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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SilverZ06 on January 25, 2012, 08:43:53 PM
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I'm looking to get a nice O/U 12 ga for my 30th B-Day next month. I am budgeting around $1500 and right now and I have my heart set on a Browning Citori White Lightning as seen here: http://www.rockwellarms.com/Store/ProductDetails/Browning-013462304-Citori-White-Lightning-12-Gauge-28-Shotgun
Does anyone have experience with browning citori models or recommendations on other guns in the same price range? Basically looking for 12ga, 28"(minimum) barrels, O/U, and decently reliable. I will be shooting 1000+ clays a year. Right meow I shoot with a 28" "Remington" semi auto and it shoots well but a nice O/U is just plain sexy.
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that is a very nice looking gun :aok
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I've got a Citori 625 I use for my pheasants. good field gun, I've used it for clays to good success. I can avg around 19/25 clays with it (clay shooting for 10 years) but for clays I usualy prefer my Remington 1100 trap.
one of my dad's friends has a white lightning and he loves it. I've put a couple of rounds through it and its a blast just to shoot. breaks nicely and trigger pull feels great on it. If I had the money I'd get one
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I'd look into a AA12.
http://youtu.be/WOoUVeyaY_8 (http://youtu.be/WOoUVeyaY_8)
Can't miss with this.
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Only 18.5" barrel but this baby is multi-purpose. I'm sure it would
fill your needs in target shooting, hunting, and home protection.
A very nice tactical shotgun! Fast shooter, less recoil than standard 12 Ga.
shotguns due to design. AA 12 is a Badas$$ though :aok
http://blog.gilbertsguns.com/2011/05/14/mossberg-930-spx-blackwater-tactical-shotgun/
:cheers: Oz
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8.2 pounds? :O
Like carrying an infant around the woods...
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8.2 pounds? :O
Like carrying an infant around the woods...
It's for show, he's shooting clays. Not sure how that is "sporting" though...... :D
edit that-unless you mean the AA12, I can't look at any links here at work.
Bob
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:huh
...Ok, I need to ask it. Has anyone here ever shot a round of sporting clays with a tactical shotgun? I'm just curious, as it would seem to me to be pretty sub-optimal with the short barrel and cylinder bore.
My only experience with Citoris is secondhand from a couple of guys I knew that took their competitive trap shooting pretty seriously. They had no trouble with them. My personal opinion when it comes to shotguns and rifles is, if it feels right for you, use it.
As far as heavy guns, more weight most of the time means less recoil. That's a good thing in my world.
Wiley.
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I would think a semi auto might be OK but I don't really know never having seen on in action. I once saw someone try shooting clays with a pump action shotgun, he just wasn't quick enough. It was much better with the usual double barrels. I actually hit 50% of the clays, the first time I'd even held a shotgun. I really enjoyed that sport.
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Silver, look to see if you can find a Winchster 101 with screw in chokes.
In any case make sure the shot gun fits you. Spending big bucks on a big name gun that does not fit you will elad to score lower than if you had some cheap gun that did fit. For adaptability I do recomend the screw in chokes. It gives you more options with the same gun.
FWIW I have a Japanese manufactured OU that fits like my old 101. Both have fixed chokes and I have used them for everything from skeet to ducks. The guns never let me down.
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:huh
...Ok, I need to ask it. Has anyone here ever shot a round of sporting clays with a tactical shotgun? I'm just curious, as it would seem to me to be pretty sub-optimal with the short barrel and cylinder bore.
My only experience with Citoris is secondhand from a couple of guys I knew that took their competitive trap shooting pretty seriously. They had no trouble with them. My personal opinion when it comes to shotguns and rifles is, if it feels right for you, use it.
As far as heavy guns, more weight most of the time means less recoil. That's a good thing in my world.
Wiley.
I have shot a round of clays with a tactical shotgun. It even had ghost sights it had slightly less range but it wasn't too bad. The worst part was having those funky sights.
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I'm kind of fond of my Winchester 1400 semi-auto. I currently hold a lifetime skeet shooting record of 5 for 5. I would like to do some more skeet shooting, but I'd probably ruin my 100% lifetime hit percentage.
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Catch coondog online. He is a pro.
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Right meow I shoot with a 28" "Remington" semi auto and it shoots well but a nice O/U is just plain sexy.
right "meow" huh LOL :rofl
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Seriously, I'd buy a Browning Citori Model 625. It might be out of your price range, over under Browning's are fun to shoot.
Good luck with your shooting.
I have one, great gun.
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The important thing is to choose a gun that fits into your shoulder naturally. It's all about the balance and fit of the stock to your frame.
For your price range, you should be able to find a nice over/under that opens and closes crisply and feels balanced to you when you hold it in the ready position and the firing position. That transition from ready to firing should feel right.
