Browning Citori O/U

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Originally Posted by Rapier

The idea that there is something wrong with a Browning or a Beretta O/U gun because the gun does not fit you, is total nonsense. Any well versed shotgun shooter knows that the two guns have differently designed stocks and if a Beretta will not fit you, 99% of the time a Browning will and vice versa.

This is one of the very first things that a Clays shooter is taught. It is a basic part of clays instruction, not a myth, a fact. Unless you want to spend thousands of dollars to make a Beretta into a Browning by having a custom stock made, you just buy the Browning to start with, or the opposite, just buy the Beretta if it fits you.

There is nothing really wrong with either gun, it is very much the same old discussion about Fords and Chevy.

My experience with the Beretta is such that I have owned six and now own two 391 Gold Sporting guns but not a single Beretta O/U gun. I also do not own any modern Browning auto guns and own eight Citori guns. The Citori fits me and I carry them all over the world to places where high volume wing shooting is the purpose. In 12 years as a Clays shooter and many, many trips to far and away places, my Citori guns have never failed to function, perfectly.

I simply can not say the same for my Benelli guns or the Beretta O/U guns, neither make or any model do I own, any longer.
Ed

Who said anything about fit being the problem with Browning or Beretta? I've been following this thread and fit did not seem to be the issue.

For me, it was an issue of the interior of the barrels rusting up pretty good because they were not chrome lined like the comparable Beretta and of the receiver/forearm getting gouged. I also didn't like the way the retailer or Browning handled the matter (i.e., it was my fault). This happened the first year I had the gun. Had the same issue with a brand new Beretta 682 Gold E where the hard "nickel" plating was flaking off the receiver. Beretta replaced the entire gun. Had the finish on my 391 Teknys start coming off in the first year and Beretta replaced the stock with a very nice piece of wood. As far as I am concerned, I can buy a better Berertta for the same money as a Browning and I can get much better service from Beretta since the factory is right down the road from me.

With that said, the Citori purchase was back in 1990 or so, so I have no idea if I can still buy a better Beretta than a Browning for the same money. Thing is, I just do not look at Browning guns anymore.

I also have a Benelli SBE and have been hunting with it for 13 years. It has taken tons of abuse and continues to shoot. My 391 Teknys has fired a bunch of shells through it, and the only problem I have had with it was this past October shooting a flurry. It was ejecting the empty but not chambering the unfired shell. I haven't cleaned the gun for 2+ years, so it is probably my fault. If I left the Citori uncleaned for 2 years, there would be so much rust in the barrel it would be pathetic.

We are all going to have different opinions about different guns. I will not buy another Browning, plain and simple.

Right now, I am looking at buying the Benelli Super Sport performance gun with all the nice looking red parts on it and the recoil reducer on the magazine cap.