Is a semi worth it

vp6111 said:
As others suggest, you can try handling both at a retailer. To see how they feel in live fire, you can ask to borrow one from fellow shooters at your club.
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I am an amateur so I don't really know what I am looking for other intuitive feel. But did handle both at a cabelas. I thought the a400 felt marginally better.
 
I don't really find myself disadvantaged with a pump. If you shoot one long enough, you don't think about schucking the next round. I did 'upgrade' to a semi-auto this year, an Auto 5. Long-recoil design is really fast! Ka-chunk action. I like my guns that have onomatopoeias. :)
 
I've tried to love semis, after buying a few over the past several years; can't do it, much prefer a pump. I've sold or will be selling off my non-manually-operated shotguns without regret. I simply don't see any advantage to using them.
 
Now that trulander and Southern bliar will try to take them it have sparked a humongous interest for them
Lately that all i am buying.

Why…

Why not.
 
I shoot SXS's mostly these days, but I still drag an autoloader along as a spare or for when the weather gets really nasty. I shoot 3" stuff in everything these days, and the 30" barrels on the SxS seem to handle better in recovery than the autoloaders do, for me anyway. And the SXS fits me better, so the recoil factor seems nicer, probably isn't actually, but to me it, is noticeable. And I use less ammo with the SxS. Occasionally, it is fun to blast off 3 shots as fast as I can, with the autoloader. I've made the same shots with either gun, my hunting partners razz me about only having two shots, and a good portion of the time I only take one shot, and it usually counts, and they've used 3 rounds, to get one bird. It all comes out in the wash.
 
jjohnwm said:
I've tried to love semis, after buying a few over the past several years; can't do it, much prefer a pump. I've sold or will be selling off my non-manually-operated shotguns without regret. I simply don't see any advantage to using them.
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Tell that to your shoulders when you get my age. I love the pumps but when shooting heavy waterfowl loads the semi is sure a nice addition as one ages
Cheers
 
Get one and never look back.

I started with an 870 then moved to an 1100 which I really enjoyed. I used those guns for everything. I'm now shooting a Maxus, which has been absolutely flawless through three seasons, and an Ethos 20 for upland. My only complaint about the Maxus is Browning don't offer it in a scaled down 20ga. If they did I wouldn't own the Benelli. By contrast my brother swears by Beretta and shoots nothing but. His guns have also run without fault.

Browning, Beretta, Benelli, Remington, and Winchester all make quality guns. Figure out which one fits you best and go from there. Also, look to buy used. If you find something you prefer later you'll be able to sell for minimal loss.
 
stubblejumper said:
We started hunting as a group in 2017, by 2019, we were all shooting gas guns. Two of the guys experienced the Benelli click, the third just liked the fact that the A400 shot light target loads without issues, while he SBE2 was fussy.
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Weird. I bought my SBE II in 2015, and haven't had it choke on anything from 3/4 oz target loads up to 3.5 inch goose. I had heard of the early guns having some kinks though.
 
rkm456 said:
Weird. I bought my SBE II in 2015, and haven't had it choke on anything from 3/4 oz target loads up to 3.5 inch goose. I had heard of the early guns having some kinks though.
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My own SBE2 didn't like the light target loads, and I have seen many at skeet that didn't cycle some light target loads.
 
rkm456 said:
That's being more than just a little generous to those 1902 designs.
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Maybe so, but Benelli did first patent its inertia drive in 1968 in which the idea and premise was already 60 years old. Gas autoloaders was a new development and was developed within years Benelli first inertia patent. Hard to say they are from different “era’s”
 
1963beretta said:
Maybe so, but Benelli did first patent its inertia drive in 1968 in which the idea and premise was already 60 years old. Gas autoloaders was a new development and was developed within years Benelli first inertia patent. Hard to say they are from different “era’s”
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Benelli has patented different inertia drives since 1968. Ultimately it's irrelevant, the Benellis came to prominence with the Super Black Eagle series. Where the gas guns began their ascent much sooner.
 
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