Go to the gun store and pick up as many guns as you can get your hands on.
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Your right on PFactorDave!
You can adjust to an uncomfortable gun......But Why?
I would follow his advice. Double barrels are lighter and quicker getting on target, but, if you can't get the stock to rest comfortably on your shoulder when shooting, that is not good. I have owned shotguns where I had to extend my arms well beyond the comfort level while sighting in on my target due to stock length. (I do not own any of those guns anymore) Sometimes it just a 1/2" that creates a uncomfortable gun.
Heed his advice.
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Never fired a Browning anything that wasn't an excellent gun.
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Get the shotgun from Army of Darkness- it never runs out of ammo! :banana:
-Penguin
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It's mine.....mwahahahahahaha :rock I'll post pictures when I receive it.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=271365848
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Winchester 101
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Just got to re iterate that you need to go and pick one of these up and see if it feels good/right. Shoulder a few time and take a look down that barrel. Would suck to spend that kind of cash and it be off.
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...Ok, I need to ask it. Has anyone here ever shot a round of sporting clays with a tactical shotgun?
Yes. and it works just fine :aok red dot sights
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Just got to re iterate that you need to go and pick one of these up and see if it feels good/right. Shoulder a few time and take a look down that barrel. Would suck to spend that kind of cash and it be off.
unfortunately none of the gun shops around me have one. This is the cheapest one of this model I have found (new or used) so if it doesn't fit I'm sure I can sell it and still come out ahead. I am not a small guy so I am not too worried about it not fitting me. I will see soon though. Hopefully it will be here this week. I mailed the check next day air so he should have it tomorrow. Hopefully he ships it tomorrow as well and I can have by the weekend. Although my wife may not let me play with it until my birthday but we'll see.
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unfortunately none of the gun shops around me have one. This is the cheapest one of this model I have found (new or used) so if it doesn't fit I'm sure I can sell it and still come out ahead. I am not a small guy so I am not too worried about it not fitting me. I will see soon though. Hopefully it will be here this week. I mailed the check next day air so he should have it tomorrow. Hopefully he ships it tomorrow as well and I can have by the weekend. Although my wife may not let me play with it until my birthday but we'll see.
Good luck then, oh and do share pics of it once you get it! :aok
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All these guys are nuts.
Remington 1100 - That is all.
(It's what I used to trap shoot with).
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I'm looking to get a nice O/U 12 ga for my 30th B-Day next month. I am budgeting around $1500 and right now and I have my heart set on a Browning Citori White Lightning as seen here: http://www.rockwellarms.com/Store/ProductDetails/Browning-013462304-Citori-White-Lightning-12-Gauge-28-Shotgun
Does anyone have experience with browning citori models or recommendations on other guns in the same price range? Basically looking for 12ga, 28"(minimum) barrels, O/U, and decently reliable. I will be shooting 1000+ clays a year. Right meow I shoot with a 28" "Remington" semi auto and it shoots well but a nice O/U is just plain sexy.
My father has a citori that I have no intention of letting him be burried with (just don't tell him that).
Everyone is different, but if you're like most you're going to love your citori. Since you seem to already shoot, if you're splerging for that White Lightning, you probabley already own another, say much cheaper but still good shotgun you'll probabley want to still shoot 66% of the time (might just be me and my father, but the citori is IMO so nice it's like a tuxedo - you'll try to use it only for more-special occasions than others, IE: competitions, season openings, making impressions at a gun club, weddings, etc..).
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WOW! This thing is so beautiful. The pictures do it no justice. Even the guys at the gun shop I had it shipped to were thoroughly impressed and were actually showing it off to people in the back. Once I get it clean i will try to set up a mini studio and get some shots of it. It is quite a bit shorter than my "remington" semi auto and feels really nice. Both guns have 28" barrels. I think my wife will enjoy shooting this one, she hates the "remington" because it is too long and awkward for her to hold. She is gonna let me try it out this Sunday even though my birthday is 2 weeks away. What a great woman :D Anyway here it is. :O
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6814601147_664e6644a8_b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6814601273_24b21774f6_b.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6814601485_c62f1bf1f9_b.jpg)
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that thang is sexxxyyyy.
P.S i have the same gun "case" for my .22
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beautiful
:aok
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what model is your automatic?
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its a "remington spr 453" Its actually made by baikal in Russia but rebranded and imported for remington
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its a "remington spr 453" Its actually made by baikal in Russia but rebranded and imported for remington
rgr. all my shotguns are remington made.
870,870 tac,11-87,1100,vera max,and the SP-10. before you go and say "wow you have pretty much all their shotguns", yes I do
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Benelli Vinci :aok.
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Stevens 512 by Savage is cheap. have two good guns. find them at dicks for like 500$