Beretta 682 Gold E Sporting

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Anybody have a Beretta 682 Gold E Sporting. Looking for opinions on what you think of them good or bad.

Looking at one that is used in excellent condition with 32" barrels and trying to convince myself to buy it - not to buy it - buy it - not to buy it :runaway:

You know the feeling.

Appreciate any thoughts or insights on the gun.

REM3200
 
I've owned a couple of 682s although not a Gold E but I've shot several of the E models can't think of much bad to say about them. The Gold E has lighter barrels due to back-boring and the Optima choke system which makes the 32" guns very nice handling. The older Mobile choke guns were a little sluggish in longer barrel lengths.

If I were looking at this gun I'd fire it to test barrel regulation and trigger pulls. If both were acceptable I'd find no reason not to buy the gun.

If there is one drawback to Berettas these days it is the POS choke removal tool that comes with the extended Optima chokes. It truly sucks. A better option is one of these wrenches from Carlson. I bought one to use with my 391.

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Sage advice from Claybuster. I too had one of the 682 predecessors
( a 30" ) to the Gold E, and would likely still be shooting it, had I not "upgraded" to the 32" DT10.


There's a lot of 682's, DT10's and SO5's in use at the World & Olypmpic level International Trap & Skeet events ( and they show up very frequently on those podiums) ... speaks volumes to me about their reliability.
 
beretta boy said:
Sage advice from Claybuster. I too had one of the 682 predecessors
( a 30" ) to the Gold E, and would likely still be shooting it, had I not "upgraded" to the 32" DT10.


There's a lot of 682's, DT10's and SO5's in use at the World & Olypmpic level International Trap & Skeet events ( and they show up very frequently on those podiums) ... speaks volumes to me about their reliability.
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I shot a 682 Gold E combo this past fall and it was really nice. The owner did have a graco (I think) recoil system installed because he said without it the gun kicked like a mule. It was a really nice shooter.

Another option depending on the money and your game would be a used Perazzi. Although as beretta boy stated there are a lot of Beretta's at International events, if you look at the results from this year's ATA grand the vast majority of the winning guns were Perazzi. Just a thought.

Jacky
 
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Well, It's not that I'm looking for, or need, another Sporter it's kinda like it found me so now the problem is do I want to buy it. Still have the first shotgun that I bought for the shotgun sports when I got into them in 1998. That gun I bought new, Browning Lightning Sporting Clays. I've since aquired a second set of barrels for it with a higher rib and a stock off a Special Sporting which is very much like a parallel target style. Add to that the several other shotguns that found there way into the rack and have a case of need versus desire = dilemma.:runaway:

Sold my Beretta 391 Urika. A nice gun but I fought with it every time I shot it. Favorite semi 12 right now is a 24" Benelli SBE that I shoot every bit as well as my O/U's - go figure. In contrast my 20 gauge 391 Spoting is one of my favorite guns.

Just that need to try out one of those Berettas with the 32" barrels which likely won't make a whole lot of difference in my scores but I'm dwelling on it.

Thanks for the imput guys.
 
beretta boy said:
I'd look take a hard look at a Blaser F3 long before a P-gun.
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We part company on that advice BB if we are taking new guns. The Blaser might be my choice before a 682E but having shot one a few times and owning a P-gun I'm not about to swap mine away for a Blaser. The Blaser is nice but I don't think it's in quite the same league as a Perazzi, Krieghoff or Beretta DT10. Close but not quite.

Comparing the Blaser to a used Perazzi is another matter. Unless you know the models, the differences among them and the various changes that occurred with Perazzi guns a shooter would likely be better of with the Blaser. Lippard's book is helpful in this regard but even it contains an error or two.

Rem3200, depending on what price is being asked for the 682E and assuming it's a private deal without taxes you could probably buy this gun, shoot it and then sell for what you have in it if it didn't suit you. You say you don't NEED another sporter but as a friend of mine says, "When did NEED have anything to do with it?" Not surprisingly my friend is a gun dealer.;)
 
Need & want ... are two different things entirely !

