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686 sporter or 391 sporter,

  • 03-01-2012 12:47AM
    #1
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    i had the loan of a miroku mk38 sporter with 32" multi choke barrels, have had it for a few months now and have been getting on great with it, every time i went out i improved my shooting, :D
    that was until today, had a bit of an accident, long story short, the zip on the gun slip wasn't closed properly and when i lifted it out of the jeep it slip'd out of the slip and fell on the ground, not sure who's to blame as i didn't pack it away but i should have checked my own gun was put away properly,:mad:
    anyway the forend is cracked and need's replaced and the stock has a few scrapes on it, i'm going to get all fix'd but that's a different story,

    rather than ever having to make that hateful phone call again to tell the owner " i've had an accident" i'm going to buy my own sporter, i took a run to my local dealer and he has a lovely beretta al391 urika sporter, it has 28" barrel and is multi choke, love the look and feel of the gun, but after today i'm put off having a nice gun for sporting or rough shooting, he also has a 686 sporter with 30"multi choke selectable barrels, not as nice a gun to look at, but feels mechanically sound,

    both the guns feel good and seem to fit well, i'm going back on wed to have a shot out of them, so i'll know better about how they hit on wed, 95% of my shooting is clays, so i'm a bit worry'd about the semi down at the clay grounds, i have a s686e trap gun for the dtl, and the sporter would be for sporting clays and skeet only, i plan on going into game at some time but not yet, i would love the semi for rough shooting but it's in too good a nick for rough and i'd always be watching it so as not to damage it, the o/u is a bit rougher and i wouldn't worry as much about it getting a scrape on it, both are within 25 quid of each other so i dont know what to buy, always liked the semi's and would hate to pass up a good chance like this but the o/u fits my need's for now as a rough gun that i can take to the sporting clay's and use it as the tool it is intended for,

    what to do, oh god what to do, any advice lads????


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