I looking to buy a 20 garage auto for my wife's birthday. I was hoping yo get some opinions from experience. I have been looking mainly at SX3s and Franchi Infenitys mainly because of their price but iam open to suggestions.
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I looking to buy a 20 garage auto for my wife's birthday. I was hoping yo get some opinions from experience. I have been looking mainly at SX3s and Franchi Infenitys mainly because of their price but iam open to suggestions.
Ellwood Epps has a used 20 guage 11-87 for $600. My son has 1 that he uses for everything from skeet to ducks to turkey. Has functioned well for him.
I have an sx3 12 and love it, what about a browning?
Browning silver is a good one also available in a youth woman's model.
Browning golds or the lighter Beretta 391. Or if money ain't an issue, Benelli Mintefeltro in 20 is amazing.
If you're up for a good used 20 ga auto - look for a Browning Auto-5 20 ga Magnum. My wife loves hers! I bought it for her for our 1st anniversary (1967). It has performed perfectly ever since.
Whatever you get, make sure she tries it out for fit first. A lot of the youth models are just a cut down stock. The grip is the same. Ran into that problem with my girlfriend's gun. She started with the SX3 compact model. The stock was short enough, but her small hands couldn't reach the trigger without riding the grip up high, which is bad form and makes for poor shooting and comfort.
Fitting a shotgun to a woman (properly) is no easy task.
Thanks everyone. We ended up coming home with the Franchi. Just busted a few clays off the decks. She says she's in love with it. Super light gun kicks a bit but still manageable. Put two boxes of light 7/8 oz shells through it so far. Looks nice dressed in max4 camo 7 year mech warranty on it too. Hoping this is the push she needs to really get into waterfowling this year.
Excellent! Youre a lucky man!
You said it kicks a bit? In what way? Cheek slap?
Its really not that bad but because it's so light it pounds the shoulder a little bit but still quite manageable nice little gun. Very similar to a benilli M2.Quote:
Originally Posted by CocoZoo
Ah, ok. Just curious. Sometimes you can find after market accessories that add some weight to the gun, like mercury stock weights or weighted mag caps. That'll help if you ever decide to tame it a bit.
Yeah I was thinking about trying some extra weight to tame things a bit
hardcore - glad your wife likes the gun but the extra recoil is why I didn’t go w an inertia gun for my daughter just a little too much kick, not a big deal for men with the muscle mass but when a lady weighs less than 100lb soaking wet recoil can really impact them. I picked up a used weatherby 20 ga semi for a gr8 price, put a youth but stock on it and we are good to go, if she really gets into shooting I will upgrade to a B gun but didn’t want to invest over 1K when she is starting out. The weatherby points great and breaks clays, my daughter has shot it a few times so far but we will get a little more serious in the fall (when fishing season slows dn…..)
I bought the Mossberg SA-20 ( same gun) for just the same reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave S
Just out of curiosity, what's a gun like that run?
The Mossberg?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nismo
new I think a weatherby/moss is 599, mine was much less than that and came w/ sk, ic and mod ext chokes. I have seen a few people shoot them and they seem a good value. I think they are made in turkey, the drawback I hear is they need to be clean, unlike a beretta I usually shoot, I clean it 2x a yr