Beretta Model A303

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Introducing the Beretta A303 12 Gauge semi-automatic shotgun made in italy in 1986 by Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta. It features a 3'' magnum chamber and a 30''' Mobil Choke vent ribbed barrel which makes this aluminum alloy bodied shotgun a great trap shooter.
Here, we explore its function, design, and performance. I've had this shotgun for quite a while but never seem to get used to its light feel and balance so I took it out solo to the trap range for four straight games alone with a puller to really try to dial it in. Scores were 15, 21,20, 18......better performance for me than I've had in the past.....not sure I ever shot in the 20's with it before. Still felt a bit.....inconsistent. Can't understand why....it's smooth and super comfortable to shoot. I'll keep at it.....and try to learn some Italian to boot.
Thanks for tuning in......don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE!

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3 окт 2024

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@LEXxTALIONS7913 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the video. Was my first shotgun and still works like a charm 35 years old...I can afirm how much rounds she have but I can say that she as more then 25000+ rounds, never replace nothing, and my Breda is about 30 years old and same thing amazing!!!👍💯

@MilsurpGarage 10 месяцев назад

Keep them in rotation! Thanks for tuning in.

@georgegogis7958 5 месяцев назад

Best shotgun i ever owned and i have had many. Did break the connecting rod once. Perfect LOP and fit for me. Have shot many birds with this gun. Tried other guns always come back to this one. Bought mine in 1990 and i have the cutoff switch in the bottom. Must keep relatively clean especially the 2 gas holes in the barrel. Made in Italy and it does matter.

@MilsurpGarage 5 месяцев назад

Yes, it definitely feels unique so if you like the feel of it, nothing else will do.

@deej9367 10 месяцев назад

I have a urika a391 and its almost identical in its operation. With a loaded mag push the lifter with your thumb and hit the bolt release, that emptys the tube without having to cycle the action to unload. I love beretta shotguns

@MilsurpGarage 10 месяцев назад

Yes, very unique function. Shotgun in Italian. Thanks for tuning in.

@chrischiampo7647 Год назад

That Shotgun Speaks With its Hands 😲😮 It’s Gotta Be Italian 😀😊❤️ Love it

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Vito, get’n da car.

@chrischiampo7647 Год назад

@@MilsurpGarage Lol 😂

@mefirst1211 Месяц назад

I still have mine since 1993 and I love it , it's my preferred semi auto and I got for it an extra 2 3/4 barrel for light loads from the used marked.👌

@MilsurpGarage Месяц назад

Is yours in the same configuration as mine?

@mefirst1211 Месяц назад

@@MilsurpGarage yes

@davidcudlip6587 9 месяцев назад

That's a very early model with the magazine cut-off switch near the trigger. The later models had the switch on the bottom of the forend. Just picked up a later model 20 gauge 303. Great skeet and upland bird gun. The beauty of the magazine cut-off switch is quickly manually ejecting a shell out of the chamber and putting in a different shell without another coming up out of the magazine. Works for waterfowl hunting if a goose comes in and you're loaded for ducks.

@MilsurpGarage 9 месяцев назад

As demonstrated in the video....that switch functions as a bolt hold open, not a magazine cut off. That switch can be used to hold the bolt open for a shell switch but it doesn’t cut off the magazine, rather there is a “default” cut off automatically in place unless the trigger is pulled or the little button on the lifter pressed.....at least this is how the “early” A303 is functioning. Very Italian.....gotta learn to speak it......

@chrischiampo7647 Год назад

I Like The Trap Shooting Footage I Hope You Continue To Show The Shooting 😊😀👍🏼 Lot of Fun Shooting Trap

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Have no choice but to prop the camera…..nobody to film me! Want to try some kind of overhead wide angle skull mount.

@chrischiampo7647 Год назад

@@MilsurpGarage Sure a Go Pro or Something Like That 😀👍🏼

@thomasholohan4090 Год назад

I know what you mean, I have a Beretta AL390 in 20 gauge, It has the lifter button, the bolt closing button, and a (true) magazine cutoff on the left receiver. Loading and shooting is self-evident. However, the simultaneous use of the magazine cutoff and the lifter button - which allow both isolating the magazine and the shell by shell magazine unloading (you called it the "pop-out") - nearly always require my re-reading of the manual. BTW the magazine cutoff is also a bolt hold open device. I speak a little Italian, and we have travelled in Italy several times, so I am not surprised by the various options and machinations of the gun. It is VERY Italian!

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Sometimes I think it actually LIKES to confuse me.....

@canal10centrado 11 месяцев назад

That is more A302 then A303. I have an A303 myself, a bit diferent. Mine runs fine with 1oz/28gram lead shells. Never seen an A303 like that. Congrats on the video. My review is in portuguese but i have a shooting section you might like. Feel free to check it out.

@LuisC7 10 месяцев назад

Olha quem é

@MilsurpGarage 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, its an early production 303. Gonna check out your video.

@chevyragger 6 месяцев назад

For quick and easy shell switch. Hold the gun uppright 45°up 1 press the lifter button (1 shell leavs the mag into the lifter) 2 switch the bolt holder up 3 pull the bolt all the way back but not to fast (the shell in the pipe will swing out 90°) 4 grab the shell 5 switch down the boltholder (loads the shell in the lifter) 6 load the shell thats in your hand in the mag (if you want)

@MilsurpGarage 6 месяцев назад

Now THAT sounds like Italian shotgun being spoken! Thanks for the details.

@khosomujeeb 3 месяца назад

What is best choke for the up air target like moving flying birds ?

@rafjum 4 дня назад

Hello , great instructive video, Thanks, but I want to disassemble the all trigger block, did you try to separate it? this is to take a look at the elevator plate system as sometimes it doesn't work completely, doesn't push up the cartridge. Thank You.

