The Top 5 Competition Shotguns! 

Additional: The Guerini Invictus deserves a spot in the Top Dozen Zoli also make a very competent competition gun The Rizzini 460 is a belter and would be worthy of note as well Kolar are very popular in the USA In fact, if you throw the Yildiz Pro in there we can have a Top 10 boss actioned competition guns. To add further clarity, the shooting videos on this channel are sponsored by Longthorne Gunmakers, and we love them. Extrapolate from that what you will.

My favorite sporting clays gun is my ancient Remington 1100 with a Mod Trap barrel

Well done! Very organized and reasonably thought out!

A gun that makes you fell like you will crush everything you shoot at here in the USA is a Kolar. If you ever get a chance to shoot one try it and you'll see it's right up there with Kreighoff

35 years ago I started shooting competitive North American Trap. My 'plain Jane' Lanber 12 gauge (non-ejector) wasn't going to cut it and I bought a third hand Remington 3200 Trap model. I recall paying about $500 CDN. About 200,000 rounds later, it's still busting clays and bringing home the shiny hardware plus a few bucks in options money.

The top shooter in the world is using a $2400 semi auto Beretta A400. They are awesome and I love mine

Krieghoff is the highest quality shotgun ever produced and also one of the most expensive. Many people aspire to own them. Kreighoff also uses the world’s top shotgun engravers such as G. Stoegner (aka G. Stogner) who has created 7 Krieghoff “Guns of the Year,” more than any engraver. Recently, a G. Stoegner gun sold for more than $100,000 US on the secondary market. The #2 Kreighoff engraver is Jana Schilling, whose 2009 Krieghoff Gun of the Year also sold for $110,000 US at Pacific Sporting Arms in February 2024 (call and ask them). Kreighoff shotguns are a good investment and store of value, like high end collectible cars - the better engravers almost always bring a financial premium when they are resold. Other top Krieghoff engravers are #3. Goeser, 4. Reich, 4. Nonn (tie), and 5. Creative Arts.

I recently bought a 12 gauge Franchi Instinct L to take to my local sporting clays range and it is absolutely glorious! I know it doesn't have the fit and finish as the guns mentioned in this video do, but for someone looking to get into the sport, the $1200 price tag on them is very welcoming.

MK38 Trap for me. Use it for everything....apart from steel.

I shoot a DT11 Black Pro and while I am proud of it, I secretly envy my buddy with a Kolar Max Trap. Of course this is when it comes to trap though. But when it comes to sporting clays, the shotguns covered are no surprise to anyone whose been in the scene for at least a year.

Excellent choices Jonny but little disappointed A Baikal didn't make the list 😂😂😂😂 must try a Mirouko as you like them so much.

Gutted you didn't mention Caesar guerini invictus range...amazing guns and much better value than their competitors in terms of a quality competition gun that also looks stunning....I understand mk38 is a solid gun but I do feel mentioning medals with old guns is a bit silly, I mean someone won Olympic medals with a 26inch side by side at one point...but not anymore.

Love the mk38 but the grade 5s split stocks for fun. My go to is a 42 year old 3800 trap. Not sure why but they just feel more well made....and they ring like a bell when you fire them 😂.

K80, Perazzi, CG Invictus, DT Beretta and probably a Browning prosport maybe a 525/MK38 if we are talking currently in what mostly people use.

My grandfather would walk up to the line with a very cheap inherited double from Sears left over from the late black powder days and shatter one target after another until everyone got tired of watching him do it. Could he have shot better with a gun that cost more than his farm? Perhaps but don't know how.

Great list Johnny. Awesome video mate. Love the Blaser f16 and the Perazzi High Tech are my favorite shotguns, just a little out of my price range. Therefore I shoot a Beretta 686 and a Browning Citori 725. Also have a couple semis. A Beretta multi target, with a Gracoil buttpad, and a Benelli Super Sport.

