Me & My Shotguns
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:01 pm
It was about 8 years back, when I purchased my first semi-auto shotgun--a gas-operated grand Standard Super Trophy twenty gauge—and I immediately fell in love with semi-auto shotguns. And my Intuitive cognition on the matter has not changed much during the couple of years. That grand Standard was set on my mind only because it was my first, as it goes with many things. But, it was a huge jump up from the bolt action and the Crescent double barrel that ushered in.
As a result of the fact that I've owned and shot various game birds with multiple copies of every Browning semi automatic,, along with , Benelli, Frenchi, Winchester, Remington, and Beretta models. You can consider I've formed some views over all this time.
Semi-automatic guns fall into 2 classifications of actions, gas operated and recoil operated. Either expanding gas from the fired cartridge is diverted to conduct the action and eject the empty case, or we have recoil operated semi-autos. The long recoil action is better exemplified by the square back browning Auto-Five and related guns based on John's ( Browning ) design work: the Remington Model 11, Franchi Model 47, and the Savage. In these weapons, the barrel and breech bolt recoil into the action for at least the whole length of the shell.
Short recoil actions comprise of the now outmoded Val Browning Double Auto, Remington 11 / 48, and the more topical Benelli repeaters. The barrel and bolt unlock after a brief movement, and momentum carries the bolt the rest of the way back to spew the fired cartridge
cipher ever displaces fit, and Not any ever will in a Skatter gun, and personal preferences remain just that. My hands-on experience with the Benelli Super Black Eagle and related models has been less than gratifying. The gun kicks, and in exalted volume shooting situations can pound you into the ground like a tent portion. Their triggers have been universally puny, and are difficult to easily improve. No seasoned shooter or hunter I know of bothers with them, but the SBE's have a firm following in the field, enormously for waterfowlers, as they are promoted as SUPER RELIABLE
Remington 1100 series, well known for their soft recoil, are among the voluminously famed shotguns of all time. These are the guns that actually started the gas operated circumvolution in auto loaders. The guns having slender and graceful lines like the 1100's, with their machined steel receivers and checkered walnut stocks, are perhaps the most beautiful auto loaders ever made. The coming Remington 11 / 87 gas guns retain the styling of the 1100 and integrate a gas pressure relief valve that allows them to shoot all cartridges, from slant target loads to 3 magnums, without adjustment
The Beretta's and Browning's claim extended durability, integrate a gas pressure relief valve that permits them to handle a big variety of loads and, dissimilar to the 1100, don't need O rings to get them to work. Beretta guns are just clearly good, and have been from the 300/302/303 series up to the recent A390 ( and now known as 3901) and the 391 and other versions.
It took Browning a considerable period to restore the A-5 (I personally feel it cannot really be replaced), with the sickly received 2000, a500, and 500G models. The Browning B-80 was and is a good gun, but congenitally is a Beretta 302 with a steel receiver preference. Nevertheless, browning irrevocably did it with the appealing Browning Gold (and its variation vended as the Winchester SuperX2), and miscellaneous models and stock options continue to be added almost every year.
It's a lot more easy to get the triple with a semi-auto than any 2 shot weapon, and with the clear successfulness of the beretta, Browning and remington gas-operated semi-automatic's, there are adequate choices and configurations to delight most shooters. As this buddy of mine likes to say, shotguns are made just for the birds, and he certainly is right. Any scatter gun sports enthusiast should find contemporary semi-autos inestimable of their thoughtful attention.
As a result of the fact that I've owned and shot various game birds with multiple copies of every Browning semi automatic,, along with , Benelli, Frenchi, Winchester, Remington, and Beretta models. You can consider I've formed some views over all this time.
Semi-automatic guns fall into 2 classifications of actions, gas operated and recoil operated. Either expanding gas from the fired cartridge is diverted to conduct the action and eject the empty case, or we have recoil operated semi-autos. The long recoil action is better exemplified by the square back browning Auto-Five and related guns based on John's ( Browning ) design work: the Remington Model 11, Franchi Model 47, and the Savage. In these weapons, the barrel and breech bolt recoil into the action for at least the whole length of the shell.
Short recoil actions comprise of the now outmoded Val Browning Double Auto, Remington 11 / 48, and the more topical Benelli repeaters. The barrel and bolt unlock after a brief movement, and momentum carries the bolt the rest of the way back to spew the fired cartridge
cipher ever displaces fit, and Not any ever will in a Skatter gun, and personal preferences remain just that. My hands-on experience with the Benelli Super Black Eagle and related models has been less than gratifying. The gun kicks, and in exalted volume shooting situations can pound you into the ground like a tent portion. Their triggers have been universally puny, and are difficult to easily improve. No seasoned shooter or hunter I know of bothers with them, but the SBE's have a firm following in the field, enormously for waterfowlers, as they are promoted as SUPER RELIABLE
Remington 1100 series, well known for their soft recoil, are among the voluminously famed shotguns of all time. These are the guns that actually started the gas operated circumvolution in auto loaders. The guns having slender and graceful lines like the 1100's, with their machined steel receivers and checkered walnut stocks, are perhaps the most beautiful auto loaders ever made. The coming Remington 11 / 87 gas guns retain the styling of the 1100 and integrate a gas pressure relief valve that allows them to shoot all cartridges, from slant target loads to 3 magnums, without adjustment
The Beretta's and Browning's claim extended durability, integrate a gas pressure relief valve that permits them to handle a big variety of loads and, dissimilar to the 1100, don't need O rings to get them to work. Beretta guns are just clearly good, and have been from the 300/302/303 series up to the recent A390 ( and now known as 3901) and the 391 and other versions.
It took Browning a considerable period to restore the A-5 (I personally feel it cannot really be replaced), with the sickly received 2000, a500, and 500G models. The Browning B-80 was and is a good gun, but congenitally is a Beretta 302 with a steel receiver preference. Nevertheless, browning irrevocably did it with the appealing Browning Gold (and its variation vended as the Winchester SuperX2), and miscellaneous models and stock options continue to be added almost every year.
It's a lot more easy to get the triple with a semi-auto than any 2 shot weapon, and with the clear successfulness of the beretta, Browning and remington gas-operated semi-automatic's, there are adequate choices and configurations to delight most shooters. As this buddy of mine likes to say, shotguns are made just for the birds, and he certainly is right. Any scatter gun sports enthusiast should find contemporary semi-autos inestimable of their thoughtful attention.
I'm afraid I have zero experience with semi-auto shotguns, but maybe some other members can pitch in with their own views on this subject.
