Gas opperated or inertia driven?

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If you had the money, so money isn't a factor, would you buy a gas operated Shotgun or would you go inertia? Looks like this is going to be another camp discussion :cool:
 
I had Beretta 391 shotguns (Teknys and Urika) and replaced them with Benelli's. I preferred the simplicity of Benelli's design and didn't notice a significant difference in recoil between the gas and inertia. I found Benelli's fit me better, as well. I've since moved away from semi-auto shotguns, to O/U. FWIW
 
Inertia ! Very clever design.
I consider my SBE II the ultimate duck gun in a fonctional point of view.
 
skhunter said:
Beretta gas system for me. Seen to many Benellis give trouble in the field.
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That's hilarious. Every duck hunter I know calls Berettas "one shot semis". They can't handle weather at all. I guess everyone has a story.....

I used to own a Benelli Supersport for skeet. It was awesome. Light recoil, never missed a beat. I just prefer my Over under.
 
I have a Browning auto 5 which is inertia and so far not particularly impressed. If your target loads are not hot enough, the gun will not cycle. Same goes I suspect if the gun is not tight enough against your shoulder. I bought the gun because of the novelty of it (compared to double side by sides)

cheers mooncoon
 
I'm not even sure if my 3 old Model 50 Winchesters are gas or inertia, but I love the distinct bark. I only use them for the occasional gopher defence and shooting "at" clay pigeons, so it matters not to me.

Great topic. Some good info will come forth, along with some rather narrow opinions, I'm sure. Have at 'er!!!!!

Edit: I also shoot a couple of old Remington 58's, a Beretta AM301, and a really nice Ithaca that come from H4831. Give me another 40 years or so, then I will be able to make up my mind.:p
 
mooncoon said:
I have a Browning auto 5 which is inertia and so far not particularly impressed. If your target loads are not hot enough, the gun will not cycle. Same goes I suspect if the gun is not tight enough against your shoulder. I bought the gun because of the novelty of it (compared to double side by sides)

cheers mooncoon
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Quit cuss'in her and start playing.
Take it apart and polish the mag tube.
Set the rings and if set on light load and it still is being miserable,
oil the tube up and try again.
 
mooncoon said:
I have a Browning auto 5 which is inertia and so far not particularly impressed. If your target loads are not hot enough, the gun will not cycle. Same goes I suspect if the gun is not tight enough against your shoulder. I bought the gun because of the novelty of it (compared to double side by sides)

cheers mooncoon
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Agree 100% . gas for me
 
It depends what my primary use is. I've seen too many inertia guns heave on light target shells and Benelli recommends 1-1/8 ounce, 3 dram loads as a minimum.

Gas guns are more accommodating to a wide range of shells and have less felt recoil. So for clay targets where I might be shooting several hundred rounds in a day, upland or mixed shooting I'd rather have gas-operated.

If my activity was primarily hunting I'd choose the inertia gun because of its equal reliability with heavier hunting loads and ease of maintenance.
 
So I have to agree with most of you, gas is a pain in the neck. It seems that I am always cleaning! However, I don't mind it. I got the A300 Xtrema, it was designed from the old 391 and it works great.

One thing I like, you can shoot small load targets shots and it will cycle as well as you were shooting some 3 1/2 in loads. I will also buy the Stoeger M3500 unless you ladies tell me that this gun sucks.
 
i enjoy my benelli vinci , and never had any trouble with any load i put in , i always laugh at my father who taking 3x the time to clean his winchester sx3 and who got a lot of problem with it ,

inertia system like benelli they dont have many parts like the gaz one , less piece less chance to break something or loose something

benelli all the ways !
 
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Browning A5 is a long recoil design, not inertia. Mind you, the inertia tag is a just a marketing gimic as the design is more properly termed a short recoil design. The difference is the length of recoil stroke. With the A5's it's the length of the shell before the bolt unlocks barrel goes forward, the bolt is released to follow. Short recoil has the bolt unlock then travel reward as the barrel returns to battery. Most belt fed guns are short recoil. There are only 4 functional self powered semi auto designs, Long recoil, short recoil, gas and blow back. No matter what name manufacturers give, ever action is one of those, the same for any type of semi auto fire arm. (if you choose you can call delayed blow back a fifth type, but it's more properly a sub variant of a straight blow back)

Personally i'd take a gas gun such as an M4 or Versa Max as they are far more tolerant of different loading levels with no changes. Mind you the short recoil guns make great hunting tools if you don't worry about shooting light target loads with them, and are generally lighter to haul around.
 
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