Favorite O/U for skeet

I shoot a Beretta 686 EL but many use a Beretta 682 for skeet.

I like lower-profile O/Us generally.

Berettas, or the SKBs in smaller gauges, seem to "click." The Browning Cynergy balances really nicely.

Winchester makes nothing but 12s at this point. They make some nice guns, but 12-only is kind of limiting.

I've owned many different brands over the years including Beretta, Krieghoff, Winchester, Remington but stopped buying other guns when I started shooting a Perazzi MX8. Then I sold most of my other guns to buy another one in 28 gauge.

If what you once used was a 101 and are looking for a 28 gauge I'd suggest the Browning Citori 625. It would be the closest to what you are used to.

The 28 gauge is a great gauge but factory ammunition is pricey. Reloading is the way to go.

I shoot 12, 20 and 28. I have O/U, SxS, and 1 semi - in 28. It is a 1100, I added an 8oz. mag cap weight to smooth out the swing. Makes recoil very negligible and easy to manage - but as previously mentioned, unless your 401 K is in great shape, reloading is the only to make it affordable

Well, yeah.

If money is no real object, just get the Perazzi and be done with it.

They really are that nice.

Money is an object for me to consider and for that reason I think Traditions needs to be thrown in to the ring as a posibility. It may not carry the prestige of even a Browning but on the firing line it will hold its own.

Fausti makes a variety of guns at a wide variety of price points. While their low-end guns are, IMO, better made than the Turkish and Chinese guns, I am not so convinced yet that they'll be able to handle a lot of targets over the long haul - areas where Browning/Beretta/SKB shine on what I consider to be the low end of target shotguns.

I bought a really nice o/u Franchi for $990, will probably outlast me. CZ is coming out with some real sweathearts too.

Mine is a Browning Citoi GTS 30"

Browning XS Special 12 ga with 20, 28, and 410 tubes. Sometimes a pain to change the tubes but better than carrying four guns.

What makes a shotgun worth $10k?

What makes a shotgun worth $10k?

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For a competitive shooter it's durability and dependablitiy. The ability to shoot a half a million rounds before needing major service. The ability to repair or replace even major structural pieces that keep the gun shootable almost forever.

One example. If you wallow out the firing pin holes in a K80, they can be replaced. Another example. Replacable trunions rather than being integral to the receiver.

For a collector, it would be scarcity, quality of construction and engraving, and beauty of the wood.

For the average Joe who uses a shotgun for recreational targets and a few days in the field a year, not much would make a shotgun worth $10K

They are beautiful, but I didn't realize they were so serviceable.

Most of the time, competition guns aren't the most collectable. You won't find many (or any) London "Best Grade" SxS guns on the stations at the World Skeet Chamionships. And there's no collector value in a Krieghoff K80 Standard Skeet. Of course one needs a quite a few $10ks to buy a London best.

It gets crazy. Before I got sucked into registered skeet, I thought I'd never plunk down over $1K for a shotgun. Heck, a used 1100 can be had for $350, and it did everything I needed it to. My perspective changed when I started shooting a couple thousand rounds a week and when a malfunction or breakage meant lost targets.

What makes a shotgun worth $10k?

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Precision, durability, quality of materials and construction all get factored in. Serious competitors, when there's money and prestige on the line, will do whatever it takes to make sure they don't drop any targets due to the gun. While a 10 or 100K gun won't guarentee you targets, it's one less thing to be thinking about when 1 target can mean the difference between winning and being out of the money.

Kreighoffs seem to be well-liked by Americans for sporting, Perazzis seem to be favored for the Olympics. Doesn't mean that Browning, Beretta 68x series or SKB won't get the job done - they'll just need some repairs a little more frequently along the way.

Saw a nice Purdey for sale on line - $195,000......is it going to get you more doves??? (it's a 410)...not really....but it sure was gorgeous.....

For skeet I shoot a pair of old Charles Daly's made by BC Miruko a 12 & 20 both superior grades, also have a SKB 28 505 that I like.
Remington 11-87 12 Sporting Clays gun.