He wants a nice gun, not a Soviet street sweeperHonest question, but why? If you just want a quick follow-up shot, surely a decent semi-auto like the Saiga or Vepr would be better?
He wants a nice gun, not a Soviet street sweeperHonest question, but why? If you just want a quick follow-up shot, surely a decent semi-auto like the Saiga or Vepr would be better?
Depends on the barrel length. UK legal Saigas have much longer barrels than one would want to go wandering round the Zone near Pripyat with.He wants a nice gun, not a Soviet street sweeper
If you buy a William Powell then decide you cant get on with it and try to p/ex it you `ll most likely get offered £3k by the trade for one you`ve pad £5k for , if you go for a used Perazzi/Blaser/Krieghoff/ high end Beretta you`ll get a much better offer on a p/ex , particularly with clay guns , sporting guns are not selling at the moment due to Covid so easy to buy good but hard to sell/p/ex.I am hitting a milestone birthday later this year, and think I will treat myself to a new shotgun.
I shot AYA SxS for years (12 and 20 bore, 26” barrels) but after a serious drop off in performance from mediocre to downright abysmal I switched to OU with 32” barrels (Bettinsoli, £1k to test whether I got on with it). Confidence increased, scores up.
Usual shooting is clays once or twice per month, a few beat one/shoot one days per season.
The William Powell Perdix has caught my eye, but I have no experience of others to compare it to.
Budget up to £5k (ish). Any suggestions?
I also feel the need for a new shotgun, preferably side by side. We have our own land so rough shooting is wot I do, however occasionally I get invited to proper shoots with nice food and free booze and have to borrow a decent gun.
My cabinet houses a Remington 870 pump with a non supported barrel that I bought from a USAF sale at upper before. Top gun for ducks. I also use a Biakal single barrel and a greener GP. Either accompany me on a stroll or on the tractor. I bought the Biaka for a tenner forty years ago and love it. Well balanced and great for rabbit/hard plus any varmints that step over the line. So as you an see I don't do fancy but what is available for less than a grand.
I also own a Jones and Lloyd side by side hammer from 1879 that I had reproofed but have used with black powder for fun as it has been in the family since 1890 at least.
I like the unusual.
Edited to say Ravers is on the money with chokes.waste of time.
If you buy a William Powell then decide you cant get on with it and try to p/ex it you `ll most likely get offered £3k by the trade for one you`ve pad £5k for , if you go for a used Perazzi/Blaser/Krieghoff/ high end Beretta you`ll get a much better offer on a p/ex , particularly with clay guns , sporting guns are not selling at the moment due to Covid so easy to buy good but hard to sell/p/ex.
Looks like a used B25 C2 or similar then.Yeah but if you get a Blaser or a Krieghoff you’ll also have to buy a Japanese pickup truck and start wearing baseball caps on game shoots.
I don’t get the Krieghoff thing at all. Ugly as sin and really not as well made as everyone claims.
Rachel Carrie was touting one all over Instagram recently that looked like it’d been engraved by Stevie Wonder.
Using his feet.
A lot of the Blaser / Krieghoff crowd are clay shooters and get through thousands of rounds a year , they will stand the beating where other makes can fail.Yeah but if you get a Blaser or a Krieghoff you’ll also have to buy a Japanese pickup truck and start wearing baseball caps on game shoots.
I don’t get the Krieghoff thing at all. Ugly as sin and really not as well made as everyone claims.
Rachel Carrie was touting one all over Instagram recently that looked like it’d been engraved by Stevie Wonder.
Using his feet.
A lot of the Blaser / Krieghoff crowd are clay shooters and get through thousands of rounds a year , they will stand the beating where other makes can fail.
I started off thinking about shelling out and getting a proper fitting session so I at least knew what was close enough in terms of fit so minor tweaks could get an off the shelf/second hand one right for me.
It sounds like it might be worth going back to that idea to let me have a decent look around.
I shoot at WLSS occasionally so no hardship to go there! I think I will book one in as soon as lockdown is over.
Be sure to get the obligatory “by Christ I shot a lot of cartridges that day” phot.
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I have added a few to that myself over the years!Be sure to get the obligatory “by Christ I shot a lot of cartridges that day” phot.
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That's either an odd-looking over-and-under or you've got one of those four-barrelled things from the Metro 203x games.
It was half finished.
Barrels and a few other bits still silver, pins not made off, no chequering or finish on the stock.
About 130 grand’s worth.