Which auto loader

Collioure

Seriously thinking of getting semi auto for pigeons and maybe some duck Have it down to 3 models

1. Browning maxus
2. Beretta A400
3. Benelli super vinci

Any thoughts?

deerhunter1

Collioure wrote: »

Seriously thinking of getting semi auto for pigeons and maybe some duck Have it down to 3 models

1. Browning maxus
2. Beretta A400
3. Benelli super vinci

Any thoughts?

1st Beretta

2nd Benelli8

Grizzly 45

Any of them.They are all good makes,and just pick the one you like the most and fits best and is in your wallet range.:)

It wasn't me!

Have to say, I really quite want a go of the Beretta. Not a massive fan of semis, but that one really looks a cracker. Might even solve my bias problems!

beretta391

iv the beretta and i really like it, its fast light and well balanced, ya cant go wrong with one

zlezlius

You can't go wrong with either of them three a lot of lads on here will say. I had to choose from similar guns a while ago and I went for Maxus. I tell you why. There's a lot of bad reviews on Benelli's cycling with light loads due to inertia loading system, so that put me off that one straight away.I was left then with browning Maxus and Beretta Extrema to choose from.Biggest factors that helped me to make a choice:

1.Brownings speed loading/unloading function that Beretta doesn't have.
2.Very light on the recoil. Only Beretta with kick-off could compare, but I have to say we couldn't see difference between my Maxus and friends Extrema kick off, one of the weekends while shooting clays.
3. Very light gun, one of the lightest on the market, I think it's nearly 1 lb lighter than Extrema(and still very light on the recoil!)
4. Five chokes + 2" choke for them longer shots+ triger lock+browning swivels+ the whole lot of spacers to adjust tilt and left/right of your stock, different colour exchangeable front sight.
5.You can strip it in seconds due to new lever action forearm-really like that one.Also 3/5 shot limiter pulls out handy (if needed)with the use of any regular door key.
6.Price.Important factor as well:). Maxus was much cheeper than Extrema.
7. This one is personal but realy like the looks of Maxus, the forend not having screw cap sticking out just makes it different. Love it.

Havn't said that I was always Beretta fan (owned it before) but Maxus really just had that bit extra which helped me to make my choice.
Hope this helps

J.R.

I've a Benelli - never had any problems with recycling shells.......used 28g - 42g shells and it never once let me down.

My choice was limited as I wanted a left hand model which only Benelli do but I liked the slim fore-end ....similar to holding an O/U.

Also the Benelli is a doddle to clean.....no gas operated system!

Chesapeake

deerhunter1 wrote: »

1st Beretta

2nd Benelli8

100% agree

Personally, I thought the a400 (light) with the kick off didn't handle as nicely as the one without.
Fyi - The benelli can refuse to cycle with some light loads sometimes - esp eley olympic (the blue ones), fine with superbs.

Constab2

Just awaiting sub licence for a Bennelli Super Black Eagle 11,what sold me on it was this quote as well as a lot of searching,it brought a smile to my face when reading it & was better than any marketing tool I saw for any maker of shotguns ,brutally honest ?

Hi, I'm new to this forum, but not firearms. I own the SBE and SBE2. The Benelli's are expensive and to buy the slug barrel and forearm for the SBE2 is like buying another gun. So as
a multi purpose weapon.. how deep are your pockets ?
I'm a duck and goose hunter. I have thousands of hours in blinds and boats and the simple truth is, Benelli's dont fail! In a perfect world there are many great shotguns out there
but I've seen them all fail in the moment of truth! Everyone's shotgun is better than the Benelli until they hunt 3 or 4 days in a row in the ice, mud, muck and rain and then CLICK!
Or it doesnt cycle/eject etc... Yeah ,yeah, yeah I should be cleaning my gun after every outing but the reality is.. I'm up at 4am, hunt til noon , clean birds , shower , eat , and off
to 4 to 12 shift and do it all again tomorrow and the next day and the next.... The last thing I need is to have to BABY my shotgun or it wont perform.
I cant even count how many 1187's have been dismantled in my boat, I call them oars !
My opinion, guns are like golf clubs, you wont use a driver on the green and you wont spend $1500 on a putter if you golf once a year. If you need a hardcore never fail bird gun, get the SBE2!,
If you have a budget and need a more all around gun for moderate use, look for something else.
I hope that helped.
Chris

4200fps

deerhunter1 wrote: »

1st Beretta

2nd Benelli8

Agree too

browning 12 bore

well me own opinion lads is i was in argentina shooting doves for 5 days great time and i shot with the beneli great gun firing out over 7000 shots a day approx nice bit of clean at night then turn around for the next day and shoot all over again brilliant gun now at home here i have a browning gold lovely gun too i shoot a lot pigeons here as well so anyone needs a good reliable gun but make sure its suit you

Mr.Woodcock

have had an o/u for three years now and am thinking of changing it for a semi, two years ago the auld lad swaped the s/s for a semi and said he's ragging didnt do it sooner.

have to admit i really like the semi, but have a problem with them, the stock tends to be to short, first noticed this when i mounted the fathers lanber its lanber victoria lux, nice gun, but noticed my thumb and nose where touching.

so was wondering has anyone else ever had this problem? and zlezlius where did you get the maxus? was thinkin that was the gun id change for!

Invincible

Review here :
http://www.chuckhawks.com/browning_maxus_shotgun.htm

http://www.gunmart.net/gun_review/browning_maxus_semi-auto/

http://www.gundigest.com/article/gun-review-shooting-the-browning-maxus

Farmlife

Have a Beretta 391, but think after shooting a benelli i'm going to make it my next semi,

off hand, anyone know what the prices new are for the 3 guns listed?

Constab2

Sub licence finally came through & I picked up the Bennelli Super Black Eagle II straight back home changed out the door with two mates & cannot stop smiling absolutely cracking gun cycling ,handling etc.Really really impressed
.Try one ? You will love it.

Constab2

If you are undecided give me a pm you are welcome to try my gun anytime you wish ,its a trial run before you are hooked.Munster Area.