Shotgun Mike Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Can anyone help with my problem. I want a semi auto 12b but i am not sure what to buy. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy trucker Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 there is only one to buy !!!!! beretta extrema: i have one and use it for evrything from clays+pigeons to foxes/it cycles all loads from 1oz up. you even have the option to use 3.5'' steel mags (geese etc) simply marvellous..................... :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 for pigeon I use a beretta A391 urika sporting, lovely gun! looks nice enough to take on a clay ground yet cheap enough to take knocks, and it will take steel and 3" carts cycles as quick as I can pull the trigger, mine was picked up through the sporting gun small adds was in absolutely unused nick, cost me £550 and worth EVERY penny cheers Kdubya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 BENELLI BENELLI BENELLI BENELLI !!!!!!!! BENELLI all the best yis yp :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Save lots of money and by synthetic Benelli Nova Pump action. Shoots like a dream. :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 mossberg 9200 you won't regret it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 leon the mossberg was the gun I fancied but as they are no longer in production and the fact that after searching for reviews and coming up with a lot of seemingly reliability probs I opted for the beretta urika and to date cant fault it? cheers Kdubya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 ureka. 3 inch if u want to go goose hunting use hevi shot .the extrema is nice but its heavier, benallis are lite so they can kick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 It would have to be the Beretta AL391, such fun to shoot with, and you do not have to worry so much about scratching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarms Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 I picked up a Browning Gold Hunter in Wetlands camo with 3.5" chambers for £550 and it had only had about 50 rounds through it. Just keep looking till you find a gun the right price :yp: Would highly recommend the Gold and have never had a mis fire or jam. I must have put about 500 rnds through it easily in the 5 months I have had it, using bismuth, lead and steel all with no probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakalguinness Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 as you might guess i'll say lanber, very cheap quite astethically nice. but the main reasons being very light, a must for rough shooters like myself and ultra reliable, over 3000 rounds in little over a year with comninations of 3" 2 3/4" 2 1\2" at anyone time. lurcherboy i must ask are you serious about liking pumps?:yp: PERSONALLY SPEAKING i can't use them, the whole movement of the guns as you swing between birds is too off putting. but if you like 'em its up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Had a go with most common SAs and they are fairly similar, BUT they are all a Bug*r to clean... except the Benelli, no pistons and the like to gum up. They cycle 20gram loads up to 56 g (Yes I have tryed) with out the hangups that you can get with many SAs at 24g and less. I use the Super Centro with ajustable stock, but they ar all very good guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 BUT they are all a Bug*r to clean... except the Benelli, no pistons and the like to gum up. I use a Beretta A391 Synthetic Cammo and have no plans to change it but if i ever do trade it in the Benelli will be the first gun i look at. As NGhost points out , all gas operated semi-autos are a pain to clean due the build up of deposits whereas the Benelli uses a recoil system to re-cycle the cartridges and needs little more effort to clean than a conventional shotgun. I find the semi-auto an ideal gun in a pigeon hide especially when it is one of those days that we all dream about with the action fast and furious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakalguinness Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 a quick question might sound rediculous, but is there much if any loss in power between from gas opperated semi's and bennilli style straight recoil. As for cleaning gas opperated semi's, call me sadistic but i enjoy the job i find it the perfect way to relax after a heavy days shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 BENELLI BENELLI BENELLI BENELLI !!!!!!!! BENELLI all the best yis yp I have to agree with yp. my father owns a benelli and he has good a lot of use out of it over the years without to many problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENFOLD Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 theres only one decent auto and that beretta i a have had the 302,390 and 391 and as long as you clean them after use they are no trouble where as all the other brands people have had,have had trouble call me lucky but never had any trouble with mine so i recomend berreta get what you pay for mate buy cheap get trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob0 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 i agree with him above go with a beretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Beretta Urika 391. Most IMPECCABLE shotgun. First impessions last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeyedick Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 gentlemen, there is only one..... the BERETTA URIKA camo. no messing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeyedick Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 can someone tell to me what the 'Optima-Bore' barrel is, and if its any good??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob0 Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 Not going in to all the techy stuff..it just means you get a better even pattern than normal hth..Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeyedick Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 is it worth having?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob0 Posted January 13, 2004 Report Share Posted January 13, 2004 i have them on two of my berettas and would say they do shoot btter than the third which has std barrels so yes they do seem to pattern better depend really what type of shooting and at what range you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMMER BURT Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 HAVE HAD A AL391 FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS ONLY CLEANED I T TWICE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob0 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 see a testament to a good gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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