Hey mate, your channel caused an impluse purchase on a shotgun... I ended up buying a Tikkakoski M17 just because it was weird. 27" fixed chokes (full and half), 2.75" chambers, sling studs, automatic safety and ejectors. There aren't too many floating around but it's a nice hunting shotgun. I would like to see an updated video on Top 5 sporting clays / general purpose shotguns for under 1000 pounds, I saw a video from 2018 so unsure if that would still be current.

Damn you are a funny bloke!! All the best from Yukon Canada!!

I find that clay shooting, especially Sporting Clays, is a fun way to exercise your shotguns when not in the field. Do you find that it's helping your game shooting? Or, is the specific equipment / technique a whole different way of shooting?

Krieghoff K-80 Parcours for me, use it for everything from clays to roe deer....

Final thought watched it again…great video

I think these guns would be most peoples 2nd gun moving up, so it depends on what you owned first, we'd all be biased in that case, with three 682's it'd most likely be a 694 or DT for me.

I saw the new Zoli Z 1 at at a ground last week, a new clay gun for the UK market. What are your thoughts?

Money doesn`t make you a better shot, it`s all about enjoying the sport both the good and bad days. I now shoot an old 425 and an A400 and love them both depending what mood i`m in. Once again a great video

Loving my yildiz pro black!!

Great short summary. The Kolar, Cesaer Guerini/Fabarm, Zoli fans are going to putting this one on blast 😅.

Curious as a new shooter who smashed a recent competition with a franchi semi-auto but looking also for U/O heirloom for son. Rizzini BR110 sporter fit in here?

Excellent video again Jonny, trying very hard there not to be bias Ha Ha !

Incredible information while entertaining, job well done! Benelli Man here! Just for family fun Clay shooter, using 828U Field, Vinci Speedbolt 12 g, looking at the Browning Citori 725 sporting vs the Benelli 828U SPORT, thoughts?

whats the future of the titanium gun?

@TGS Outdoors Would it be possible to do a review on a Lanber? Or even better, a video on the history of Lanber with the different models available, plus what you think went wrong that they dont exist anymore?

Beautiful guns. I wonder how much of the premium price is the result of performance enhancing features vs. Esthetics?

In terms of best clay guns for the money 1 mk38/mk10/682 2 ultra xs/pro sport/ 694 3 guerini 4 blaser 5 krieghoff/perazzi for me Some may dislike that but lets face it an mk38 can take you to an olympic gold, so just how much more do you need, besides custom fitting etc

Why do not see any Miruko MK10 reviews? I have one and it's a clay duster like I have never seen b4

I know this isn't what you typically do, but would you consider reviewing a Chiappa Triple Crown or Chiappa Triple threat if you have not already?

value for money, shootability and durability its got to be the MK38 all day long.

Good morning Johnny a year and half ago I picked up a Beretta 694 12bore. This gun shoots well but last weekend I noticed a crack in the gun stock Just below the safety selector in the pocket were the receiver meets the wood. I know alot of folk that bought the same gun it's a well balanced gun, some of the people I know are having troubles with the triggers and a few having cracked wood issues. Have you heard about these issues in UK ??? Great show again I always appreciate your show

Pretty fair comment.. except I'd put the miroku and browning as one. On another note it is pretty much universally agreed that the miroku mk38 fixed choke 32" gun is one of the best guns you can buy period... but they only sell this version to the UK. I do wonder why that is?

ASE 90 Beretta & Kemen

CAESAR GUERINI has to be on the list.

American guns very successful here is Kolar…interested to hear your take. Almost every weekend on what ever squad I am shooting on 3 K gunz two Krieghoff’s and a kolar

Which is better the Browning 725 sporter adjustable from 2021 (the new one) or the Miroku MK38 grade 3 adjustable limited Edition? Because I‘ve seen a lot of reviews comparing the MK38 with the regular 525. The new MK38 grade 3 is roughly as much as a 725 grade 1 I think. I do not know if the rise in the price of the Miroku 38 grade 3 ist mostly because of the wood and the adjustable Stock. I do not really care to much about the wood grade but for a adjustable comb. So the only MK38 that comes in consideration for me is the grade 3. So even though the MK38 is mostly compared to the 525 you put it in the list of the best competition guns and not the 525 or 725 but the Pro Sport and the Ultra XS Pro which makes sense. The new 725 is as far as I know a step up from the 525. So the MK38 is compared to the 525 but most people say the MK38 is better and the 725 is also a step up from the 525. So again after all this maybe confusion text because the 725 and the MK38 grade 3 adjustable are roughly the same price and are both better than the 525 which is the best?

