the pic). Or better still have one knocking about or even give me some pointers as to how to make one? Mines missing and the result is the trigger is a bit loose.

But the cartridges cost an arm and a leg!