A rem 1187,beretta 391a,beretta 3901 or browning silver hunter so what y'all think what are y'all shooting

I am the worlds worst at buying a gun whenever they come out with a new model!I mostly shoot my Xtrema 2 or the Browning Maxus!Guess I will get a new A-5 next year when it comes out

So I guess nobody has any reviews on this

I am a Remington fan. Own many starting with my old model-11, 870s, 1100s and a couple 11-87s. Only part I ever broke on the 11-87 was an extractor. After 1000s of rounds that is pretty reliable IMO. I know some folks hate them but I have not had the issues with them. Plus as much as everyone would have you believe the B guns are the chit I have personally seen a few go down so as with MMs anything can break. My last 11-87 is about 9 years old now so they are not the newer Sportsman models which I think alot of the said problems stem from. I see a new Versa Max in my possession soon..........

This'll be just like a Ford/Dodge/Chevy, Gatortail/mudbuddy/godevil thread, everyone has THEIR personal opinion on what is better, and I suggest you "test drive" all of them and see which you like best.

I have been beating on a 391 Urika since mid 2000. Hasn't failed me yet, even when the gun was bent where the stock meets the reciever (Gun leaned on gunnel while retrieving crippled duck, and the godevil LT hit a cypress stump). The 390(1)/391 gas system is generally acknowldedged as one of the most reliable to date. Only difference between the 2 is that the 391 exhaust valve and spring are "captured" on the barrel, and there are diagonal cuts on the piston to further aid in self cleaning. Take a trip to a shogtun club, and I bet you see at least a 3-4:1 ratio of those pesky "B" guns to others.

Remington used to make fine shotguns, I have some of the older 1100's, and 870 wingmasters, and the quality and fit/finish is far superior to what they are putting out nowadays. Also I don't personally care for the bolt release on the bottom of the shell lifter. My brother had an older (bought in 1990 or so) 11-87, and it threw the extractor a couple times, once for certain I recall in the duck blind. They are known for this, as well as cracking foreends (only if ya have the wood). He replaced that gun with an AL390 in the mid 90's and has been using it since with no problems that I know of.

I don't have any experience with the Browning silvers, but from what I understand, it is the same mechanically as the Browning "Gold" that was replaced by the Maxus, and the Browning Gold and winchester Sx2 were identical twins as well.

Love my 1187 supermag. Pick them up and feel the difference.

i love my browning silver...

I like the humpback guns like the a5, silver and the benellis and franchi 612

Just remember,Guns are like anything!You get what you pay for

I had Remington 1100, Beretta pintail, silver mallard, and the Xtreme, but I really didnt care for it that much...I went back to the Super black eagle 1 because it never let me down and it can hold 4 shells I'm looking for another Black eagle 1.....

BROWNING- the best there is

Find a gun that fits you and your wallet and go shoot it. What some love, others hate. I'm a lot like T-Bubba, the hump back is my choice. Got scars on the stock of a Belgium Lt 12 dad gave me for a teething ring.

Browning

Any Browning

And every Browning

Is a duck killing machine....

I hunt today with a BPS with over 5000 rounds run thru it
and have an A5 20 and A5 12 older than most of ya'll with
as many or more rounds thru both of them....

390 silver mallard with no plans to replace it anytime in the near future.

Ole REM 870 that i use as a walking stick and boat paddle and it still shoots after 10 years and just recently bought a new one

Have a few brownings

After almost 25 yrs my 870 is still going. Had to put syntheic stocks on it because the wood was splitting. Never failed me but it feels like shouldering a stick of firewood compared to the 390/391.

I wish you could buy a new silver mallard but you can't

I watched gunbroker for a good while before I found it...and it was like new. I had seen quite a few nice ones but not in a 24. I just kept waiting and finally one showed up and I got it. If you look for one though make sure its the silver mallard and not the walmart version.

I am a Beretta guy personally, form automatic's to over and under's. BUT, what I like may not be what fits you. The best advice is to take them to the range if you can, and see how they feel. Which gun gives you the best sight picture? Which gun mounts the easiest from the hip? What gun swings the best? What gun just feels right? You will know when you start shooting clays. You will naturally feel more comfortable shooting one gun over another. Shooing is all about confidence... IMO... Good luck!

Beretta

How many agree w/ my theory.... If you started out w/ a humpback the Benelli is more natural feeling. If you started on a Rem the Beretta is your fit. This has been my experience. Now that most guns come w/ the shems you can make them more comfortable. I will repeat this again for those that missed it.
Get what fits!
If you can't shoot a $1500 gun it ain't worth 3 dammits for you.

I agree migrator. If it don't fit you will have trouble.

Franchi I-12. fits me perfect now have 4000 rounds down it in just 2 years. love it.

Stay away from the newer rem. 1187 in 3.5in, junk! They shed extracters like crazy, I had 2 and they both lost them. Dumped one today(4 extracters in 3 years, the other one 1 in 4 yrs) doesn't matter if they are 3 or 3.5 in shells.

I'm Loving my M2, fits like a glove and kill ducks like crazy!

Talk to Briley's in Houston. These guys shoot Beretta shotguns. 25,000+ shots on one of their automatics and it has never been cleaned. That's impressive. I shoot a SX3 and really like it. After 2 years, I had a local gunsmith clean it. It never jammed or had any issues, even though he said it looked like a bomb went off inside my gun because it was so dirty. I would suggest a Beretta Extrema 2 or a Winchester SX3...

i shot the browning gold 3 1/2 for about 11 years and loved it. It was a gun i could just pick up and kill with easy. It started gibving me trouble about the last two years i hunted with it and i replaced all the springs and its shoots fine now. its retired. I also have a beretta silver mallard and i use it for dove and love the gun never had any problem with it except its a blued barrel and rusts easy. I founf a SBE1 on gun broker two years ago that was almost brand new. only had about a box of shells through it. bought it for 600 camoed it at gander for 250 and i love it. it floats the 4th also and cycles anything i put in it.

I used to work at a skeet range and we had most of the brands in over-under and automatic. The Italian guns are very nice, but I just couldn't get past hearing the spring noise in their "inertia driven system". I've never had a gas-operated semi let me down in Browning or Remington. I held a Maxxus last week and am really leaning towards that for my next duck blaster.

go with anything inertia driven, that new stoeger 3500 looks like my next truck gun, have a SBE II and before that one a SBE I, great guns, i was raised up on remington 1100 and 1187, great guns, browning Belgium made A-5. the fit and throw for the price is the best advise you can get, some have a hitch, mine is SBE i love them. have an older stoeger with inertia drive, love it too, tough arse shotgun. two seasons without cleaning, rough use.

Won't catch me with anything that says Stoeger on it.

I normally only shoot old SXS duck guns and don't like those afromatics