I took my BPS out for the first time today and I have to say I'm more very impressed with it. Not only is the fit and finish very nice, the action is very smooth and the shotgun handles very well.

I shot two rounds of 16 yard trap with it today, and not having shot trap for 10 years I still shot a 20 both rounds (not as rusty as I thought I'd be). The gun points and swings really nice. I love it!

I am, however, developing a love-hate relationship with the bottom eject. I love the fact that the empties are ejected right in front of my feet and not into the guy next to me, and if I want to collect each hull it's really easy to catch the ejected shell without the pain of having it drop back into the action. On the other hand, I don't like the fact that I can't rack the slide back, ejecting the empty, and then simply drop the next shell in the ejection port and close the action. The shells must be loaded into the magazine first. I've found that the best way around double racking the gun to eject and reload is to resist the urge to rack the shotgun immeadiately after I fire and lower the gun, load the next shell, THEN rack it. Easier said than done when one's trained themselves to pump the gun immeadiately after firing since they were 6 years old.

Otherwise, I REALLY like my BPS, and wouldn't consider going back to an 870. It's a very nice shotgun.

Mike


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