20 guage auto?

Budget is $1500. Montefeltro and A 400 are preliminary considerations. Pheasant hunting and light sporting clays would be the primary use.

I already have a beautiful 1968 Browning 20 guage magnum with a skeet and modified barrel. Basically, unfired for the most part.

I inherited some guns from my brother in law and have a few in the safe I’d like to unload and am thinking about trading for what I want.

I really like wood/ blued guns but as a hunting gun, they tend to get beat up a bit. My Beretta 686 20 is a testament to this. I’m thinking a composite, but could buy wood also.

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming if this info changes anything.

Going to cabin at Chamberlain for 3 days today. Taking the boat and the hunting equipment.

It’s been a rough year with cancer claiming 3 relatives since June.
 
91reddog said:
Budget is $1500. Montefeltro and A 400 are preliminary considerations. Pheasant hunting and light sporting clays would be the primary use.

I already have a beautiful 1968 Browning 20 guage magnum with a skeet and modified barrel. Basically, unfired for the most part.

I inherited some guns from my brother in law and have a few in the safe I’d like to unload and am thinking about trading for what I want.

I really like wood/ blued guns but as a hunting gun, they tend to get beat up a bit. My Beretta 686 20 is a testament to this. I’m thinking a composite, but could buy wood also.

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming if this info changes anything.

Going to cabin at Chamberlain for 3 days today. Taking the boat and the hunting equipment.

It’s been a rough year with cancer claiming 3 relatives since June.
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Then I would get the Benelli M2. Mine is in the Optifade camo and looks awesome. Plus you get the raised rib you won't get in the Montefeltro. And it will come in under your budget.
 
I have two Franchi Affinity 26" 20 gauges, one the plain jane left hand and the other the almost-too-pretty-to-take-in-the-field RH Scheels Elite Select. They weigh about 5.5 lbs and with the 26" barrels are incredibly fast on the bird. The LOP can be adjusted by way of different thickness recoil pads available for Franchi (they come with a "medium" 14.25", which I swapped out for "short" 14"). They have taken over as my go-to rooster shotguns, so my Citori 725 Feather 12 gauge isn't getting much work these days. I highly recommend the Affinity to anyone looking for a 20 gauge upland shotgun.
 
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Labs said:
I have two Franchi Affinity 26" 20 gauges, one the plane jane left hand and the other the almost-too-pretty-to-take-in-the-field RH Scheels Elite Select. They weigh about 5.5 lbs and with the 26" barrels are incredibly fast on the bird. The LOP can be adjusted by way of different thickness recoil pads available for Franchi (they come with a "medium" 14.25", which I swapped out for "short" 14"). They have taken over as my go-to rooster shotguns, so my Citori 725 Feather 12 gauge isn't getting much work these days. I highly recommend the Affinity to anyone looking for a 20 gauge upland shotgun.
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Sounds like a man who wants to sell his 725!!
 
91reddog said:
Budget is $1500. Montefeltro and A 400 are preliminary considerations. Pheasant hunting and light sporting clays would be the primary use.

I already have a beautiful 1968 Browning 20 guage magnum with a skeet and modified barrel. Basically, unfired for the most part.

I inherited some guns from my brother in law and have a few in the safe I’d like to unload and am thinking about trading for what I want.

I really like wood/ blued guns but as a hunting gun, they tend to get beat up a bit. My Beretta 686 20 is a testament to this. I’m thinking a composite, but could buy wood also.

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep them coming if this info changes anything.

Going to cabin at Chamberlain for 3 days today. Taking the boat and the hunting equipment.

It’s been a rough year with cancer claiming 3 relatives since June.
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Nope, 1968 is not as good as 1957. Not as good of wood for one thing.
 
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