Opinions on CZ Shotguns?

[PJR]

My 686 cost about $1725 OTD a few years ago.

I spent more than that on ammo and range fees that year.

This is a point that people lose sight of. The gun is often the least expensive part of the equation.

My club fees are $400 per year, round of sporting clays is $32/100, 4 boxes of shells is $25. So if I shoot just one round of sporting clays every two weeks (not very much) my annual cost is nearing $1,900. I shoot a round once a week, throw in some skeet, trap and five stand and the numbers only go up from there.

If you are going to spend that much shooting why not put some money up front into a decent shotgun? If you are a casual shooter you will have spent the value of the many times over in a few years and the gun will still have retained value if you take care of it.

 

[oneounceload]

Perazzi is definitely the hot brand recently. Everybody seems to be using them in international comps.

Perazzis have been winning the Olympics since 1964 - I wouldn't call 48 years of success "recent"

My club fees are $400 per year, round of sporting clays is $32/100, 4 boxes of shells is $25. So if I shoot just one round of sporting clays every two weeks (not very much) my annual cost is nearing $1,900. I shoot a round once a week, throw in some skeet, trap and five stand and the numbers only go up from there.

If you are going to spend that much shooting why not put some money up front into a decent shotgun

Exactly! This point seems very hard for a lot of folks who want to go uber-cheap on the gun, yet expect it to last for years and years - the cost of the gun is the LEAST cost you'll spend, and if you buy a quality gun, when it comes time to sell it, you should get most - if not all - of your original money back

 

[Dave McCracken]

Right. Were I to sell my 686 (perish the thought!), i could probably get $1400-1600. New, the same model's about $1850 where I got mine.....