Citori-Talk me out of it.
- Thread starter Mudpherson
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IMHO, ported barrels have no place in a duck blind (or most anywhere else, for that matter). Again, just my opinion, but ported barrels are LOUD and I've yet to meet anyone that shoots better scores with a ported barrel than without.
Beretta
I have shot both B guns and prefer the Beretta.I think the balance between the hand is better, the slimmer profile is quicker when mounting, and I like Beretta's service.Late last fall, I fell on icy rocks Chukar hunting and cracked the front furniture of my 686.It is expensive wood, with serious grain.My buddy chuckled and said I better put a wood screw in it and glue it because a new forend would be about $800.Long story, short-I sent the whole gun to Stoeger in January.I told them how I broke the forend... they sent gun back to the old country and in the late spring my gun arrives back from Italy with a brand new forend that matches the butt stock.Cost ?$0.00, including return shipping.I have hunted my 390 for ducks(hard) for 14 years and it just keeps going- ask guys that shoot trap/ ducks alot and they will tell you the 390/391 are great duck guns and the 686 O/U is superb.
I have shot both B guns and prefer the Beretta.I think the balance between the hand is better, the slimmer profile is quicker when mounting, and I like Beretta's service.Late last fall, I fell on icy rocks Chukar hunting and cracked the front furniture of my 686.It is expensive wood, with serious grain.My buddy chuckled and said I better put a wood screw in it and glue it because a new forend would be about $800.Long story, short-I sent the whole gun to Stoeger in January.I told them how I broke the forend... they sent gun back to the old country and in the late spring my gun arrives back from Italy with a brand new forend that matches the butt stock.Cost ?$0.00, including return shipping.I have hunted my 390 for ducks(hard) for 14 years and it just keeps going- ask guys that shoot trap/ ducks alot and they will tell you the 390/391 are great duck guns and the 686 O/U is superb.
- Location
- Lloydminster
- Location
- Saskatchewan
"only" for hunting! I just can't leave this comment go by without comment! All of my fine guns are used for hunting, and some are used to fire more than a case of shells each season.
We can take 20 snow geese, 8 dark geese, and 8 ducks per day here. It is quite normal to shoot two boxes of shells on a morning hunt. Please don't tell someone else that they won't shoot 1000 shots in a lifetime in the field! I switch between three or four shotguns most seasons, so any one gun does not get used very heavily, but if a one gun hunter shot as much as I do, any typical four year period over the last 20 or so would tally more than 1000 shots, far from <1000/lifetime!
Remington Wingmasters may "do the trick" and mine certainly does, but sometimes it feels good to shoot instead with my Browning Citori or Superposed, or my Merkel, or my SKB, or others.... Let the OP have fun with a Browning Citori if that's what he likes to shoot, don't discourage the use of fine guns for hunting!
Doug The Canuck
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- central Ontario
A thousand shots is but a slow month if you are a clays shooter.
Brownings are designed to shoot 100s of thousands of rounds without a hiccough.
A Browning gun is an excellent choice. I have an A5, and A500, a n ultra XS and a 625. All very fine guns.
- Location
- Lloydminster
well, once oct comes. we should have lots of feedback as we've sold a lot of these to CGN members. There is a possiblity that we will do another order for Dec delivery too. Still a couple of weeks left to get on this order.
I have 2 Beretta O/U target guns, and a SBE II. I bought a Camo'd Citori lightning last fall and it was my go to waterfowl gun last season. It's 3.5", 28" barrels and weighs about 8.5lbs. I have shot my 30" ported 686 which is a pound lighter with 3" fasteel and it's not enjoyable. The Citori's recoil IMO, is comparable to my SBE II with 3" shells, and not an issue with 3" steel. Took 2 Turkeys with it this spring, and 3.5" 2oz, Turkey loads will get your attention, but patterning was still tolerable with a "reactor" shoulder pad.
The extra weight of the Citori would give it the edge for me as a waterfowl gun over comparable Italian Jobs, but fit is also important and the Citori fits me well.
I've really enjoyed the O/U as a waterfowl gun and don't think I'll go back to the semi. It'll also do double duty as an upland gun in a pinch, and sometimes both on the same day!
Enjoy your purchase!
The extra weight of the Citori would give it the edge for me as a waterfowl gun over comparable Italian Jobs, but fit is also important and the Citori fits me well.
I've really enjoyed the O/U as a waterfowl gun and don't think I'll go back to the semi. It'll also do double duty as an upland gun in a pinch, and sometimes both on the same day!
Enjoy your purchase!
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- Location
- Lloydminster
Nice camo!! 
I love Browning over&unders. I wan born in Italy but regardless, I think they are way better than the competition (Beretta, Fabarm, Franchi). I have two lightnings 12 and 20, have owned a Browning double 20, and will be buying a 12 double off of my brother. Again, I think they are very well made shotguns. They are, however, pieces of shiny furniture, so I am hesitant to take them out hunting expect under perfect conditions, and open fields. I do my slogging with less refined guns.
