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Huglu makes a very nice shotgun, I am gathering my nickels and dimes to get a 28 gauge. Mark at Huglu USA is making a name for himself and Huglu. www.huglushotgunsusa.com I own a 12 ga. Model U2 with extractor rather than ejectors (U2E). It compares favorably with any of my Citoris. They make an autoloader that retails for around $350 that is a good gun. I don't own side by sides, but I have held several of the Huglus, and they look nice too. All the guns come with 5 choke tubes, except 16 ga. and .410 bore, good warranty, satin or optional gloss black finish and there is a good inventory in his warehouse with more coming all the time. There are dealers popping up all over since the guns have appeared at the last couple of SHOT shows, or if there are no dealers nearby, he can ship to FFL's. I have used my gun for sporting clays, five stand and skeet, it definately shoots better than me. Be confident in the gun and how well the importer/distributer stands behind them.

I just posted in the Selliers and Bellot shotshell ?'s about my experience with those in my new Huglu. Let it be said that I own many guns from many different manufacturers including Browning, Winchester, Remington and several others. I just purchased a new Huglu 103D in 28 gauge. It is the Armsco model. It has extractors (which I wanted because of reloading and the fact that if I do not kill the pheasant with the first 2 shots, a 3rd one won't do it, either.) My oldest daughter and I put several boxes of ammo through it today and had no problems other than 1. I had on dark glasses and have the blued receiver model. The selector letters are small and I thought I had it set on U and it was on O. I pulled trigger, got a click and thought, "damn, these things are crap." But, pulled the trigger a second time and the bootom barrel fired. Mechanical triggers just like the Franchi. I double checked the selector and it was my fault. 2. My daughter was shooting singles out of the top barrel. She failed to open the gun fully and the cocking mechanism did not set. I told her to open it all the way and it worked fine.
I looked at the Franchi and it is one fine product. I could have had either one I wanted (also considered Red Label) and after talking with dealers (4 total all in different counties in my state, including the 3 biggest guns stores in our state) and they all confrimed no problems with the many they had sold, I went with the Huglu. It is beautifully balanced, the walnut has a beautiful grain that I usually see only on much higher priced guns. The machining is excellent. All the fits are tight as you would expect. Through in the fact it is a true 28ga frame, it is hand engraved and the price was excellent--I got a deal. I will be shooting it again on Saturday and Sunday and will post again Sunday evening as to its performance.