@MilsurpGarage 4 дня назад

RU-vid gets weird these days if you disassemble and show detailed function. After the rules change a month or so ago, they consider this instructions on how to create a firearm which is against policy and can get you banned. Us gun tubers now have to be very careful about showing even patent drawings on their videos.

@rafjum 4 дня назад

@@MilsurpGarage Ok thanks ;-)

@1957Shep Год назад

Nice

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Thanks

@matt8248 Месяц назад

No matter how hard I pull and wiggle the cocking handle, it won’t come off. What’s the solution?

@MilsurpGarage Месяц назад

You see how I kind of manipulated the action until the handle was kind of in the middle of the bolt? There’s a sweet spot there where it comes out and it will only come out in that one spot. You have to kind of move things around. Follow exactly the position in my video and you’ll get it.

@quique323 Год назад

I got the same one, with a 28in barrel. Cycles 1oz loads and above.

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Nice. Is it an early version like mine with A302 features?

@quique323 Год назад

Mine doesnt have have the button side of the receiver. Other than that, it looks the same

@dougalmcalpine6804 Год назад

Could the magazine cut off be the small button behind the lifter on the bottom of the receiver? That way with the safety on there is no way a shell could enter the receiver or reach the lifter at all.

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

If I recall correctly, just pressing it allows a shell to pass regardless of the safety button position

@khosomujeeb 3 месяца назад

What is best choke for the up air target like moving flying birds ?

@MilsurpGarage 3 месяца назад

That is a question that requires a major amount of additional information. What gun, ammo, distance, type of bird, barrel length…… That’s like saying, what kind of hook do I need to catch a fish? Its a question debated on over the finest points.

@khosomujeeb 3 месяца назад

@@MilsurpGarage okay sir then can you please tell me which gun that is budget friendly and can still shoot at very long range yes i mean a shotgun? And any 6 or 8 number shells . ?

@MilsurpGarage 3 месяца назад

@@khosomujeeb How about the one in this video?

@khosomujeeb 3 месяца назад

@@MilsurpGarage sir it is very expensive any made in italy or USA is very expensive can you suggest a shotgun maybe turkish made or some other cheap ones.

@ajday2588 10 месяцев назад

Does anyone know how much these were when they were new in the late 80s? Specifically, a 1988 without the cool switch for bolt hold.

@MilsurpGarage 9 месяцев назад

I remember reading they were very expensive new.....never saw a price list however.

@ajday2588 9 месяцев назад

@@MilsurpGarage If I had to guess from what I have researched around 2000 US in 1988. I spent 600 on mine in good condition excited to take it for a spin.

@carlochierico7630 8 месяцев назад

Questo modello NON È un 303 !! Ha solo il calcio e l’ astina di un 303 !! La cassa del fucile è di un 302 !! Solo il 302 ha il cut-off laterale tra il grilletto e l’ otturatore . Il cut-off del 303 , se c’è , è posizionato sotto l’ astina. PRIMA DI PUBBLICARE VIDEO BISOGNA SAPERE DI COSA SI PARLA !!

@MilsurpGarage 7 месяцев назад

Before commenting you should watch the whole video…..it IS an A303 and the configuration you see is here is discussed.

@carlochierico7630 7 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mfstr 5 месяцев назад

I don't like that you can't find a recoil pad.

@MilsurpGarage 5 месяцев назад

There must be one out there somewhere! These are pretty soft on the shoulder. Thanks for tuning in!

@mfstr 5 месяцев назад

@@MilsurpGarage there isn't without shaving the curved end off of the stock.

@MilsurpGarage 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, I wouldn’t do that either. No aftermarket stock options?

@LEXxTALIONS7913 10 месяцев назад

Do you know that with ghost loading, you can put 6 rounds?! And the Breda is the same. Buy I recommend only 5 rounds and use good rounds 👍

@MilsurpGarage 10 месяцев назад

I’ve tried that ghost loading procedure on the 303.....saw another RU-vid video on it, but my shells did dit fit as his did. I’m sure there is a way to do it with different shells or something but I didn’t see much use for it being its a trap gun. As for the Breda....I’d love to learn how it normally works first! Complicated little bugger.

@kofi61 Год назад

Is this gap normally .in a303

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Refresh my menory......what gap are we talking about. The slightly loose forend?

@BPMGeeChee 9 месяцев назад

That mag restrict came from sort of British massacre carried out with the a303 when it could hold 8 or 10

@MilsurpGarage 9 месяцев назад

An Italian Shotgun in London

@Chiggbeeks Год назад

Do you know the year of it? 😮

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

C’mon now, you’re visiting with me in the milsurp garage……are you watching the video?

@insanity4146 11 месяцев назад

1986 bud watch

@guaporeturns9472 Год назад

So yeah , that’s a nice magazine cutoff.😂

@MilsurpGarage Год назад

Doh!

@guaporeturns9472 Год назад

@@MilsurpGarage 🙂

@ChrisGalea76 7 месяцев назад

That's a 302 with a forend of a 303

@MilsurpGarage 7 месяцев назад

Early 303’s came like this straight from the factory. It’s not pieced together.

@robjones1520 7 месяцев назад

So why does it show 303 on the receiver?

@ChrisGalea76 7 месяцев назад

The 302 for sure has that leaver on the side, I've never seen a 303 with that leaver, I have 2 303s, no leaver - I have also seem the leaflet of beretta of the 3 series ie a3000/301/302/3 - only the 302 have that leaver.@@MilsurpGarage

@ChrisGalea76 7 месяцев назад

WHERE? iI've only seem P Beretta@@robjones1520

@ChrisGalea76 7 месяцев назад

it doesn't - it only says P Beretta @@robjones1520