About this close 🤏🏽 to pulling the trigger on an ODG a400 XP.

Intended use case is primarily clay shooting and maybe getting into waterfowl hunting. I can get the XP for a few hundred $ less than a sporting specific model and I like the color, full transparency.

Questions: am I gonna have issues running 2-3/4” shells given it’s 3-1/2” chamber?

Are there any physical dimension differences between various a400 models other than weight? I managed to get my hands on an a400 upland and it felt great. Hoping for same fitment with XP.

Anything else I should know?

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I grew up in NY shooting sporting clays with my dad occasionally. My dad has a Beretta SP, and our instructor sometimes brought a semi-auto for me to use (don't know the model). I loved shooting and would like to get back into now that I have a little more disposable income. I now live in MA, and would like to buy an o/u to shoot with. I'm in the process of getting my license. My question is how to find the right gun? I know I want a 20ga and probably 28" barrels, but I'm a 5'6" women, so would really like to shoulder some guns before I make a purchase. Do sporting clubs have guns you can rent/borrow/try? Do I just go to Cabela's? Local gun stores don't seem to have a wide range of O/Us. Do I set up some private lessons and ask the instructor to bring me some options? I'm going to do some lessons regardless, but I don't know whether to expect the instructor to have multiple guns at his/her disposal. It feels weird to show up at a shooting club without a gun, but maybe I'm overthinking it.

Hi all,

I'm looking to get a custom Manuel Ricardo stock based on a fitting sheet that I had done recently. Does anyone have any idea of the pricing for some of their exhibition wood?

Hey guys! I know this is a clays page but y’all seem to know O/Us better than anyone. I am in the market for a good lightweight 28ga O/U. I was initially set on a BR110 light luxe, because I’ve had great experiences with the BR110 action, but the laser engraving on it is SO UGLY. Then I discovered the FAIR SLX600/692 and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with that action in any gauge. This will primarily be a quail/dove dedicated tool, and something my kids can use to get into sporting clays with me when they get big enough. I also just have cases of 28 with nothing to put it in.

Available detail: Beretta Model A302 12ga 26" IC Choke Semi-Auto

Curious if it's silly to consider this shotgun given its likely 40+ years old. Available via reputable dealer/shop.

Disclaimer: obvious newbie ; been out for trap once. Currently booking local lesson and orientation with a skeet and sport clay club.

Edit : $700CAD/$485USD + tax; perhaps could negotiate a case or other with price. Not sure.

I've been clay shooting a couple times with friends and just got a membership @ Oak Tree that does a weekly league. Was using a friend's pump the couple times I've gone before so looking at buying my own shotgun but wondering if there's any recs for classes? Everytime I've gone in the past it's just been shoot until you run out so I don't know how the actual sport works haha.

Has anyone had experience with this Italian made ammo. Able's sells it at a very good price. They ship it free. It seems like a good deal. Wanna know what your experience is.

Anyone tried it. Sounds like the zz bird , at much lower cost

I bought an almost new, CG this past summer. Had an adjustable comb added and a 1/2” removed to fit my LOP. It’s such a nice looking gun and feels so solid. But man I can’t hit shit with that gun, I really wanted to love it.

https://www.blaser.de/us/products/firearms/fbx

Looks like they added the old bits of Perazzi ideas, width and sculpting of reciver. With the drop out trigger.

And copied the sl2/Kreighoff idea of barrel ideas. Sl2 forcing cones and Kreighoff thinwall chokes for weight.

I have an f3. I dont care for the the traditional looks of the perazzi or the kolar.

Would be awesome if they take the barrel tech to the f3 as an upgrade.

There are a couple videos about it on YouTube already. Tsg outdoors has a long in depth one.

Im not making the upgrade. I would prefer the sl2 from looks alone.

I'm upgrading from my 26" Baikal IZH-27 to a Caesar Guerini Summit Sporting with 30" or 32" barrels. 90-95% for sporting clays, although I won't turn down a social invitation for casual trap or skeet.

I know I'll love the 32" for outgoing rising clays thrown like they are in trap within 45 degrees left or right, but am wondering if the extra 2" would be an issue for close crossing targets with presentations more like skeet station 4.

Comments?

Kind of want a 28ga. Found a rather unique Browning Citori Elite locally, and having a heck of a time figuring out its value.

Excellent condition 28ga / 28" bbls Looks like the White Lightning. Silver receiver, rounded grip, Schnabel forend Fixed tubes in IC Mod

Thoughts?

Thanks Mr FormalYeet

Looking to purchase A300 Ultima sporting 12 ga. Been looking at reviews. Alot of them are old and specify Ultima. Is the Ultima sporting a new model. Reviews state problems ejecting. Trigger not resetting. I’m curious if Beretta has fixed these issues due to reviews being 1-3 years old. Any information or feedback appreciated. Thanks in advance

Not sure they're "the best of British" (since the British also have Gamebore, for example...), but most definitely great cartridges. I'll be curious to see the price in US.

