Whats a Shotgun you own that was better than you expected?

KYLongrifle said:

that viper 28ga is my next purchse..

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KYLongrifle said:

that viper 28ga is my next purchse..

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Scatergun71 said:

Man, I can tell you that door swings both ways on names and reps.
Charles Daly was an importer offering the high end and the low end, and everything in between. Some Charels Daly guns you can't give away but some you can't even afford to buy either. Most likely your gun could be a Savage, Remington or Browning trade gun, look up your model number in the book and see who the maker was.
I had at least two guns I wish I would have never sold: a Beretta Mark II with 32" barrel, and a Browning Auto-5 / 12 gauge R, [recoil barrel into the receiver] first model with choke tubes and a barrel rib. Loved it.

But then came the Winchester 101 Water Foul Special with 32" barrels and screw in Win-chokes in 1998. I could not even hit a trap target or even a skeet target let alone hunt ducks. But I found out what was wrong, [interesting Delima]. I could not hit a pattern board at 40 yards, the top barrel shot way high and to the left, the bottom barrel shot way low and to the right. So I tried to call Winchester at Olin and they told me the gun was too old out of manufacture date and could not take responsibility for it.
[Very interesting], so I called Lefever in New York, who still works on shotguns and talked to a rep. After I explained everything over the phone, he told me I had three choices, [1] cut the barrels off 2&1/2" and only shoot skeet. [2] send the gun to Lefever and they would take the barrels apart, unsolder everything, strip the barrels, realign the barrels, re-solder the barrels and hot blue everything for $1000.00 bucks. I only paid $600.00 when I bought it. [3] Sell the gun to somebody that I really disliked, and that's what I did, I sold it to an arrogant *** that nobody liked for $600.00 bucks. He probably still goes to an eye doctor every 6 months trying to figure out why he can't hit anything with that gun. LOL Mike

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KYLongrifle said:

What was a shotgun that you've owned that was better than expectations?
Mine has been a Charles Daly 20ga auto(the older 600 version).. Ive owned it for 19 years and its had more than a few thousand rounds through it. My wife bought it for me to bust brush and bad weather with.. Very plain black synthetic, cherekoted(or something like it) barrel,and its been rock solid all these years.. Its been crazy reliable with all loads in all kinds of weather..
Have you had a shotgun that exceeded expectations or reputation?

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Scatergun71 said:

Man, I can tell you that door swings both ways on names and reps.
Charles Daly was an importer offering the high end and the low end, and everything in between. Some Charels Daly guns you can't give away but some you can't even afford to buy either. Most likely your gun could be a Savage, Remington or Browning trade gun, look up your model number in the book and see who the maker was.
I had at least two guns I wish I would have never sold: a Beretta Mark II with 32" barrel, and a Browning Auto-5 / 12 gauge R, [recoil barrel into the receiver] first model with choke tubes and a barrel rib. Loved it.

But then came the Winchester 101 Water Foul Special with 32" barrels and screw in Win-chokes in 1998. I could not even hit a trap target or even a skeet target let alone hunt ducks. But I found out what was wrong, [interesting Delima]. I could not hit a pattern board at 40 yards, the top barrel shot way high and to the left, the bottom barrel shot way low and to the right. So I tried to call Winchester at Olin and they told me the gun was too old out of manufacture date and could not take responsibility for it.
[Very interesting], so I called Lefever in New York, who still works on shotguns and talked to a rep. After I explained everything over the phone, he told me I had three choices, [1] cut the barrels off 2&1/2" and only shoot skeet. [2] send the gun to Lefever and they would take the barrels apart, unsolder everything, strip the barrels, realign the barrels, re-solder the barrels and hot blue everything for $1000.00 bucks. I only paid $600.00 when I bought it. [3] Sell the gun to somebody that I really disliked, and that's what I did, I sold it to an arrogant *** that nobody liked for $600.00 bucks. He probably still goes to an eye doctor every 6 months trying to figure out why he can't hit anything with that gun. LOL Mike

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Mike216 said:

My Remington 3200 skeet I purchased from the Rod & Gun club in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army in 1978-1981. I think I paid $325 for it. It was used by the Army skeet team. I have had 0 problems with it.

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rabbott1911 said:

Marocchi Model 99. I have two of these "poor man's Perazzi" shotguns, one with a 30" and another with a 32" barrel. They were designed with the same action/lock up system as the Perazzi MX-8 and others. I might be the only guy smart enough (or stupid enough) to own two of these shotguns. Marocchi Arma did a horrible job of marketing these sporting clays O/U's when they brought them to the U.S. They were selling like hotcakes in Europe, including Great Britain. They were competing with Caesar Guerini for a market share. Guerini was taking out full page, beautifully done ads in Sporting Clays Magazine while Marocchi had 2"x3" boring ads in the back few pages. Guess who won. It didn't take long before Marocchi basically bailed out of the U.S. You gotta go glitz with Americans! This is not to disparage Guerini because I think they are fine guns too, but the Marocchi model 99 was a great gun as well. And by the way, I own/shoot a Perazzi MX-8 and I can tell you those Marocchis shoot just right up there with the Perazzi.

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