Good auto Shot gun for trap and skeet

OK, so i've had my 391 Trap for about two weeks now - and have gone out with it ohh.. about 7 times.

It's one sweet tool.

After following this thread and shooting it - i can tell you that it's one of the few times that I've bought something without that stupid buyers remorse feeling that sometimes lingers on for a few weeks.
 
Covey Ridge said:
PE90SHOOTER:
Looks really good. Is that enamel and option or do you have to work at taking it off?
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Those 'enamels' are really thin plastic pieces that peel and stick into the areas. I've been told that the 4 pieces cost about $75:eek:

And I've also found out they tend to fall out when you don't notice and where you won't find them. I think the gun looks classy with the plain silver. The areas are actually kind of checkered or cross-hatched for lack of a better description.

Maybe I'll have them gold filled with all the money that can be won at ATA events!:rolleyes:
 
Fassteel said:
Shooter, thats a fine looking piece of walnut, don't see that nice of wood on too many auto loaders, especially from Beretta. FS
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The Golds usually have a slightly upgraded walnut. I've seen a couple that were quite nice.

Xtra-Wood is the shotgunning equivalent of artificial breast implants. Anyone with a bit of experience can instantly tell the different when either are uncased. Beretta has toned down the fake finish on the Urika-2 and it's a little less gaudy.

Really nice walnut is getting harder to find but some very nice wood sets are available for the 391 from Rich Coles.

http://www.colegun.com/wood_sets.php
 
Claybuster said:
Really nice walnut is getting harder to find but some very nice wood sets are available for the 391 from Rich Coles.

http://www.colegun.com/wood_sets.php
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Is is easy to buy from them?? Is there import restrictions?

It would be nice to get real wood. Maybe even switch it to a parallel target stock.

There is a cheap sporting stock $450... and some nice ones $1200+
 
Assyrian said:
Is is easy to buy from them?? Is there import restrictions?

It would be nice to get real wood. Maybe even switch it to a parallel target stock.

There is a cheap sporting stock $450... and some nice ones $1200+
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They have shipped me small parts in the past. I don't know about wood however.
 
catnthehatt said:
Win/64 said:
Some of the World's greatest shooters would not agree with you ,
Barney Hartman for one.....
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I agree. All one has to do is take a glance at, Shotgun Sports, Sporting Clays or Trap and Field to name a few and it is obvious that more than a few winners are using autos.

win/64 will probably switch to one himself when he ever has to shoot more than 100 targets per week or when Norinco makes a cheaper copy:evil::D:p
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Barney was actually one of the first "tube" pioneers .... he shot a Clyde Purbaugh-tubed Browning 20 O/U for the 28 gauge event for a good number of years.

To say Barney was a "little-opinionated" about guns is maybe a bit of an undestatement, but never-the-less, he was certainly a gentleman and one of the Skeet greats of his time. He was all about "fit, balance & patterning" then "leave things alone".

I have shot one of his Remington 58's ( his "No. 1 gun" - he wanted to try mine - and offered me his "No. 2" in trade for it - straight-up ... I declined ) Working for C.I.L. at the time, Barney was very much straight forward in his approach to shotguns ... and really showed no brand loyalty whatsoever. His regular guns at that time were a Sedleckey "over-barreled/Simmoins ribbed" Mod 42 Winchester 410 pump ( ask George Parr to see it some time), the aforementioned Browning 20 gauge O/U with 28 ga, tubes and a pair of Remington 58 Skeet's. He was very quick to point out that he would change guns (after a thorough trial) if he could find one(s) that balanced, pointed and fit better than the one(s) he was using. Bit of a tall order when you sported an average like his .... a good portion of which was established before plastic hulls, protective shot cups or one piece wads and 8 point fold crimps. Loved his factory loads ( shot a few boxes of them ) they were all
standard-boxed C.I.L Target Loads ... but they all bore the imprint code
" BH " ... go figure !
 
http://After reading all the post's on semi's. And trying to get a good price for my 3200 :mad: I have decided to get a second trap gun. Anyone know who has one of these in stock? P.S. Covey Ridge, bite me.
 
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Win/64 said:
http://After reading all the post's on semi's. And trying to get a good price for my 3200 :mad: I have decided to get a second trap gun. Anyone know who has one of these in stock? P.S. Covey Ridge, bite me.
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Call P&D. Dianne ordered the last 3 that Stoeger had. Should be in in about a week. Thats the new Teknys Gold Target. Comes with 2 ribs, recoil reducer and the obvious adjustable comb. Or is that the trap model?
 
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PE90SHOOTER said:
Call P&D. Dianne ordered the last 3 that Stoeger had. Should be in in about a week. Thats the new Teknys Gold Target. Comes with 2 ribs, recoil reducer and the obvious adjustable comb. Or is that the trap model?
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That is the Trap model.
 
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which gun

Bought a slightly used benelli super sport with a 30" barrel in Aug, and I'm very happy with the way it points and shoots. I vowed to never own another Spagetti gun after owning an lemon SBE11 but the SS is a great reliable gun..
Good luck in whatever you purchase...1100's are a great gun too....
 
NO SUCH THING as a good trap/skeet/waterfowl gun. Each of these shooting disciplines is too varied to allow a one gun does all scenario. After 30 years of shotgunning I can honestly say you will have to bite the bullet and buy a gun for each game.
 
the spank said:
NO SUCH THING as a good trap/skeet/waterfowl gun. Each of these shooting disciplines is too varied to allow a one gun does all scenario. After 30 years of shotgunning I can honestly say you will have to bite the bullet and buy a gun for each game.
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Much to the dismay of gun dealers everywhere I don't agree that you have to have one gun for each game.

A 391 Beretta with an adjustable comb can shoot every game well. The adjustable comb comes in for trap shooting, a higher comb will raise the point of impact which is often preferable for rising targets. The 391 functions with very light loads right up to 3" magnums making it more than suitable in a duck blind. Add a second barrel to the package and it becomes even more versatile. If I were only to have one shotgun it would be a 32" Beretta 391 Trap with an adjustable comb and a second 28" barrel. With the right selection of choke tubes it will do everything except sub-gauge skeet and no semi-auto will do that unless I bought a quartet of Remington 1100s (shudder.)

There's absolutely nothing wrong with owning every configuration you can if the bank account can afford it but it's not necessary. I shoot skeet, sporting clays, trap, hunt waterfowl, deer and upland. This is accomplished with 5 shotguns and I could probably get by with four and that includes guns that can serve as backups if my main gun needs work. I believe I shoot better by not constantly switching guns and I'd rather have fewer but better guns.

And yes one of them is a Beretta 391. ;)
 
beretta A300

find an old beretta A300

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212027

i got one last year. inexpensive, cycles any round, can get the plumbing dirty like crazy and it still works, really easy to clean, light, points like your finger, classy, got a friend who put almost 350,000 rounds through his
i obviously can't rant enough about them.
and no, i'm not trying to sell this fellas gun. just one i happened to notice.
look em up, they are great.
good hunting!
 
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