Beretta Ultralight Used for Clay shooting

acerspader

Hi,

I bought a new beretta ultralight deluxe with 28" barrels and multi choke last year and have used it for game shooting. I am very happy with the gun due to its lightweight, fit and pointablty.

Recently I have taken up clay shooting. I know this gun is designed for game shooting where the amount of shots fired is very small campared to shooting clay after clay. I find the barrels heat up quickly when shooting clays. Its a little hard on the shoulder after a while but I dont mind this. However, I am concerned if it is used to much for clay shooting would it cause any damage to the gun????? Could anyone shine any light on my concerns???

Jonty

I've heard that firing pins are prone to breaking in the ultralight. It'd be something I'd be checking out

Rossenarra

acerspader wrote: »

Hi,

I bought a new beretta ultralight deluxe with 28" barrels and multi choke last year and have used it for game shooting. I am very happy with the gun due to its lightweight, fit and pointablty.

Recently I have taken up clay shooting. I know this gun is designed for game shooting where the amount of shots fired is very small campared to shooting clay after clay. I find the barrels heat up quickly when shooting clays. Its a little hard on the shoulder after a while but I dont mind this. However, I am concerned if it is used to much for clay shooting would it cause any damage to the gun????? Could anyone shine any light on my concerns???

Don't use it for clay shooting, it's not designed for the job and you will "shoot it loose".

pullandbang

As Ross says you'll shoot it loose. However I'd be more worried about my shoulder and back. It's way to light for competitive clays.

I picked one up this morning in Lakelands and its wicked light - you'd eventually bust your shoulder and get disillusioned with the clays. Got the right tool for the job and keep the game gun for game shooting.

alan123

Nah, I disagree with the guys. Im a strong believer in using one gun for all purposes. I know some guys have a trap gun, clay gun, game gun, auto for pigeons etc. I have one gun for all (Berretta 682). Imagine playing golf and using a different set of clubs each time?! Just get used to one gun and know it back to front, so what if the firing pin breaks, just get it repaired, its a gun after all, shoot it!!!! In any case arent all guns designed to fire thousands of rounds without any damage?? I would be very surprised if Beretta advised against shooting a gun too much!!!! Obviously its different strokes for different folks but this folk sticks to the one gun!!!

"This is my Beretta, there are many like it but this one is mine..."!!!

meathstevie

I have to agree with alan123 when he says that a quality gun is designed to fire millions of shots. The difference though is what sort of shooting is it designed for ? A gamegun is lighter and not designed to take the sort of pounding and heat buildup a trap or sporter gun is designed for. If you shoot a couple of series of let's say 20 clays I wouldn't worry too much but if you're going to go and shoot two strings of 50 birds one after the other I wouldn't use a game gun for it.

pullandbang

alan123 wrote: »

Nah, I disagree with the guys. Im a strong believer in using one gun for all purposes. I know some guys have a trap gun, clay gun, game gun, auto for pigeons etc. I have one gun for all (Berretta 682).

Can you imagine trying to shoot a 100 bird shoot with a game gun???
Or even doing 2 or 3 shoots over a weekend with one?

You'd end up in casualty!

On the other hand, can you imagine humping a 9lb trap gun around the fields all day after pheasants? You's also end up in casualty sitting beside the guy above with the busted shoulder..............

Different guns for different tasks. You wouldn't see the golfer stepping up the tee on with his putter.....he'd have his driver - the right tool for the job in hand.

