Semi-Auto Shotguns

[woodsltc]

I was bored yesterday and did a complete disassembly and clean-up on some of my semi-auto shotguns.........mostly they didn't need much of a cleaning, but it was something to do.

Top one in the pic below (length is distorted by the camera lens) is a 12 gauge Browning B-80, middle is a 12 gauge Beretta A390, and bottom is a 20 gauge Beretta AL390.

I've have owned and traded different types of semi-auto shotguns over the years but these are the ones I've kept for hunting and shooting clays.

Don

 

[double-dipper]

I always wanted a Browning B-80 good looking gun and light. In the shotgun world the B-80 had some bad press back in the 80's. Could be why Browning/Beretta stopped production in 1987 they didn't sell enough of um.

 

[kenjen]

The 390 series Berettas are some of the best semis ever made

 

[gregintenn]

My wife has an AL 391 Urika 20 gauge. I’m not a semi auto shotgun fan, but I admit it is a very nice shotgun.

 

[mauser9]

Great looking group of shotguns. Especially like 20 gauge for Upland game. Autoloader fan myself. Held onto my Remington 1100 TB trap since 1980. Cost me $330 new back then. Busted many a clay with it.

 

[JJEH]

Top one in the pic below (length is distorted by the camera lens) is a 12 gauge Browning B-80, middle is a 12 gauge Beretta A390, and bottom is a 20 gauge Beretta AL390.

Don

Nice guns always deserve big pictures

 

[lihpster]

My father bought a B-80 when his beloved old Wincester1200 started to wear out. He shot a fair number of ducks and geese with it. the only problem was it's 2 3/4" chamber. So, he bought a Beretta AL390 with a 3" chamber. I have the Beretta, the Browning, the 1200 and his dad's Remington Mod. 10 that he shot before he got the Winchester. Of course I don't bird hunt or shoot clays, so they sit in the gun room, waiting for me to get them all loaded up and take them somewhere nice.

 

[Golddollar]

Way back when, my old boss was selling all of his guns. One of them was a Remington Magnum Model 1100. The story that went with the gun was that he would take it out in a boat on the ocean and fire a couple rounds for effect from the boat (if I remember correctly there were pirates operating on the water back then). Since I didn't have a semi-auto shotgun I asked about buying it from him. He gave me a reasonable price and I bought it. So he brought it in to the office (no problem for him since he was senior partner at that office) and I paid him. I got it out of the office by disassembling it and carrying it out in a black garbage bag.

 

[Rpg]

In about 1980, I bought a Remington Magnum for waterfowl and used it some on upland game too. At about the same time, I got a 20ga 1100 lite for my son.

These are great guns but I haven’t hunted with them in years. I went to English double bird guns and Parkers for upland work. They beat the xxxx out of the 1100’s! Light, quicker and handier .