Was looking at one earlier today; being sold by the shop as used but it's apparently new- weird length of pull adjustment with some sort of foam wrapping further gives me the idea it's factory fresh. Nice little gun but I don't necessarily want to buy one just because I want to own a 20 G over/under. Price was under $1500, should I consider it? And are there 20g shells available in stores?
Fausti Conrad in 20 gauge.
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SomebodyTookMyName
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The Fausti Conrad is a terrible gun! Instead of telling FLHTCUI where to find it, just pm me the name of the store so I can uh... phone them to belittle them...
Oh, and you'll never find 20ga in stock, discontinued by all the ammo manufacturers, gone the way of the dodo, byebye! Just forget you ever heard about it, I hear the Turks make great shotguns for way cheaper
The Fausti Conrad is a terrible gun! Instead of telling FLHTCUI where to find it, just pm me the name of the store so I can uh... phone them to belittle them...
Oh, and you'll never find 20ga in stock, discontinued by all the ammo manufacturers, gone the way of the dodo, byebye! Just forget you ever heard about it, I hear the Turks make great shotguns for way cheaper
If I didn't know better I'd say you were shill'yarnin' me. Wonder why I can't find the gun on the internet though.
The Conrad is an entry level gun made by Fausti for the Canadian market. They have a decent reputation and I almost bought one but went with the huglu 103 instead.
That said I haven't seen a factory stock Conrad with adjustable length of pull
20ga shells are still commonly available but in these times you may have to settle for what's available instead of prefered brands
That said I haven't seen a factory stock Conrad with adjustable length of pull
20ga shells are still commonly available but in these times you may have to settle for what's available instead of prefered brands
'For the Canadian market,' wonder what they had in mind there. Fausti doesn't seem to want to talk about the Conrad model, or even list it online. What I'm also wondering is if the price (under $1,500) is good for what they're listing as a used gun.
Anyway, I once took up a bit of time of one of the Fausti girls at a show in Toronto; she didn't understand why large gauges are so popular here and I was arguing in favour of the 12 G for Canadian hunters. It would be sort of neat if I went down to 20 buying one of her guns.
The Fausti Conrad is a terrible gun! Instead of telling FLHTCUI where to find it, just pm me the name of the store so I can uh... phone them to belittle them...
Oh, and you'll never find 20ga in stock, discontinued by all the ammo manufacturers, gone the way of the dodo, byebye! Just forget you ever heard about it, I hear the Turks make great shotguns for way cheaper
Don't believe BB he sent me the info.
My CC is now just shy of max and shipping is going to be CGN Pony Express .
I'm going to pick it up next week on my 'arley !!
Nice Try though.
Rob
The Fausti is mine now. It was in the used section at Cabellas, which is also the place that was remarkably out of 20 G shells.
What I took to be a length of pull adjustment device is actually an add on recoil reducer called "Counter Coil," something I'd never seen or heard of before. In fact I can't even find one for sale online, just a few remarks about them- but at least it was a factory quality installation, I mean it fooled me anyway. When I have shells I'll know if it's worth the weirdness and while I would have preferred to increase the length of pull a hair, I can live with it. Gun is compete with medium grade hard case and all 5 choke tubes + wrench and manual.
Something I couldn't hear in the store was a tiny creak when the gun is opened- it was in fact completely dry of lube. I don't know if the prev owner was an oil hater or if Cabelas put it through the gun wash, but it's sure's heck lubed up now. Most importantly, there's no visible wear anywhere and everything is nice and tight. Also I think the prev owner wrapped the gun in bubble wrap or something because there is not a single tiny mark anywhere on the excellent walnut furniture. All or the above said, it's why I absolutely hate buying used guns. Hate it.
What I took to be a length of pull adjustment device is actually an add on recoil reducer called "Counter Coil," something I'd never seen or heard of before. In fact I can't even find one for sale online, just a few remarks about them- but at least it was a factory quality installation, I mean it fooled me anyway. When I have shells I'll know if it's worth the weirdness and while I would have preferred to increase the length of pull a hair, I can live with it. Gun is compete with medium grade hard case and all 5 choke tubes + wrench and manual.
Something I couldn't hear in the store was a tiny creak when the gun is opened- it was in fact completely dry of lube. I don't know if the prev owner was an oil hater or if Cabelas put it through the gun wash, but it's sure's heck lubed up now. Most importantly, there's no visible wear anywhere and everything is nice and tight. Also I think the prev owner wrapped the gun in bubble wrap or something because there is not a single tiny mark anywhere on the excellent walnut furniture. All or the above said, it's why I absolutely hate buying used guns. Hate it.
