20 guage auto?

Mosby said:
I have a made in Japan, A5 20 gauge with a 20 inch barrel that I bought it in 1994 or 1995 for quail, rabbit and grouse hunting....at least that was my reasoning. It is a sweet little gun. Real wood and steel. Has a hump right where it's supposed too. I don't take it out hunting near enough but I smile every time I pick it up. I looked at some new shotguns yesterday at Scheels. I know they are lighter but they sure are fugly.
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I have a 1965 Belgium A5 20. Nice gun but haven't shot it in years.
 
I started shooting a Benelli Montefeltro in ‘93; I took my Dad’s 1100 2 3/4” 12 gauge home last year when we moved him…very heavy compared to my Benelli 12 gauge. I bought an Ultralight 12 gauge about 9 years ago, it’s my go-to gun…incredibly light, and it must fit me really well, birds drop. Both my Benelli’s have been extremely reliable, I’m a fan of the inertia operation.
 
Mosby said:
I have a made in Japan, A5 20 gauge with a 20 inch barrel that I bought it in 1994 or 1995 for quail, rabbit and grouse hunting....at least that was my reasoning. It is a sweet little gun. Real wood and steel. Has a hump right where it's supposed too. I don't take it out hunting near enough but I smile every time I pick it up. I looked at some new shotguns yesterday at Scheels. I know they are lighter but they sure are fugly.
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The maid in Japan Browning guns are not nearly as good as the ones made in Belgium.
 
benelli-banger said:
I started shooting a Benelli Montefeltro in ‘93; I took my Dad’s 1100 2 3/4” 12 gauge home last year when we moved him…very heavy compared to my Benelli 12 gauge. I bought an Ultralight 12 gauge about 9 years ago, it’s my go-to gun…incredibly light, and it must fit me really well, birds drop. Both my Benelli’s have been extremely reliable, I’m a fan of the inertia operation.
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That’s true standard benellis are right in the sweet spot weightwise
 
Goosemaster said:
The maid in Japan Browning guns are not nearly as good as the ones made in Belgium.
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I agree there’s something special about the ones made in Belgium, but “not nearly” is a little bit of a stretch. The barrels are typically made of a different steel and are heavier. The machining on the screws is a little different. But they are still great guns. One thing I like about the earlier Belgium made guns is the rust bluing. My son has a 1950’s Light Twelve and I have a 1969 Light Twelve. Mine is hot blued and his is rust blued. That greyish blue you get on those old guns is, in my opinion, the most beautiful bluing on a gun. His is like new. I can just sit and look that gun over for an hour.

I need to get better educated on breaking it down to clean it, but its about as pretty a gun as you can get.
 
Bob Peters said:
Yes. Some posts on here can be tongue in cheek, but I want zero to do with any porting on a shotgun. They technically create the same amount of noise, but instead of blowing it out of the business end they spread it all around. I'm a big advocate of ear protection, but even with ear pro in, I can discern a large increase when shooting next to a ported gun on the trap field. I wouldn't want to hunt with anybody who had a ported gun. Porting on a shotgun has zero effect, the pressures don't get high enough for it to make a difference. I also think having a shotgun barrel that looks like Swiss cheese is ugly as hell. The ports collect carbon, a pain to clean so I've been told. They sell a decent amount of them so some people like them, I just can't figure out why.
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The noise was my main concern, I don’t shoot heavy loads and don’t waterfowl, I’m really interested in people’s opinion on the noise factor!!
 
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