Best Semi-Automatic Shotgun?

[singleshot12]

What about the Stoeger 3500?  They r made by Beretta I think for about 1/4 the cost

[CoachNemo]

Browning is coming out with a new redesign on the A5 autoloader.  It looks pretty sweet and will runs about $1300 I think.  I have a 1972 Belgium A5 from my dad and I love it, thinking I 5may pick one of the new A5s up to "hand down" to my kid (when I have one) 

[Stilly bay]

I bought a maxus two years ago, its a very nice gun for the money and super fast at cycling, it was cool to pull the trigger three times fast only hearing two booms. I hunted most of one season with it and don't have a single complaint. it never failed me once.  with the shims it comes with you can get it to fit like a glove. but I sold it coz it just didn't have that X factor for me, whatever the hell that is.

then I got a superblack eagle II. the factory finish was garbage so I applied my own. I added a wolf recoil spring and a wolf magazine spring ($24.00 investment) and never looked back.  I only clean the thing once a year and it grinds through burnt powder, sticks, feather, ice you name it. so far no failures. 
I have the non comfort tech stock on, and I just don't experience the recoil I have heard people complain about with this gun. in my mind for that price point there is no better duck gun than an SBEII.

I also recently aquired a sp10 with a 30 inch barrel. I stuck with a pattern master extended range and have pulled off some long shots with this combo ( long shots with stone dead ducks btw) but at a buck a shot, switching from my benelli to the ten gauge can be an expensive adjustment curve. Im kinda thinking about swapping it out for a BUL in 12gauge or maybe 20.

the best semi auto is the one you shoot with the most. keep them clean, put quality (dry ) ammo in them and they should all go BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
too many people don't know how to clean a semi and then they  try to put light loads or poor quality loads through their semi's and then bitch on the internet when they malfunction.

[coachcw]

Benelli , they cycle any shell you put through them

[OSCAR1987]

Thanks everybody for your input...I have made a decision. I went down to my trusted experts at Kesselrings with my mind  made up...I was going to get the Versa Max!
I researched a lot...read all the reviews and that was simply the most reliable choice I could make. THEN i spoke with the EXPERTS - gun smiths at the shop.
They asked me what EXACTLY I was looking for and I told them that I  wanted absolute reliability, tough, light kick, versatile, accurate, adjustable, BLING BLING of a shotgun for wet, muddy nasty west side Washington Pheasants and waterfowl. They told me that sure the Remington was a good gun, but that the Beretta was simply the BEST I COULD GET! I brought home my Beretta A400 tonight. Max 4 camo, factory plug to be legal, 2 extra chokes and a lot of other stuff in a hard case. I paid more than a Remington, but not much more.   

[Fowlweather25]

I'm sure you'll love it!

[et1702]

You will love your Beretta.  I have the AL391 and love it!

[87Ford]

I prefer Benelli's, but I could certainly like a Beretta...congrats!

[FALFire]

What about the Stoeger 3500?  They r made by Beretta I think for about 1/4 the cost

Though they are good guns, they are owned by Benelli and use similar system to the Benelli M-1 Inertia blow back bolt system. They are not made by Beretta however.


http://www.stoegerindustries.com/information/stoeger-history.php



 

[Stilly bay]

What about the Stoeger 3500?  They r made by Beretta I think for about 1/4 the cost

Though they are good guns, they are owned by Benelli and use similar system to the Benelli M-1 Inertia blow back bolt system. They are not made by Beretta however.


http://www.stoegerindustries.com/information/stoeger-history.php



 

stoeger, uberti, and benelli are all owned by Beretta. thats why all this benelli vs berretta brand loyalty stuff is such a hoot.
should be more like recoil operated VS gas operated.

[Hunting7mm]

 

[FALFire]

I shoot a Beretta Extrema 3, it's a gas operated shotgun and has never failed me. I also owned a Stoeger M2000 that worked equally well, sold it to a friend that fell in love with it after a pheasant hunt one day.

I own and shoot a Mossberg 935 that works really well but is a bit too heavy for me to carry for upland birds. It works great in the goose blind with good ammo it's for sale too, however the Beretta does it all much too well and I'm keeping' that one.

[87Ford]

stoeger, uberti, and benelli are all owned by Beretta. thats why all this benelli vs berretta brand loyalty stuff is such a hoot.
should be more like recoil operated VS gas operated.

Guess I should have said I prefer the Benelli delayed blowback action to the gas operated action of the Beretta A400.  I don't care who owns them, they're both nice.  I just happen to like the simplicity of the Benelli design and the fact that it is easier to clean. 

[Biggerhammer]

I picked up a Saiga 12, fairly worthless but the chicks dig it.    Yes, I told her to drop that butt and hold it in tighter. she learned after the first, low base 7 1/2's are gravy anyways.

[FALFire]

Hey Biggerhammer,

Those Saigas are the chit when it comes to fun factor. I wished I had bought one back when they were like 200 bucks.