New gun advice

[Andy S]

For every  gun that is reported as being good there wil be an equal number or, more likely, greater number that slate them, normally as people only bother to complain and don't take the time to write good reveiws.

The best advice, with £6,500 to spend, would be to borrow the a gun for 72 hours and shoot loads of competion targets with it to get a good feel for the gun, is it ponderous or quick to move for example, as a quick blatt on 10 dolly targets will tell you nothing. You can then do the same with another make.

 

[Guerini Guy]

Hi Tom  -  in reality this is a very difficult question.

Not in terms of providing you with an answer - in fact that is the easy bit - but in terms of providing you with any meaningful information, since everybody will have their own favourites and points of view. It will be your daunting task to sift through it all and take from it what you will, especially bearing in mind that the answers will be driven by personal passions and all given with the best of interest.

You are lucky with the budget you have to spend, which does open a few extra possibilities than some.

But all I can suggest is that you try a few. In truth, whether you shoot ten clays or a couple of hundred, you still will not become fully comfortable with any gun until you own it yourself  (just my opinion).

If people give advice openly, then others may disagree, which will only create more confusion. So, I wish you well with your decision making, and send you a PM with my offering.

Good Luck   ickeat:

 

[squimp]

You havent mentioned  gun weight.

Your list runs from lightish guns (Browning), thru med weight (Perazzi), right up to heavyweight (DT11).

Given you plan to have it fitted/balanced you'll have to find a way of discounting some models -  either by looks, weight etc etc etc.

Chatcombe have at least 2 of your possibles on demo.......

You could also see if any other local shooters have guns that you could try ( I have an MX12 for example....).

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

Forget beretta unless you like a gun that shoots 8 miles high it comes down to three guns in my eyes cheapest, miroku mk38 pound for pound the best value gun money can buy or a toss up between a perazzi or k80 both as good as it gets IMO and anyone who says otherwise is just living in a dream world.

  Just saying! "wink wink" :biggrin:

 

[Kentskeet]

It could also be well worth your while having a look at a Kolar, proven track record in the States and just becoming available here, I've shot two of their new high rib models and they perform very well, there's a thread already running on here about them, contact Graham Brown at Purbeck Shooting School in Wareham for further info.

 

[SoR]

Wouldn't get a basic kolar for 6500 ?

 

[Salopian]

I would go for a Krieghoff, straight away, then you will have bought supposedly the best,if it suits you fine it's a keeper, if it doesn't suit you you can downtrade to a Perazzi and only lose a bit of money, if that doesn't suit, you can buy a DT10 or 11 then get a 682 and wonder why Beretta ever made a a DT10 or 11, if those don't suit you could buy a Browning which may suit because of the different action profile and gun dynamics. Then finally you could exchange the Browning for a new Miroku and wish you had saved all that money you had spent on your journey.

 

[SoR]

I would go for a Krieghoff, straight away, then you will have bought supposedly the best,if it suits you fine it's a keeper, if it doesn't suit you you can downtrade to a Perazzi and only lose a bit of money, if that doesn't suit, you can buy a DT10 or 11 then get a 682 and wonder

why Beretta ever made a a DT10 or 11, if those don't suit you could buy a Browning which may suit because of the different action profile and gun dynamics. Then finally you could exchange the Browning for a new Miroku and wish you had saved all that money you had spent on your journey.

Well said salopian why should altnipper get away with out the expensive headache of a journey we've all been on..............

 

[ips]

Very cynical but possibly correct

 

[Hawkeye]

there isn't a bad one on your list , buy the one YOU want , otherwise you'll always wonder . . . what if?

 

[Fuzrat]

For my 2 penneth, Mk38 gd5 trap with a fitted blank stock. Use the money you are saving to employ the services of a good gunfitter/stocker to shape it for you and let Nigel Teague loose on the barrels for thin wall multichokes should come to about 4k ish spend the rest on 10000 shells and clays, a few lessons and enjoy  :crazy:

 

[Hamster]

Four grand on a Mirook? 

 

[DoubleBarrelledDon]

well I'd go for the Forum / Apex but then I am biased..... But then again if its good enough for Fauldsey........

 

[Shaun Hopkins]

Four grand on a Mirook? 

Worth every penny Fuzrat! as your aware Hamster there is a new kid on the block (miroook mk38) and its hunting down the old man (beretta 682gold e) so old its had to have a prosthetic stock fitted just to complete a full round ickeat:

 

[DoubleBarrelledDon]

well the 682 is officially dead...hence the 692....

 

[** Pending Removal **]

MX8

 

[teepee1234]

Oh, what the hell...  go get yourself a sexy Daytona 2k.  :wub:  

 

[newbie]

Dt10.

 

[EdSolomons]

As you can see, everyone will tell you to buy what they shoot! Have a play and see which one handles and shoots well for you. Ballance and handling are the bits I'd be looking at first, and that is very much style dependant.

 

[Salopian]

Just to explain my logic.

I did say go for a Kreighoff and if it suited you fine!

If it didn't you could progressively change and try all the options and hopefully not lose too much money in the process,rather going the other way, Up in price range and losing on each deal.

I arrived at this conclusion logically, as being an old fart I have found it easier to go downstairs than to climb them.