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Hey guys, I have a few questions pretty basic ones. I was wondering how many shots before a hammer or trigger mech would go bad on a beretta o/u? and does anybody have a ball figure of how much beretta o/u are made for? Like the cost of producing one? Finally, if i take proper care of a beretta o/u(which i do with every gun) how long should the trigg mech last? Thank you!!

 
if you mean a production line Beretta like a 682 or a Silver pigeon etc, you could be waiting a LONG time before the mechanism failed. 250,000+ shells? 1,000,000? Probably need firing pins replaced by that stage for sure..

Cost of production? How would anybody know Berettas costs.. The cost of you making one and them making one would be massively different of course..

 
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Hey guys, I have a few questions pretty basic ones. I was wondering how many shots before a hammer or trigger mech would go bad on a beretta o/u? and does anybody have a ball figure of how much beretta o/u are made for? Like the cost of producing one? Finally, if i take proper care of a beretta o/u(which i do with every gun) how long should the trigg mech last? Thank you!!
The trigger mech would probably last a lifetime but may need some adjustments at some point, the pins somewhat less. I owned a 682 for 10 years which never needed a single thing and have had my current 682e for maybe 15 years and that's had one action disc when it shot off the face after 100k rounds (two shims are recommended but that made the gun impossible to open and I later learned the originals could/should just have been swapped round).

The spindle broke around the same time and was replaced (unsurprising as oil is a dirty word for me), couple of months ago I had the U bolt replaced because the lever had come round to almost straight instead of slight RH incline, it functioned fine with no problems but 165k+ shells I though I'd treat her.

This gun too is on original pins still and neither has it had any trigger mech work.

PS. whatever it cost Mr. B to produce it was the achievement of the century because it owes me nothing. If I had to guess I'd say probably £300 or thereabouts to produce given their economies of scale.

 
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The trigger mech would probably last a lifetime but may need some adjustments at some point, the pins somewhat less. I owned a 682 for 10 years which never needed a single thing and have had my current 682e for maybe 15 years and that's had one action disc when it shot off the face after 100k rounds (two shims are recommended but that made the gun impossible to open and I later learned the originals could/should just have been swapped round).

The spindle broke around the same time and was replaced (unsurprising as oil is a dirty word for me), couple of months ago I had the U bolt replaced because the lever had come round to almost straight instead of slight RH incline, it functioned fine with no problems but 165k+ shells I though I'd treat her.

This gun too is on original pins still and neither has it had any trigger mech work.

PS. whatever it cost Mr. B to produce it was the achievement of the century because it owes me nothing. If I had to guess I'd say probably £300 or thereabouts to produce given their economies of scale.
Thanks for the info. My father bought a beretta a390 19 years ago, and a couple of years ago he passed it down to me(according to him hes never changed anything on it). I shoot alot of skeet and have been thinking about purchasing a beretta o/u. I want to make sure though that im getting a gun where i dont have to really worry about the trigger group or pins too much.  Thank you again!

 
A Beretta O/U should last a lifetime if it is properly looked after and serviced. If on the other hand it is not looked after and never sees any lubrication then you will of course be looking at shortening the life of the components!

 
If I ever keep one long enough for it to break I will let you know :)

 
Well my 682 has had around 200,000 cartridges through its been tightened once but trigger is all go in fact it's needed nothing else since I bought it in the early 90s

 
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