Anyone else love Over and Under Shotguns?

[Andyd]

I had sold my old FEG O/U 12 gauge years ago and the Remington 870 Special Purpose Turkey shotgun had done well and helped me bagging many doves. I still missed the old O/U despite the length of pull, pitch and drop being not perfect.

I had held off buying another O/U for long and finally got a 1989 made Merkel in 12/70 and it feels good and swings well. I can see this to become a good hunting gun for me.

What is your favorite Over and Under shotgun?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I am defiantly not an expert on o/u's. However I like my Browning Superpose Lightning 12 and 20 the best, with the Citori action Sporting and field models coming in well ahead of the standard Berretta models. It all depends on how many grand you want to spend! Berretta has some great guns in the 6-10 grand range, as do Kolar, Kreigoff and several of the other Italian makers.

It all comes down to, You get what you pay for, it did seem that you use to get more and better features at lower levels of cost than now, but a great O/U can still be had. Side by sides, you still need to go to England/Scotland and double or triple an O/U price for the same features.

Ivan

Ivan

 

[Fishinfool]

This 1960's Ithaca SKB import is a favorite of mine. Not a featherweight, it handles good, and fits me well. Hits what I am aiming at.

Larry

 

[tpole]

The Sig Aurora TR40 (B. Rizzini) was a lot of gun for the money.

Shown here far from home in the UP, where it discovered it was quite at home.

twb

 

[Radco]

I was never a fan of over under shotguns . I prefer a side by side but the ones who shot skeet loved the over /under A pic of my baby A MIVAL-109 12 Ga. License by Beretta ! I also got a kick out of the history of the MIVAL Co. .They used to make motorcycles as well and were owned by the MAFIA till the 60s and the Government took them over! :O History lesson 101 :O Love the back stories on any of the manufactures

 

[federali]

Browning Superlight

I owned a Browning Superlight in 20 gauge that was a joy to handle and shoot. I eventually traded it for something else as I had little to no small game hunting opportunities.

 

[M29since14]

I have owned or at least been able to try and/or examine just about every modern over-under I can think of over the last 35 years and I like a lot of them but overall I prefer the Browning Superposeds and Citoris, particularly those made on the 20-ga. frame. I don't think it is possible to wear one out if used normally and given proper care, though an active clay target competitor might - especially if he fudged a little on keeping the gun clean, which quite a few seem to do, in my experience.

 

[Rpg]

The last o/u's I've had were a Remington 3200 and a Winchester 101 in 20 ga.

I was never able to shoot the Winchesster well enough to like it. I didn't shoot enough trap to justify keeping the Remington, so I sold them both.

I much prefer side by side doubles, which is what I shoot exclusively.

 

[Gulfecho]

I have owned an 870 since I was a boy. I decided to treat myself to a Benelli 828U over/under. I can't get rid of the sensation to pump it!

 

[Gamecock]

I ♥ all of my O/U's:

Ithaca-SKB 600, 28ga, skt & skt. I amaze people on the skeet range.

Browning Citori, 28ga, mod & full. Fun gun for opening day of dove season.

Browning 725 Grade V, 12ga. Bought it this year. Great gun. One minus: too light for a target gun (what were they thinking?). I put 9 oz. of lead in the butt. Now it's perfect.

 

[Pig Hunter]

While I am glad that the shooting of a quality double gun is appreciated, if one only would look at human anatomy, the barrels are appropriate juxtaposed instead of superposed! The human eyes and other important features are side by side. Do those of you who shoot these abominations shoot the rest of your guns " gangsta" YMMV

 

[Chubbo]

Charls Daly

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This is the only O/U shotgun that I own. Don't hunt, or shoot skeet anymore, so, I only look at, and admire it. Compared to a Browning Broadway Trap I owned, It is as well built. The Browning was built one year with a salt cure on it's wood, Don't remember what year, and I happened to get one of that year, and you could not keep it from rusting for a week at a time. It found a home with a well known expert Browning dealer, that didn't know about the salt cure, Made a nice profit, came away enlightned, and smiling.
Chubbo

 

[smitholdtimer]

O & U Shotguns

Many years ago I found a Savage Model 430 in 16 gauge and much to my surprise this was a wonderful "bird gun". Both Quail and Mountain Grouse here in N.C. were harvested by this much unheralded shotgun. Never see many for sale but was and still is a great value for your money, well made O/U shotgun.

 

[Bob T]

If man were meant to use over/under shotguns our eyes would be one over the other.

 

[IAM Rand]

Love them. I grew up on pump guns but, have learned to love them.

 

[Bill Bates]

I prefer my barrels side by side but I did have a over under in the safe for 30 some odd years. It is Beretta BL3 20 gauge. I is nice and light at 6 1/4 lbs. I put a lot of birds in the game bag with it over the years. A few years ago I handed it down to my son.

 

[Andyd]

If man were meant to use over/under shotguns our eyes would be one over the other.

You haven't watched the Olympics and probably can't hit a brick wall. Did you take Logics 101 in school?

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I grew up on pump guns too...Model 12's......Always had a soft spot for mdl 12's & A5's.......Still use "em"....."Fraid" I'm the cheap guy here with an under & over.....Last couple of seasons I've using a Yildiz 20 ga with great success......As to Dbl barrels looking down one seems like I'm looking down the flat side of a 2x4......Nover "cottened" to em.

 

[Andyd]

While I am glad that the shooting of a quality double gun is appreciated, if one only would look at human anatomy, the barrels are appropriate juxtaposed instead of superposed! The human eyes and other important features are side by side. Do those of you who shoot these abominations shoot the rest of your guns " gangsta" YMMV

Have you ever noticed the sight rib in the middle? It appears to me that you failed to learn basic guncraft, so please spare me the pseudo-intellectual babbling.

 

[NYlakesider]

I still have a Weatherby OU 12G called he Olympian (very early gun the serial number is under 500, I still have box and docs). It was bored skeet& skeet. I bought that after I sold 2 1100s skeet guns (28G and 4.10 when I gave up shooting NSSA.

I got half killed in a serious fall at a chemical plant. Spent a couple weeks in hospital and a long time out at home before I could go back to work. Needless to say I was in the dumps.

Took a ride to my favorite LGS and saw this beautiful shot gun in the special gun case I did a lot of business there and the owner knowing what happened gave me a good price on the gun. When I was able to handle the recoil I took it skeet shooting and it proved to be a very dependable good target breaking shot gun. That gun was only made for a couple years and then Weatherby came out with a different gun called the Orion.