God an A303, it's won skeet competitions in the 80s by my dad, I've shot it loads, it's bulletproof. The only thing is it would do with a nice recoil pad, the bacolite one is a bit tough sometimes!
I just bought my first semi auto, a new Beretta A400, am very impressed with it. The only negative is after spending almost £1600 it comes in just a cardboard box. If you want s plastics case you have to buy that separately.
if i could justify another semi auto it would be a 391 there fantastic guns if i remember rightly they did a 391 gold with a golden pheasant on that was always the gun i aspired to own when i was growing up
Another option for anyone interested in the older 301, 302 and 303 guns would be the Browning B80. Beretta paid Browning to use the operating system from the B80 in the 301-303. So the B80 is another option. I have one that has a Beretta made barre and it's marked Browning and Beretta . They may require heavier game cartridges to work the action. I would recommend trying one first and many are only fixed choke barrels, but it is an option.
All great guns David, shot them all over the years with the Urika being top of the list...just purchased an Outlander 28" silver and wood 2 weeks ago and have to say its equally as good for the money! May not look as nice as an Urika but if you can break clays with it what's not to like. Cheers.
Brought a 302 and 303 pat year purely as used a 301 and 303 eve. I was a kid up to the age of 18 (old man’s) when the chance for 2 in good condition came up jumped at chance wouldn’t have anything else
Commenting from the US - I have an early Beretta semi auto model 1200 nice wood stock, nice blueing (before the ones sold here had plastic stocks). Wondering if you guys have ever seen these in the UK. Purchased new from Graf & Sons, Mexico, MO in the mid 80s by a co worker who I bought it from. Beretta USA won't talk to me about this gun, just sent me a manual for the police version. From what I understand it was made by Benelli for Beretta. Benelli USA doesn't know anything about it either, as when it was sold the only Benellis sold in the US were imported by H&K. Supposedly some Montefeltro parts interchange. 2 3/4 chamber 12 ga MOD choke but it patterns like a IM. I took it to a backyard farm/ranch BBQ/Trap shoot & we put over 1200 rounds thru it & it just kept going with no failures. Everyone wanted to shoot it. Around 7 lb & swings nicely. My only complaint is the stock is a bit short for me (LOP 14 1/2") & I shot a dove with it once & with that choke the dove vaporized. I really wish it had multichokes.
Never shot well with the 303, it’s a legend but never worked for me. The AL391 is a better gun I think, shot a lot of pigeons with one of these, then I discovered Benelli............had a Vinci against gun shop advice, absolutely brilliant gun, just wish it was an Amazonia green one, I’d of kept it for sure, then had a M2 Comfortech on gun shop advice, not so good, jammed a lot, lost complete faith in it, sold it.
Just bought an old rough 391 shot it today and recycled 21gram cartridges, my a400 excel sometimes struggles with 24 gram Good video think you are becoming a Beretta man Ha Ha
Un saluto a tutti dall’ Italia , la patria dei fucili Beretta . Il miglior fucile della serie 300 , e’ il 301 Magnum ( con la finestra di espulsione bossoli sparati maggiorata ). E’ quello con la meccanica più semplice , senza cut- off e senza bottone sotto la cucchiaia , che non servono a niente ….. se vuoi cambiare la cartuccia in canna , basta scarrellare, e che problema sarà premere il pulsante di armamento per inserire le cartucce nel serbatoio ? Bindella larga 10 cm e materiali per le canne che adesso te li puoi solo sognare . Dopo il 301 , nel 302 e nel 303 le finestre di espulsione le hanno fatte tutte maggiorate per poter espellere i bossoli delle cartucce magnum senza problemi e hanno messo nei fucili il cut-off , nel 302 sulla cassa , a dx sopra il gruppo di scatto , ma portando il fucile a tracolla con la cinghia , ogni tanto si inseriva involontariamente . Nel 303 sotto l’ astina guardamano, ma questo ha aumentato il volume dell’ astina e ha appesantito la linea del fucile modificando la bella linea affusolata . Ne possiedo tre , il primo l’ ho comprato nel 1975 e poi gli altri due quando si presentava una occasione . Non li cambierei con nessun altro fucile al mondo , li ho sempre puliti ogni volta che li ho adoperati e sono come nuovi . Avevo un’ appostamento fisso alle anitre e, al buio , con in mano il mio 301 magnum , non ho mai avuto nessun problema di caricamento , scaricamento e ricaricamento . Canne lunghezza 76 cm , con strozzature fisse full o modified , cartucce magnum piombo 4 , e per le anitre erano dolori …… 301 magnum , il migliore . 301 magnum , cartucce con pallini di piombo e fanculo l ‘ acciaio .
Hi I recently purchased a Browning citori sporter. As I know very little about shotguns can you please tell me more of where it fits in the range of Browning shotguns?
Yes you can safely shoot standard steel through them but not high performance steel loads.... I have a A302 and use Gambore Supersteel # 4 with improved cyclinder choke
*Comments regarding U.K. government overreach with regards to firearm confiscation, ownership and registration have been withheld.* My comment for this video is simple: 2:55 WHAT THE HELL DUDE!?!? Please never look down the barrels like that again! This is one of the major problem caused by guns being hard to possess, experience in handling them is harder to acquire and thus mistakes are made more frequently....nothing happened this time, so all's well that ends well....just please don't ever do that again...
