BerettaSV10 Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 Yes that was my very first gun, and learnt a lot since then. Perhaps what I should of done at the time was to have fitted an adjustable stock and a soft recoil pad fitted in place of the hard butt plate, instead of just having the stock bent. Also as the years have progressed have identified what some of the problems I have had, in that my eye dominance changes at will and had the current 525 setup properly. I would still not get a 525 with the solid butt plate as that does transmit the recoil more than the newer 525's with the 725's recoil pad on them. I also now use different cartridges, like the superbs (not tried the new version yet), fiocchi, and rio's which are far softer on the shoulder than the express's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 I hope this may be the right place to ask for opinions on the 20 gauge version of the Beretta 686E. Second hand it is almost as expensive as a brand new Silver Pigeon 20 gauge. In the chequering and action engraving it looks very like the 12 gauge 686 Gold E, but perhaps it isn't quite the same mechanically? Did the 20 gauge have equivalent lighter barrels as found in the 12 gauge Gold E? That would seem to be the most important feature that it might have. Grateful for any information and views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerettaSV10 Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 As far as I am aware the 20 bore version of the 686E 12 bore, is that it is the same gun only in 20 bore, and not like the 682 series of guns which I found to handle differently than the 686 series of guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Hamster wrote You need a gun with lightish barrels for the mass ESP market and this simple fact continues to elude people in charge of hundred year old gun makers. This is why it makes me laugh when people get teary eyed about the old 682 cos it was well made, if you want a reliable work of engineering fine but if this gun still delivered the sort of scores that are needed today then you can bet your bottom dollar someone would be using it to win big with and they don't, good gun, great even but flawed and out of date spec. Paul Simpson seems to do reasonably well with his. Edited September 17, 2016 by bornfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted September 17, 2016 Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Paul Simpson seems to do reasonably well with his. Not nearly as well as GD who won numerous domestic and European championships with his two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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