I've never seen a nsca shooter in the usa with a miroku. I'd say 5th spot would be either Zoli, Caesar Guerini, or heck even the old Remington 32s and 3200's

Thanks!

what about 682 gold e?

I shoot side by sides i really dont like the razed rib of some sporting shotguns to me it just ruins the look of the gun would be fun to see a pure clay competition shooter use a side by side i wounder how they would get on having to think about two triggers haha. Im only poking fun at the end of the day if you like a gun and it works for you then go have fun I have tried sporting clays with my side by side brakes them just as easy as those strange under and overs that the high end shooters use with the huge razed ribs and a stock thats all over the place you know which ones i mean.

What about a Benelli?

Very surprised the Caesar guerini Invictus didn’t get a mention , I can think of a million reason why it should 😂

blaser f3?

Can we have the same on game guns

does anyone know if a single trigger 12 gauge over and under hammer gun exists?

so wich one it is pro sport or 694?

Kolar not even mentioned? Used at the Olympics and top world sporting clays

MK 38 being your gun 😜

Renato Gamba is Olympic champions

got 3 krieghoffs .. nothing else will do

What exactly is a competition gun?

Just curious - what do people who can't afford 10s of 1000s for a shotgun purchase, what are the 3-5 £750-£1200 shotguns for a middle class person to get into the sport? You mentioned Winchester 101. What else? Used lower-end Beretta or Browning O/U?

At 0:42, you said that the K-80 is a German design. No, it is not. It is a copy of the Remington 32, which is an American design.

Is Kolar just too expensive for what it can do, which is no more than any trap gun out there? They are very elite, but I feel they are over-priced, by thousands, just like the other top makers. I realize that special wood and engraving add greatly to the cost of these guns but even the basic models are still six or $7,000, which is just way too overpriced in my estimation.

Ever heard of a Blaser F3🤪

How about flodman?

Top 5 Game Guns?

This show is about JC

You missed zoli

Browning top top

Yes I just watched it again…molar, zoli

K-80 ten years of customizing to get it right

Hula is great the company been there for 50 plus years much better ingraving than anybody what buitifull guns

I really would NOT call the K-80 a German Design. The simple fact is that it's a very refined Remington model 32 which Kreighoff built under license from Remington. See Johnny, us Yanks do come up with some good ideas on occasion.

CZ-USA 😉

Uhhh blaser, kolar??

No 725 on my list. The XS Sport yes.

I love you gun snobs your so english one reason i left my favorite gun is my zulix 20 gauge side by side 5 plus blbs i shoot 80 percent with it its 440 dollors shot it 400 times never misfired buitifull gun so i thought i might buy a benillie 8200 over and under but 3000 dollars wow i can buy 6 of my side by sides seems very expensive and your review was not good or anybody elses you all say it has more kick i love the gun but bennilies are over priced as i think we could have nuclear war quite easly money may not matter

MX8, KM4, DT10, K80 and 682. In that order.

Richard is winning everything with a Guerini and... no mention. I mean, I understand you are sponsored, but I THINK you should stay clear of that "top X yyyy" since you are obviously, massively biased. Or at LEAST mention you are getting paid promotions for some of these. I'm subscribed, and I like "most" of what I see but don't fall into raw biased adverts.

Competition CLAY guns you mean. We have lots of different types shotgun competitions here and any competition gun should not have any engraving on it. That is superfluous faff that serves only to push the price up and shotguns are without doubt the most overpriced guns in existence. The fact that non comp civilians will pay 10k plus for a clay gun makes me want to puke.

Are you British

Blaser F3? Anyone? Anyone? 🇨🇦👍

As handsome as you are maybe devote more of the video to showing the guns and not your face