-Mongrel- Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 I have the opportunity of a Beretta 301, it's 28", multi choked and apparently in top order in a standard wood finish. Is it worth it? I am looking for a fowling gun so don't want to spend loads on something for the salt to tear apart, but just wonder if the 301 is getting a little too long in the tooth now? Opinions please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) All the 300's are brilliant. I have a 302 and I love it. however as it's only a 2 3/4' you'll pay a lot for non-toxic cartridges (assuming your in England) as the 301 won't take 3' or high performance steel loads. You'll be fine with say 32g of no.4 steel for ducks, but you'll want bismuth, tungsten or heavy-shot BB's, 1's or 3's for geese. At about £1 per cartridge, you'll need deep pockets. However of your not going to go through 100's of carts, you'll be fine. Edited December 4, 2011 by Wildfowler12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikka.223 Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 I have the opportunity of a Beretta 301, it's 28", multi choked and apparently in top order in a standard wood finish. Is it worth it? I am looking for a fowling gun so don't want to spend loads on something for the salt to tear apart, but just wonder if the 301 is getting a little too long in the tooth now? Opinions please. If its in good shape then yes,I know for £300 Id buy it aslong as it was a minter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have the opportunity of a Beretta 301, it's 28", multi choked and apparently in top order in a standard wood finish. Is it worth it? I am looking for a fowling gun so don't want to spend loads on something for the salt to tear apart, but just wonder if the 301 is getting a little too long in the tooth now? Opinions please. As has already been said the 301 is a 2 3/4" chamber so you would limit yourself on cartridge choice. If £300 is your limit you may be better looking at an Escort (or similar) :o where you have the choice of a 3" or 3 1/2" model. However, although the marsh is a harsh environment if you clean your gun thoroughly as soon as possible after shooting you should be ok with just about anything. It wouldn't harm to lightly oil all exposed metal before going out too. What I tend to do is have two slips. A wet and a dry. I take the gun on the marsh in the 'wet' slip, then afterwards when I get back to the car I dry the gun, give it a quick squirt down the barrels and put it in the 'dry' slip. Once home it gets a good clean and a light coating of oil, before being put away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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