the spank
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O/U Trap gun advice
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At 6.6lbs. and available only in 26" and 28" barrel lengths the 828U doesn't seem designed for the clay target market. It's also hideously ugly.
Beretta687EELL
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I agree ... I think it is being marketed as a field gun.
I agree that the browning cross over target is probably the best buy out there right now for an all around target gun, the CDN. tire in west Kelowna B.C. has one in stock for around 1800.00. Also if you look at brownings site you will see that they actually have dropped the price of the new XT trap and it now has a blued reciever. They have also dropped the price of the cynergy sporting by 1000.00 but they were overpriced in the first place and come with a terrible trigger pull that has to be corrected to make the gun usable.
the spank
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Since this post was originally put up I acquired a Rizzini Fierce 1 Trap. Price point was about the same as my Browning XT Gold Trap. Gun value IMO exceeds the "B" guns dollar for dollar. The fit and finish are absolutely incredible, quality is second to none. The gun weighs in at 8lbs 13oz but is so well balanced you feel like you are swinging 6 pounds of gun. Adjustabilty features are A+++.
Receiver is colour case hardened, real not chemical coloured. Stock is a beautiful piece of furniture with a just right amount of palm swell. It does not even have a recoil pad but instead a beautiful wood butt plate with a hole drilled in the end to allow removal of the stock without unscrewing the butt plate and marring your screws or ruining your screw holes over time. The adjustable comb has a set of drop down screws that fit in a slot between the posts to prevent the comb from moving should it ever come loose while shooting. The rib is fully adjustable POI from 0" - 24".
Barrels on my particular gun are 32" length backbored and hard chrome lined, comes with 5 chokes the quality and finish of which are incredible and throw the nicest patterns of any gun I have ever owned. No porting. Vented side plates between the top and bottom barrels. The trigger pull is adjustable with a small allen screw located just behind and to one side of the trigger between the rear of the trigger and the trigger guard. It came with a Negrini hard case and all associated tools needed to make any necessary adjustments. And the choke wrench even has a built in thread cleaning tool. It is a very well designed gun and package.
Oh and how does it shoot? Like a dream. As I said it has a wood butt plate, my first thought was I will have to get a recoil pad installed but not necessary at least not from a recoil perspective. As it is from the factory it has an equal felt recoil to my XT Gold Trap and the XT has the built in Gracoil system. The Rizzini's felt recoil is less than a 4.10. Rizzini has done their homework with these new entries into the target gun realm. If I ever trade up it will be for the new Rizzini BR 440 and I will order it with the same adjustable rib and in an unsingle combo.
The Fierce 1 model falls outside the Op's budget I realize but Rizzini offers target grade models under 3K and they are built on the same platform but with fewer options. Definitely worth looking into. Talk with Clay at Prophet River. He gave me a great deal on mine and was a great source of info. I have come full circle back to the "R" guns but in a whole new "R" gun company.
Receiver is colour case hardened, real not chemical coloured. Stock is a beautiful piece of furniture with a just right amount of palm swell. It does not even have a recoil pad but instead a beautiful wood butt plate with a hole drilled in the end to allow removal of the stock without unscrewing the butt plate and marring your screws or ruining your screw holes over time. The adjustable comb has a set of drop down screws that fit in a slot between the posts to prevent the comb from moving should it ever come loose while shooting. The rib is fully adjustable POI from 0" - 24".
Barrels on my particular gun are 32" length backbored and hard chrome lined, comes with 5 chokes the quality and finish of which are incredible and throw the nicest patterns of any gun I have ever owned. No porting. Vented side plates between the top and bottom barrels. The trigger pull is adjustable with a small allen screw located just behind and to one side of the trigger between the rear of the trigger and the trigger guard. It came with a Negrini hard case and all associated tools needed to make any necessary adjustments. And the choke wrench even has a built in thread cleaning tool. It is a very well designed gun and package.
Oh and how does it shoot? Like a dream. As I said it has a wood butt plate, my first thought was I will have to get a recoil pad installed but not necessary at least not from a recoil perspective. As it is from the factory it has an equal felt recoil to my XT Gold Trap and the XT has the built in Gracoil system. The Rizzini's felt recoil is less than a 4.10. Rizzini has done their homework with these new entries into the target gun realm. If I ever trade up it will be for the new Rizzini BR 440 and I will order it with the same adjustable rib and in an unsingle combo.
The Fierce 1 model falls outside the Op's budget I realize but Rizzini offers target grade models under 3K and they are built on the same platform but with fewer options. Definitely worth looking into. Talk with Clay at Prophet River. He gave me a great deal on mine and was a great source of info. I have come full circle back to the "R" guns but in a whole new "R" gun company.
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