Over/Under Recommendations

There are a couple of nice Citoris on the EE for $1100... One with removable chokes and one without. OF course, you may find they don't fit you right - which is why you have to try several before you buy. I found that a Franchi fit me best and I was prepared to spend a lot more...

All depends on what shotguns you already own. IMO, first is a real pump (M12) next is a real semi (391?) and then an OU.

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Cardamonfrost said:
There are a couple of nice Citoris on the EE for $1100... One with removable chokes and one without. OF course, you may find they don't fit you right - which is why you have to try several before you buy. I found that a Franchi fit me best and I was prepared to spend a lot more...

All depends on what shotguns you already own. IMO, first is a real pump (M12) next is a real semi (391?) and then an OU.

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I have a pump and a semi. I have had these for almost 20 years. This is not my first shotgun but it is my first O/U.
 
Brutus said:
Want to see someone react on sharptails or hun's after six hours of carrying that around on the prairies. Probably will go home empty handed.
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I have managed for about 25 years and my father about 50. I find Sharptails to be quite slow on the flush and unless Huns are in trees or hedges you have plenty of time.
 
Brutus said:
Want to see someone react on sharptails or hun's after six hours of carrying that around on the prairies. Probably will go home empty handed.
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These days I carry a 5-1/2lb 28 gauge, but when I did carry an 8lb Citori, I never had an issue being too slow for sharptails or huns.
 
Brutus said:
Therein lies the story.
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The reason that I no longer hunt with a heavier 12 gauge, is not based on gun weight, it's based on the fact that I have gone to sub gauge guns, not only for upland and pheasant hunting, but for skeet and sporting clays as well. I just happen to enjoy shooting the sub gauges more these days. Of course it didn't hurt that I happened to come across a great deal on a 625 Feather three barrel set.
 
Another consideration is a good used gun, I paid less than $800 for an SKB 500 in good condition last summer. It's light enough to hunt with and still does a good job on the clays. It's a great backup to my target gun, a Browning 725 Sporting. When it's raining or snowing the old gun gets the nod, and some days I just want to shoot something different.
 
I got my Silver Pigeon Sporting 'used' (essentially new without a scratch) with a couple hundred rounds through it for $2200, if you're patient the deals are there to be had.

Also you'll likely put 1000's of rounds through it at clays as opposed to a few 100 in the field so I'd favour a sporting gun given that's what it would be used for 99% of the time.
 
I have a Citori satin hunter, 28" barrels, 3.5" chamber with invector plus chokes. Not ported.
This is a great gun, busts clay like a champ, has taken grouse on the wing at 250 mph and is death to geese!
Try a couple out if possible, find one that feels comfortable to you.
 
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