Beretta 682 Barrel Question

[Fire306]

I have just recently purchased a Beretta 682 Gold E Sporting for skeet, sporting clays and trap. Love the gun, shoots great. When shooting trap though, the pattern is too low. Which is I believe, normal for a sporting gun.
What I am wondering is if someone knows if you can purchase a trap barrel(s) for the 682?
Thanks

 

[Sharptail]

New barrels will not raise your pattern. You need to work with the stock.

You can:
a) Add leather to the comb of your stock to raise it, add 1/8th inch layers until it shoots where you want.
b) Purchase and have fitted an aftermarket adjustable comb.
c) Purchase a 682 Gold E Trap stock with adjustable comb from Beretta and bolt it on when you need it.

You will end up looking down on the rib a little, but you will get the patterns where you want.

Sharptail

 

[Claybuster]

I have just recently purchased a Beretta 682 Gold E Sporting for skeet, sporting clays and trap. Love the gun, shoots great. When shooting trap though, the pattern is too low. Which is I believe, normal for a sporting gun.
What I am wondering is if someone knows if you can purchase a trap barrel(s) for the 682?
Thanks

How low is low? If it's a 50/50 pattern then I'd leave it if you are shooting various games with this gun. A higher pattern has some benefits with trap however if you are using this gun for all games then I'd use it as is.

Several years ago I had a high shooting trap gun and a flat shooter sporter. The trap gun needed a lengthy rebuild so I shot the sporter in the interim. At first my trap scores dropped but eventually came back. But the scores at the other games rose because I was shooting one gun for everything.

 

[Fire306]

Low enough that when shooting trap I "hide" the bird behind the barrel. Sharptail, I believe trap barrels have a higher rib at the rear to force aiming so that the pattern hits higher in relation to you line of sight. Maybe an adjustable comb stock is also the key.

 

[Claybuster]

It doesn't matter where the rib is if your eye (the rear sight on the shotgun) isn't in the right place. Those high rib guns usually come with a higher stock which makes the gun shoot higher.

If you have to cover the bird to shoot trap that isn't the end of the world. You get trap style presentations in sporting clays and if you are accustomed to a high shooting gun while shooting trap you may tend to shoot underneath a similar presentation in sporting. I know I did when I was shooting guns with different POI.

 

[florin]

I would leave the gun as it is and learn to shoot it at trap. If you do not stop the gun when you pull the trigger (and you should not), the amount you need to cover the bird is minimal - this assuming the gun shoots flat.

You will love the gun when chasing those fast diving, extreme angle targets on windy days. Same applies if you are interested at all in shooting bunker (international trap).

Hope this helps
Florin