Best waterfowl autoloader

heronfish said:
My puny, weakling arms ache at the thought already.
The sub 6 pound 20 I recently purchased take care of this issue.
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For me it is about fit, the trap gun with its ponderous 30" barrel just shoulders well on snap shots. When the weather is poor I switch to my sub 7lbs plastic pumpomatic.
 
Slick50farmboy said:
Looking to purchase another autoloader for duck and goose hunting. Already own a sbe2 and love it and the benefits of a interia operating system in extreme cold . Toss up between benelli super vinci and Beretta a400. What are peoples opinions who own either of these autoloaders.
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Just don't ask 1963beretta or he will suggest a mossberg
 
I went the boring, plain route with waterfowl guns. A browning silver and an ithaca 37 waterfowl.
So what amounts to as good of pump as I can get for knocking around and a simple, effective 3 inch semi.
 
It's all a combination of fit and how much you like to clean your shotgun.

Fit should be first and foremost. A shotgun that you shoulder with your eyes closed and then open your eye you should be lined up with the bead almost perfectly. That takes a lot of guess work out of it.

Gas autos need to be cleaned a bit more often, berettas seem to not need as much cleaning as say sx2s and sx3s style gas auto. Benellis can take a beating but have more recoil then gas autos. Depends if you shoot 3.5" a lot more often.

We've shot sx2s, browning golds, SBE2s. Vincis, super vincis, but now sold all of them and just run original SBEs. They shoulder us perfectly and work well for us. They shoulder like a nice 870 just semi auto.
 
Our water fowling is done from coffin blinds. I prefer shooting a gas gun from a coffin blind as on a few occasions my fellow hunters have had their inertia guns fail to reload because their guns were not properly shouldered. It's pretty minor in the big scheme of things, but I've seen it enough that I would shy away from inertia guns. I shoot an A400 for everything.
 
I borrowed a Benelli Super Vinci and after one outing I couldn't return it fast enough.

I have a Browning Gold Hunter (twin of a Winchester SX2-predecessor to the SX3) that I love to shoot plus a vintage Browning 2 3/3-inch A5 (thanks Rob!) that I like to take out for field shoots. It doesn't like salt water much and I like to shoot 3-inch #2 pass shooting pintails
 
MD said:
I borrowed a Benelli Super Vinci and after one outing I couldn't return it fast enough.

I have a Browning Gold Hunter (twin of a Winchester SX2-predecessor to the SX3) that I love to shoot plus a vintage Browning 2 3/3-inch A5 (thanks Rob!) that I like to take out for field shoots. It doesn't like salt water much and I like to shoot 3-inch #2 pass shooting pintails
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Stop that MD, your killing me ...
I may have to go and find another one of those A-5's that fit me almost as well as the Wingmaster and 1100's do.
Rob
 
Browning GOLD 10 Gauge exclusively for geese
it recoils like a 3 inch 12 gauge
recoil is nothing like the devastating 3 1/2 inch 12 gauge
get way better patterns more shot in a shell
why would I shoot a 3 1/2 12 gauge?
when I can shoot a 10 gauge
the ammo isn't much more then a box of 3 1/2 gauge
for ducks I use a browning gold 3 inch 12 gauge
 
I've had a Versamax for 4 or 5 years now. It's been great. Very reliable in any weather with pretty much all ammo. Very soft recoil. Will cycle a wider variety of ammo than the inertia guns. The Only way to make a Versamax jam is a really hot 2.75 inch shell when all 7 ports are open. It can over run the action. Baby magnum loads they call them. There is apparently some off brand pheasant loads that will do this and all I ever had trouble with is Winchester and challenger slugs. Occasionally the action will close with the shell still down bellow the bolt. I have shot many 2.75 inch Remington and challenger waterfowl loads and never 1 problem. The simple fix is to use 3 inch when the shell is hot as less ports are open. The beauty of this design is it will digest any cheap 2.75 inch clay load, that so often give other gas and inertia guns fits. Even reduced recoil clay loads.

The new rem v3 has apparently addressed the baby mag issue that can occur with the Versamax and it shouldn't happen there.
 
Maxus gets my vote. I shot a buddies guna last fall and I went out and bought one. It fit me and the recoil is very soft. I am sure he has never cleamed his in probably 700rnds and it shoots excellent.
 
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