As the title states, I need help breaking a bad habit that I have done for almost 40 years. For background, I am right handed, left eye dominant, and shoot lefty.

I know I should have booth eyes open. I start with both eyes open. I catch the bird in my peripheral with both eyes open. But once I start tracking the bird I close my eye and shoot with only my left eye open.

I have tried to break this habit. I sometimes start a round telling myself I’m going to shoot the entire round with both eyes open. Then as soon as I miss my first bird, I go right back to single eye. It’s like my brain is telling my eyes “there is no way you are going to hit that bird with both eyes open, so just close it up!”

I’d love to hear from anyone who shot a single eye for many years and made the change to both eyes open. Any tips and tricks? Any drills you used?

Thanks in advance.

I'm looking for another good ou. The 686 and 725 have my attention, but what else lives in that ballpark in terms of price and quality? The only requirement is to avoid the stink of the Turkish-gun stigma.

I'm currently a 12ga Win 101 Pidegon Grade enjoyer (circa late-1970s; Japanese), but that's the beginning and end of my ou experience. They say 101s have a stiff recoil, but I find it tolerable. My other shotgun is a 20ga 870. So...basically a dump truck of a shotgun.

Goes without saying that I'll try the fit before spending the money.

Edit - looking to spend no more than $2,500.

ive recently switched back to O/U in addition to heavier loads which has a lot more recoil than im used to with my semi. i may go back to 1 oz. but still think ill end up getting a recoil pad too. i was going to get the beretta recoil reducer for my vest but it doesnt seem to be in stock anywhere. has anyone tried any other ones that fit in the beretta vest?

I have been shooting for a little over a year now. I shoot R hand and have L eye dominance. I have found that closing an eye and “aiming “ helps my game. I was also told to never close an eye! Is it wrong to close an eye if it helps your score? I feel like I am guessing when I keep both eyes open. What do you do?

I'm getting a new sporting clays gun for my birthday as an upgrade from my old 26.5" Baikal IZH-27.

Candidates are

1. Caesar Guerini Summit Sporting with adjustable comb
2. Browning 825 Pro Sporting
3. Beretta 694 Sporting B-Fast

Apart from fit and aesthetics is there a reason to prefer one over the others?

I can demo the Caesar Guerini in Loveland, CO although the SF Bay Area is more convenient. I've yet to find someplace in the SF Bay Area or Colorado Front Range where I could shoot a Browning 825 Sporting or Beretta 694 Sporting. Any suggestions?

‘03 686 30” Gallery Special. Case color, wood lottery winner with the adjustable comb. All in under $1800 after having the LOP fitted to me. I think I did alright…

Does anybody have any thoughts on this? I have a new to me o/u on the way and I prefer extended chokes. If I purchased individual chokes I’d probably end up with 2 skeet, 1 Full, and a mod so I’m thinking of just grabbing this set and an extra skeet.

Fairly new shooter. I am left eye dominant and shoot left handed, however, my vision in my left eye is poor. Often when sighting down the length of the barrel, I see two beads at the end. Will something like a Brock string help to improve my sight picture

Does any one know of any stores in Canada that stock a good selection of competition sporting over unders?

Brownie points if it’s in western Canada

Have you guys ever had this? Came out of a brand new box and it was the only one like this

Was it initially set on finding a field grade citori for sporting clays, however I can get a 30" ruger red label 12g for a great price. Also handled a few Franchi Instinct's and they point & shoulder very naturally for me, possibly better than the citori and for sure better than the red label.

Haven't heard much about the franchi and I'm kind of at a loss which way to go. The 2 franchi models I'm looking at are the instinct sporting 2 & the plain 28" L model.

I think the color case hardened reciever is beautiful and not sure the extra cost of the sporting II is worth it.

I'm relatively new to clay shooting, but I'm loving it. I have a pump, but I'd love to get an o/u at some point in the future. I keep reading that any o/u under a $1k is pretty bad and that I should just wait and save my money. Naturally, I start thinking used at this point... but what I'm seeing doesn't seem to make sense. As an example, I'm seeing a used CZ Teal where they're asking $629.99 (https://www.guns.com/used-guns/p/cz-teal?i=461915). However, I could walk into a Cabela's down the road and get a new one for $649.99 (https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cz-teal-overunder-shotgun). I looked up my current gun, a Benelli Nova, and found it used for more than I bought it for new. Cabela's is actually selling it used for the same price that they themselves would sell you a new one.

So... first question... maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. Is there a place online to find reasonable prices on used guns?

Second... are used guns a bad idea? My impression is that so many of these good deals that people post online are random estate auctions, or right place/right time circumstances.