Vitrually all clay shooters have at least two guns - the game gun that was bought second hand for €600 or €700 with a few scratches and maybe a chip out of the stock from beating down briars. Then they have a clay gun that has been fitted properly, is spotless and minded like a baby and probably cost a small fortune.:)

alan123

like I said, different strokes! I can shoot a couple of hundred clays with the 682 in a session I have also fired 450 rounds from it on a days pigeons and a couple of hundred rounds on a pheasant day. Maybe the gun is just a good all rounder? In saying that if I spent my time shooting DTL or OBT I would use he trap gun. I know of some of the top shooters of sporting clays and they dont use trap guns. Maybe for the trap disciplines you would want to be getting a trap gun but most of the trap shooters I know dont shoot game! Now hows that for confusing a simple question!!!! And for the record, my gun is consistent in all disciplines....I shoot consistently bad in all of them!!!!

pullandbang

alan123 wrote: »

I can shoot a couple of hundred clays with the 682 in a session I have also fired 450 rounds from it on a days pigeons and a couple of hundred rounds on a pheasant day.

Clays - then pigeons - then a driven shoot. Yes, you could use the one gun for all of these because they are all pretty similar.

Different kettle of fish when game shooting as most people would know it. Two men, two dogs and lots of walking, climbing and sliding. Busting throgh briars, following wounded birds, crossing streams that are 6' wide and 3' deep!

Couldn't see too may bringing their K80's ox MX2000's or 682's in those circumstances.

alan123

.....I use it for rough shooting too!!! (dont do the streams though!) Maybe its my muscular physique rather than the gun?!

alan123

acerspader wrote: »

Hi,

I bought a new beretta ultralight deluxe with 28" barrels and multi choke last year ..... I am concerned if it is used to much for clay shooting would it cause any damage to the gun?????

The answer to your question is simply No, Acer!!!

pullandbang

alan123 is of course right - it won't really do any damage to the gun.
However have a read of this taken from a review of the gun;

A gun of this kind is particularly suitable for lady shots because of its lighter weight: if used with cartridges of a sensible load it can also make a good gun for informal clays. That said, if you're going to get serious with clays a heavier gun will always come out tops, regardless of who's going to use it.

Red the full review here - http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/guns/141994/Beretta_Ultralight_shotgun_review.html

alan123

OOOOOOwwwwwwww! Nice one Pullandbang. The fatal blow! "Lady shots"! Ouch!

At this stage in the thread I would like to disassociate myself from giving Kudos to the Ultralight. I must have been drunk when I wrote the other comments. Clearly, a gun like that is not suitable for any type of manly shooting.

I'll keep an eye out for guys with an ultralight from now on and point out to them "I hear they are good for Lady Shots?"

On the off chance you are a Lady Acer.... happy hunting.

If you are a warm blooded male.... buy a new gun!!!!!

(Im just hoping PNB doesnt dig up a review on the 682!!!)

macnab

A friend has the ultralight because he isnt great on the auld legs, I have shot it a good number of times and it is seriously light compared to my sporter, the gun is way too light for serious clays as it packs a hell of a kick. Its a lovely well built gun and perfect for a long trek through the fields, but I would think 6Lbs would feel very heavy with a bruised and tired shoulder after a full day of clays.

acerspader

thanks guys for all your comments

J. Ramone

alan123 wrote: »

OOOOOOwwwwwwww! Nice one Pullandbang. The fatal blow! "Lady shots"! Ouch!

At this stage in the thread I would like to disassociate myself from giving Kudos to the Ultralight. I must have been drunk when I wrote the other comments. Clearly, a gun like that is not suitable for any type of manly shooting.

I'll keep an eye out for guys with an ultralight from now on and point out to them "I hear they are good for Lady Shots?"

On the off chance you are a Lady Acer.... happy hunting.

If you are a warm blooded male.... buy a new gun!!!!!

(Im just hoping PNB doesnt dig up a review on the 682!!!)

I have an ATA Arms o/u coming in a couple of ounces lighter than the Ultralight. I invite you to let rip a few magnums through her (as proofed) before deciding on gender suitability:) Have tried it, the first barrel is fine but the second feels like a strikers boot on a penalty shot. I wish I had the Ultralight for it's superior engineering but can't complain about the ATA once it comes to the shoulder.

I'm a big fan of the lightweight 12 for roughshooting. I'm on tagret that couple of mileseconds faster which makes all the difference for me.