In addition, both black synthetic and camo stocked versions are available. It comes with five chokes and a choice of black, gray or bronze receiver in the walnut stocked model. Available at first only as a 12 gauge with a 28-inch barrel, the 1012 is light, as inertia guns tend to be, weighing just 6 ½ pounds. New from CZ comes the 1012 inertia-operated semiauto. And, 16 gauges pattern well and ooze class, too. The oil-finished stock has a straight grip and Schnabel forend and the receiver is silvered trim, light and well-balanced, this gun is as good looking as it is functional. An alloy receiver keeps the weight down to around six and a quarter pounds with 28-inch barrels, making it perfect for carrying all day but not too light to shoot well. My personal favorite new gun at the 2019 SHOT Show betrays my upland hunting roots: I mean, you could take the Citori Super Light Feather into a duck blind, but why? It’s a classic upland gun. BROWNING CITORI SUPER LIGHT FEATHER 16 GAUGE New for this year are several new camo patterns, including an all-white Kryptek Wraith camo for the snow-goose obsessed, as well as Realtree Timber. It also has the best magazine cap ever, a sort of child-resistant cap that comes off with a push and a half turn, and is high visibility green inside in case you drop it in the water.
FRANCHI AFFINITY 3 VS BENELLI M2 PLUS
The new Plus version features a stepped rib, enlarged bolt handle and release, a cut-away loading port, and it adds a soft comb to the already effective Kick-Off recoil reducer. It’s reliable, soft shooting, runs forever between cleanings, and the ones I’ve shot cycle everything from 3½-inch turkey loads to sub-1-ounce reloads.
$4,399 BERETTA A400 XTREME PLUSīeretta’s A400 Xtreme is the gold standard among 3½-inch gas guns. With its 3-inch chamber, this is a gun you could take from the gun club to the duck club.
It’s also the only O/U that comes with stock shims to adjust its dimensions. The gun includes an in-stock balancer system and an in-stock recoil reducer that works. Benelli made big changes to the 828U field gun to beef it up for the clays course, starting with a steel receiver in place of the field model’s alloy frame and a bulkier target-style stock. $2,799 BENELLI 828U SPORTINGĪ lot of manufacturers take an existing gun, lengthen the barrel, write “Sporting” on the side and call it a clays gun. Like all M2s it has the recoil-reducing ComforTech stock and Benelli’s reputation for running smoothly in all conditions. The gun comes with three Rob Roberts chokes, enlarged bolt handle, bolt closer and safety as well as a durable Cerakote finish on metal parts and Optifade Marsh camo on the furniture.
Recognizing this trend, Benelli gives its excellent M2 semiauto the Performance Shop treatment. As people discover there’s little a 20 can’t do at decoying ranges, they leave their 12s at home in favor of small bores.
Twenty gauges grow more popular among waterfowlers every year, and not just those belonging to 20 gauge-only clubs. There are a couple of upland bird guns here, too, as well as a target gun you could also take to the blind. Cerakoted metals and enlarged controls that make guns more weather resistant and more user-friendly in the cold have crossed over from 3-gun competition to become almost standard, as you’ll see on many of the guns here. Waterfowl guns grow more reliable, more user friendly and more weatherproof by the year. (Originally published in Fall 2019 issue of California Waterfowl)
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