The Browning Citori " XS Special" , "XS Sporting" and "525 (type)Sporters"
all come in 32" ... if it's the "parallel target" type you seem to like, have a look at the XS Special with adjustable comb.

The 682 Gold E is a more convential "flat rib" sporter, as is ther XS Sporting and various 525's. Fewer & fewer "high rib" sporters out there these days.

32" barrels seemingly come into their own on the longer targets ... the only ones that seem to really need 32" barrels are those that don't already have them :D !!

Gun fit, as I'm sure you know, is paramount to good Sporting scores, as is balance ( right at the hinge pin for most ) beyond which exposure to every imagineable type of target presentation & a pant load of practice. 2 " of extra barrel length, in and onto itself, won't make a lot of difference in your score. I'd far prefer to shoot a good fitting, well balanced 30" gun to one of 32" with all the bells & whistles which was not well-fitted and well-balanced !

But then again, IF you really want one .... ( just make sure it fits & is balanced properly, if not, you will not likely shoot it well ! )
 
Claybuster:

I guess I should have added " for the money" ... the Blaser is a lot of gun for the money, and IMHO at least comparable to the 682 Gold E's ... I didn't mean to infer it was comparable to the Perazzi that Jacky suggested ( who, last I heard, was shooting a citori of some sort ) or a Kreighoff, or a DT-10 or the myriad other guns of that "league"

It was a 32" 682 Gold E that Rem3200 was looking at ... and for that kind of
dough (generally speaking) the Blaser is a viable option ... but so are the other makes. .... at 2, 3 or 4 times the price of a Blaser.
 
REM3200

I am glad you sold the 391, my 682 Gold E was at the Gunsmith having some
stock work done on it for most of Sept. & Oct. Like most good Gunsmiths he
aint fast. It is the oldest of all of my target shootguns. I have 40000-60000
target loads through it. I have not had one problem mechanicaly with it. I did
have to get a crack in the but stock fixed. I would recomend it to anyone.
I shot 80 out of 100 on sporting clays the first time I picked up the 391, you
loss is my gain.:D
 
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Only 80!!!!!! Thats why I sold it. :dancingbanana: Glad you like it but had to get the dig in..


Seriously :rolleyes: they are a nice gun but I've had two and they aren't for me as they just don't fit. I'm 6'3 so not an issue with size but I just find the 391's awkward.

Just doing some reading on shotgunworld.com and interesting feedback on the 682's. Just sold a few things off so may progress to the negotiation stage on the 682.

Regards,

Rem
 
REM3200 said:
Only 80!!!!!! Thats why I sold it. :dancingbanana: Glad you like it but had to get the dig in..
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If you get into Central Canada sometime I'd be happy to stand you a round of sporting clays at the club where jeffg and I shoot. 80/100 is a pretty decent score on that course these days.:D
 
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Thanks Claybuster and with retirement drawing nearer there may well come a day I'll take you up on that offer.

Likewise If you and / or jeffg find your way to the south shore of Nova Scotia around the home of the Bluenose in Lunenburg the club is about 10 minutes away. Glad to have you anytime.

Regards,

REM
 
i have a 391 and a 686. i don't own a 682 gold E but i've shot them and i'm around them lots. honeslty u cant go wrong with a beretta. they're quality guns and u get what u pay for
 
If the gun fits you best of all...get it...I find the Berettas' stocks do not fit me in the pistol grip area as I have short fingers....if I bought one I would have to have work done on it to make it work for me....When I first picked up a K-80, I knew it was right for me and its been with me ever since, fits me like a glove, and Berettas still feel odd.
 
The 682Gold E is an excellent choice provided the stock fits you as some early models came with a shorter stock so the LOP was short for someone with 34 -36" arm length. I also have a question for you ; Are you selling your Remington 3200 for this gun. I have a 3200 Special Trap and I'm looking for another but as a Skeet model. Which is yours? If it is for sale how much? Thanks, Brian
 
Still undecided on the 682 and leaning towards sticking with what is on the rack now.

I've sold off both of my 3200's a couple years ago. Had a 3200 skeet with 28 " barrels and the other was a 3200 Competition Live Pigeon with Kolar 20, 28 and 410 gauge tubes.

REM without a 3200
 
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