Looks great now get it outside and shoot it!

 

Is that a pair of 15’s threaded in?

 

Yes sir. Pretty much always shoot LM for Sporting. Never had a reason to shoot anything else.

 

Nice gun’! I love light colored high contrast wood.

 

Nice looking gun, Have fun !

 

Congratulations on the DT. The wood is very nice!

Chris

 

Very nice rig, but would be sending it off to Coles for inertia block force reset work.
Note, hard to believe that on a $10K plus shotgun, it not coming with mech triggers to start with, hard to believe in today's market, since most sporting clay shotguns, are also used for hunting as well.

Hence target type conditions, can always get a "due over" if first barrel fails to fire, but in hunting type conditions, without a inertia block reset (think mech triggers), at least you can get to the second barrel to go off on the next trigger pull so you don't lose the bird.

 

OK thanks. I believe the only gun with a true mechanical trigger is Krieghoff.

I don’t think I know a single person using their DT11 for hunting 🤔

Also I paid well below 10k for it new.

 

Beautiful gun! Congrats

 

Very nice indeed!

 

Encouraging to hear DT's new under $10k. For those on the fence it might be a good time to grab one as Beretta is pushing remaining stock on dealers in anticipation of the new SL2 coming in.

 

Yeah if all those Olympic medals have been won with a DT or a perazzi with inertia triggers, I’m fine shooting one

 

I don’t think Beretta is planning on replacing a $10k gun with a $22k gun. That would be a disastrous business decision. There’s very little market in that price range.

 

I agree. I certainly don’t think the SL2 signals the end of the DT11 or a DT12 in the future.

 

Rob’s a good guy. I’m patiently waiting for my Parcours to land in Tomah.

 

I have a feeling if I don’t keep the DT11 I’ll be trying a K80 Parcours X. Hoping I love shooting this DT though.

 

Carlson is great. Never felt like I paid too much with him.

 

Was there anything about the zoli you disliked?

 

I got my first Zoli Z-Sport (Flat Rib) in 2015. It was hands down the best value gun out there at the time (in my opinion). Unfortunately, it just didn’t fit me well. Worst part was I had horrible cheek slap from it. Made some pitch adjustments which helped, but it just was never quite right. I sold it in 2016 or so. I didn't even get into shooting again till late 2022, as I was in the middle of a career change from engineering to airline pilot (which consumed my whole being haha).

Late 2022 I wanted to get back into shooting and demoed a Zoli Z-Sport Midrib. I liked it a lot as it was a lot more comfortable than my Z-Sport Flat Rib. The Monte Carlo stock made a big difference in felt recoil. However, the more I shot the midrib, the more I realized I didn’t love it. The stock is big, chunky, which made it really awkward in my opinion for any sort of presentation I wanted to shoot with a cheat mount or with a “lower” gun. I felt like the midrib was more of a distraction than anything. That said, I still shot it quite well. What I realized in the end was that the Monte Carlo stock was just hiding the same fit issues I had with my original Flat Rib. It became very obvious on fast trap style targets where I would start pre-mounted. Anyways…I don’t want to bore you with all the details but the more I shot it, the more I realized I really wanted to go back to a flat rib. Looking back I probably should have kept my flat rib Z-Sport and just had a custom stock made.

The best way I can describe the Zoli Z-Sport Midrib is it’s a big Cadillac - it’s comfortable, swings nice and smooth, but it’s not exactly an agile gun. If you’re going to shoot FITASC or even just Sporting where you want to shoot with a cheat mount or low gun it just gets very awkward. This is just my opinion of course and means absolutely nothing haha.

The DT11 already feels a hell of a lot better from a cheat mount - more of an Italian sports car than a big Cadillac.

Whether the DT will be the right gun…time will tell. I sure hope so! This thing is a beaut!

I’ve been brutally sick the last week, but I’m hoping I can maybe get out there tomorrow to shoot it. Supposed to shoot AZ State shoot in Feb. We shall see!

 

Well, you could own both.😊
Mine’s a 34” Vintage scroll with fixed chokes. My wood will NOT be as nice as yours.

 

Haha my dream gun is a Parcours X with the Plantation Scroll. Paxton had one that was just beautiful, but it sold. I love that Vintage Scroll though that’s probably my second favorite.

 

Nice looking wood. Congrats on the DT-11.

You may find the LM chokes pattern tighter than that.

 

Yea I’m gonna pattern it tomorrow (hopefully). If it patterns more like Mod I’d be okay with that.

 

Congratulations on the DT! Beautiful gun!

 

Carlson has a Vintage scroll Parcours X. Very nice gun. Just trade the DT back in for it. Life is short.

Carlson Sporting Arms LLC

carlsonsportingarms.com

 

I did see that…very nice gun! Great wood too.

 

You will really like the extreme chokes! I have never had any issues with an inertia block in my DT and other than dropping the trigger out and cleaning a few times over its life is all I have done to that assembly…… I think you got an excellent gun at a great price..

 

Love me some DT-11. I contemplated making the same switch until Zoli came out with the light weight flat rib barrels AND changed their stocks to be slimmer in 2023. I'm a former K-gun guy and wouldn't go back.

 

Wow interesting! Thanks for the feedback. I did not realize Zoli went to a slimmer stock. That’s great to hear.

 

Shot a flat today - first impressions are:

• Handles very nicely
• Very soft shooting gun
• Feels way better in my shoulder than my Zoli did

My only complaint is the Beretta recoil pad is very slippery.

 

Was the first thing that came off for me.. I’m a kickeez fan anyway and liked the extra LOP.

 

Great looking gun! Enjoy it

 

For $15K you came keep the DT11 wen have a beautiful custom stock made for it. The price point of a DT11 makes it very attractive. I have a K-80 and have demo shot a DT11 several times. It’s a great gun

 

Yes that is absolutely true.

 

Late to the party. First of all congrats on the purchase and the wood is gorgeous. I think that my son has the other part of the same tree on his new DT 11 ACS it has the same graining and some of the same pigments from the pictures.

On the triggers, you will be fine with the factory as long as you shoot 12 ga with it. If you do any sub-gauge shooting buy the mechanical set from Coles in FL and keep yours as a backup. My son and I both have DT 11s bought from Coles and Coles mechanical trigger conversions and we have a factory trigger for backup. We shoot skeet and trap with them and the trigger works great.

 

Congrats on the acquisition looking good!