Shotguns

[morley.tyler]

Beretta 390 or 391.

 

[morley.tyler]

If I were in the 20 gauge market, I'd also be test fitting a Browning A5. Most important factor is to find what fits. That will help your shooting and your shoulder well beyond what roll stamp is on the shotgun or what type of action it has.

When the stated reason for the new gun is to reduce recoil, an inertia-driven gun, like the A5, would not be a tier-one choice for me.

 

[Salmonchaser]

When properly fitted you will be accurately pointing a shotgun instead of aiming the shotgun. Then you can shoot with both eyes open and really start crushing the birds.

 

[marksjeep]

I'll take a properly fitted inertia gun over poorly fitted gas gun all day long. Fit is what matters, hence the entirety of the post.

 

[MNElkNut]

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No love for the 390? It is, perhaps, the best gas semi-auto ever made! I like the 391 as well. I have both. I have multiple 390s.

 

[IDFireLass]

I know where to shoulder and anchor but it usually hits the top of the bicep. It feels shouldered then I get the wonder bruised muscle.
We will see how it all comes out in the wash. Never had a fitted or new shotgun.
Started out with my dad's old Winchester pump. That thing kicked like a mule. Then used his silver pigeon 12 for a while. Then I bought the Bretta 303A which I really like.
Getting old and being old SUCKS!!

 

[morley.tyler]

No love for the 390? It is, perhaps, the best gas semi-auto ever made! I like the 391 as well. I have both. I have multiple 390s.

The 390 was very good, but I find the 391 to be as near a perfect gas gun as has ever been made. I was very active, both shooting and working, in the shotgun sports world (Targets and hunting) at the peak of the 391 run and saw multiple, and owned a 391 with over 250k rounds through them and little more than a squirt of brake cleaner or CLP as a form of maintenance.