Montana'eer
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Weight and balance mainly. My Citori is a heck of a lot lighter than my Browning Silver. I usually cover 10 miles a day, so it makes a difference. And a quick handling 28ga when hunting grouse is just plain fun!
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Weight and balance mainly. My Citori is a heck of a lot lighter than my Browning Silver. I usually cover 10 miles a day, so it makes a difference. And a quick handling 28ga when hunting grouse is just plain fun!
KY_Windage
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Semi-auto's are allowed in Trap and Skeet World Cups and the Olympics, but I doubt you will ever see one there, because the competitors find they are more accurate with an O/U, and O/Us are more reliable.
You can also choke the two barrels differently. You can more easily check for barrel obstructions.
I want an auto for target shooting and for heavy waterfowl loads, but I want an O/U for upland hunting.
RMS12746
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Love my Rizzini also. I'm a lefty so I had to order mine because just about no shops have cast on stocks in their inventory. Ordered a 20ga with 30" barrel for sporting clays and field hunting. I ran a cross a 28ga with 30s for $500 fitted so I that was in my pocket. I started to think now if I could find a 410ga 30" for my frame I would be in pig heaven and I did but it was expensive. Saying all that now I have my 3 barrel set and just love the way those 30" barrels swing through on clays. If I was to buy just a field gun it would be with 28" barrels in 28ga because if you hit the bird where you are suppose to that bird will drop. Love the 28ga. I have good friend in GA who is also a Rizzini owner and he has a duck load that he says it's death on duck. Just my thoughts. I have a number of O/U but the Italian is my go to.
rickjoty
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My wife and I went to the B Rizzini factory and met Mr. Rizzini and was given a tour by his daughter. It was a great experience. I wanted to buy another gun but, no, the trip was already expensive.
Yep, some days the 11-87 or 391 will feel just fine and then there are days it feels like a broomstick. The O/U rules in competitive shotgun sports for a reason - once fitted, it feels right every day.
Sam4886
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My dad tried the savage 555. Terrible. Got 2 at the ffl that were messed up one way or another and gave up. He got a franchi instead and its been great.
Like most have said ,,,fit is everything. I have always been kind of partial to Citori's. Have them from 12-28 gauges. My favorite is an older 28" 20ga Hunter model that has fixed chokes I/M. It's killed more that all the others combined. It along with a couple of 525's just fit.
My first shotgun was a Western Auto .410. Golly, I can't begin to wonder how much game I got with that shotgun. Then I got a chance to trade it for a 12 gauge. My reasoning..."Just imagine how much more game I can harvest with way more pellets". One of the many mistakes I have made in my life. LOL. My next shotgun will be a 20 gauge.
Old thread I know but SAVAGE has some incredible inexpensive great shooting O/U's out again. I have some Beretta's and Brownings. Best dang value I ever bought were two Savage 555E's a 12 and 410. They have the best looking wood of any of them and I shoot them equal to the best one of all the others. Best part is I payed 30% of the cheapest B's. I can have just about any fancy bling bling gun with a partner and people grab the Savage first to look at it. I laugh my arse off when they turn it to see who made it, and have that total WTH look they can't get rid of.
I've tried about every o/u grouse hunting and my choice is a 26" 20 gaug. It's by far the easiest to carry with enough horsepower to bring them down. 12 gauge was just too heavy. 28 gauge was a little weak (I thought) on WV grouse. I carried a 12 gauge auto loader one year and thought my arms were going to fall off.
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Wyo37
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I use a 28ga on the largest grouse in N.A., the sage grouse. 1oz of #6 is 1oz of #6, seems to work out of a 20ga or 28ga.
I like my franchi aspire 28ga. Although I've thought of selling it multiple times haha
I like my franchi aspire 28ga. Although I've thought of selling it multiple times haha