One other thing, am I the only person who didn't know that since this May an email address has to be added to your PAL before it can be used? I spend at least a couple of hours on CGN daily, off and on, and I never learned that until yesterday when it was told to me by the cold fish sales guy
The Fausti ladies prefer the smaller bores. They are much more popular outside north america
You will find the 20 will do almost everything a 12 will do while being generally lighter and trimmer
The USA equivalent is the Caledon the engraving is different but I believe the internals are the same
You will find the 20 will do almost everything a 12 will do while being generally lighter and trimmer
The USA equivalent is the Caledon the engraving is different but I believe the internals are the same
I have shot a Conrad ( as well as quite a few other Faustis) and liked it.
Most Europeans - especially the Brits , if thety shoot a 12 from what I have been told, shoot shorter shels thatn the 2 3/4 and 3" thatt we so seem to love.
My 12 gauge hunting gun shoots 2 1/2" BP, my 20 SxS FAIR Iside shoots 2 3/4 unless I am shooting steel, and I shoot 2 3/4" in my 28.
Cat
Most Europeans - especially the Brits , if thety shoot a 12 from what I have been told, shoot shorter shels thatn the 2 3/4 and 3" thatt we so seem to love.
My 12 gauge hunting gun shoots 2 1/2" BP, my 20 SxS FAIR Iside shoots 2 3/4 unless I am shooting steel, and I shoot 2 3/4" in my 28.
Cat
I've got a 4 yr old Fausti Conrad .410, choke tubes and 28" barrels, Single selective trigger with ejectors I bought used a year and a half ago. Very nice gun...basically of the same quality as my 20 ga Beretta 686. The main issue with mine was the buttstock having too little drop at heel and comb for my tastes, as it was slightly over 2" at heel from the factory and patterned high like a trap gun. I ended up taking about 3/16" off the comb with the belt sander, putting a different recoil pad on that wasn't vented and refinishing the forend and butt stock entirely. It had some real nice walnut under the heavy dark factory stain. Once the wood was refinished it looks like a much higher grade gun and shoots right where it looks. I like it...the action design isn't quite Browning or Beretta but locks up well and the trigger pull is crisp and around 5#s for both barrels.
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Falconflyer
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Youre not the only guy. I purchased a rifle this spring from a store and they didn't mention it, maybe I got it just before the requirement.
As for the Fausti, I think they're a pretty good gun. I believe that same action/receiver and monoblock is used by a variety of different gun makers. Isidoro Rizzini is one of them and I think his FAIR guns are exactly the same gun as Fausti, just finished differently is all. I have a FAIR combo and between both gauges it has well north of 10,000 rounds through it and it's never had any problems, in fact it's still quite tight to open the action. I have two freinds that have Conrads and they like them, neither one has a ton of rounds through them but they have been reliable so far.
The Brescia gun community is very tight knit for sure, the Fausti, Guerini and Rizzini all being related by marriage or birth, so it is not surprizing that many of their gun features look c identicaln at first glance, but I have had all of those guns apart in front of me, and there are slight differences for sure.
One hard decision I had to make many years ago was to sell a Fausti Dea, but I did sell it to someone who has become a very good friend .
That is the easist 28 gauge to shoot I think I have every had!
However, as for the Conrad, I would buy one in a heartbeat if I was looking for annother shotgun.....
Cat
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I met the two Fausti sisters at the sporting show I posted about earlier, very attractive and obviously hard working women. If it hadn't been for that experience I would have been a lot more hesitant about buying the current gun... not that this sale did them much good, since it was second hand, but darn it I never came across one in the stores before the other day. Which leads me to post that I don't understand why more dealers don't carry more quality double barrels. I know they're not everybody's cup of tea, but if I saw more on the shelf I would own a lot more of them than I do. Also, for hunting purposes pumps are for chumps- there I said it.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Well, there's certainly only one "type" of action predominant among Italy's smaller manufacturers but of course some internals could be different. And there's only so many ways to make an o/u shotgun before you go way outside the box such as Benelli did with the 828U and market it as correcting a non existant problem. I'm not sure if a Fausti will handle as many rounds as a Beretta or Browning o/u but I do think they will last longer than most shooters will use them.
A woman in our club has been shooting a 20 gauge Conrad steadily for two years now, thousands of rounds and it is comparable to a Beretta or Browning field gun so far, not a hint of problems or wear. It handles similarly to my old 20 gauge Beretta 687C and it appears to be built to the same quality. These are standard field grade guns, well designed, well made out of excellent materials, they should last a lifetime and more for most people, the price is reasonable for the quality and I think they’ll hold their value well over time as this becomes more apparent.
