stnjohnson
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Came here for advice on guns a few weeks ago and after shooting some other guns and asking around I decided to look for a nice older 870 Wingmaster. So I went to the gun show this weekend thinking that wouldn't be a problem. I guess people like to hold onto their 870's though. There wasn't anything but a couple of beat up Express' so I wandered around and decided to be content with saving my dollars. Then I ran across this O/U in my price range. Thought it was too cheap to be good until I picked it up and saw it was a Beretta. Now I'm interested. Threw it up to my shoulder and I was in love. Maybe I'm just used to pumps but it just felt right and lined up perfect on my sightline. Light too.
And here's (http://stnjohnson.imgur.com/beretta_s55#0Wv0b) the album.
It's a Beretta S.55 o/u 12 ga. made in 1971. Took it out shooting some clays today and man does it run right.
Looking over some of the marking on it though and I was wondering if you all could double check me and maybe help decipher some of the ones I'm missing. Here's a pic of the side of the barrel.
I think the CAM.70 is a 70 mm shell (2-3/4") and the Kg 1.340 is the proof weight of the barrel. What I'm not real sure of are the choke markings. The upper barrel says 18.3 and has 3 circles, so I guess it's a modified. The lower says 18.4 with 4 circles so that would be an improved cylinder. Right? Anyway, what do you all think? Can't wait to blast some more clays with this thing.
And here's (http://stnjohnson.imgur.com/beretta_s55#0Wv0b) the album.
It's a Beretta S.55 o/u 12 ga. made in 1971. Took it out shooting some clays today and man does it run right.
Looking over some of the marking on it though and I was wondering if you all could double check me and maybe help decipher some of the ones I'm missing. Here's a pic of the side of the barrel.
I think the CAM.70 is a 70 mm shell (2-3/4") and the Kg 1.340 is the proof weight of the barrel. What I'm not real sure of are the choke markings. The upper barrel says 18.3 and has 3 circles, so I guess it's a modified. The lower says 18.4 with 4 circles so that would be an improved cylinder. Right? Anyway, what do you all think? Can't wait to blast some more clays with this thing.
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