Hamster Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 10 hours ago, marktattoo said: I have a beretta 682 gold e with 30” barrels, I purchased it some years ago when most shops have a vast array of them with 32” barrels, for me personally I had a browning 525 32” barrels I liked the gun but it was a trap gun and was fine when I used to shoot quite a bit of trap, but much prefer a 30” barrel for a sporting o/u just seems to swing a lot better for myself. Everybody to there own but for me 32”+ is a trap gun The Italians shoot a lot of Trap and the word is the 30" is king there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 Both my trap guns are 30”, and I often swap between a 28” and 32” for game or clays. Life is too short for just one gun. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 16 hours ago, gemini52 said: A mate of mine has a 425 browning elite grade 3 with 28 inch barrels,he has bought a 20 bore so no longer uses it,he said i can have it for 500 quid so had a go with it last week on the clays.i missed very little with it to be honest it just felt right for me.my renewel is going through at the moment so hopefully i will be able pick it up soon,still undecided about the gold e will see how things pan out with the browning. The 425 is a perfect example of a gun that doesn't suit 32" barrels. It's even muzzle heavy with 30s. I'm not knocking what is a very good gun, simply saying that those thick, heavy barrels with swaged muzzles and invector chokes are far from nimble. With the Optima barrelled Gold E Beretta started the trend for lighter barrels which everyone, including even Browning and Krieghoff, has copied. I do a lot of reffing at registered sporting shoots and 32s are virtually the standard length among the competitors - and that includes some very petite ladies. Yes there are some 30s about but they're becoming fewer and fewer. You don't need to be a 6' 4" rugby player anymore to shoot well with a 32" O/U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 In the early 70's, I think no one had ever heard of a 32", trap was 30" and even 28" did the job. I believe Percy Stanbury was an accomplished trap shot with a sxs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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