Obviously guns are personal preference and how style and weight suits different people. I was opposite to above post. I started with a cheap old gun and then got a Browning. Never liked it as much as old gun that broke. Preserved for a season with it but ended up trading in for Beretta silver pigeon which I immediately loved and have done for the last 20+ years. Browning may be a bit more suited as clay gun being bulkier and heavier. Most my shooting is game and pigeons which a lighter more manouverable gun maybe more favourable.
Beretta or Browning
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- Owaka, New Zealand
I actually think my Mirokus fit me better than the Browning I got, I don't know how or why because you just about need to read the stamp on the barrel to check which one you've got!
I am a wee short-arse, maybe, more similar to 'Japanese sizing'?
Really it comes down to fit, get both on demo and put a few boxes down the spout is my best advice.
Pistonbroke
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I had my Browning for my 21st birthday. I went in the gun shop and mounted every gun with my eyes closed and then opened them. Every time with the Browning I was looking straight down the bead and everything else I had to adjust for. Decision made. There were guns that were ten times the price but I wouldn't have taken one.
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- S. Staffs
It’s not about price or make of gun that counts, it’s whether it fits you properly or not,
An hour or so with a good instructor or gun fitter can pay far better than just changing brands.
An hour or so with a good instructor or gun fitter can pay far better than just changing brands.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Benellis are like that, for me; all adjustable, double beads and none of it is used ?
see bird shoot birdPistonbroke
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I'm more like "see bird,blame cartridges/sun/brexit etc"Benellis are like that, for me; all adjustable, double beads and none of it is used ?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
That's why I don't take the Benellis out to the range, be lucky if I got half a pattern on the back of the traphouse!
They shoot so different to the "proper guns"; but a bit more like the type of gun I want to get rain, mud, and blood on.
I have a lot of guns, I blame that a lot on bad days.
I shoot trap with an old Nikko 5000 and on a good day very little gets away, sadly it's almost completely worn out.
My first 12 bore was a bakial, never missed with it ! Thought I should get a "proper" gun and bought a berreta, proper left handed one, fitted at the shop couldn't shoot with that at all ! Got rid and bought a secondhand cheap Aya slightly better ! Still wish I had my Russian purdy tho ! My lesson there is don't be a gun snob, use what you like and can hit stuff with ! I love my old Remington 1100 5 shot for pigeons and crows tho !
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Think I'd get the range after the 4th shot??too
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- Scottish Highlands
My opinion is that it's a sad reflection on British industry when our gunmakers used to lead the world. I am still using my grandfather's Lindsay which is a bog standard side-by-side with Damascus barrels that must be at least 100 years old.
Will2May
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We still do it's just a case of needing at least £15k to buy one...
Have a look at Longthorne guns
We still do it's just a case of needing at least £15k to buy one...
Have a look at Longthorne guns
You will need a lot more than £15k for the very best.