laufer303

I have one and use it all the time, upland and waterfowl- great gun for the money.

sproulman

if you are young and plan on hunting for 40 /50 years, i would borrow money from dad or save it and buy nothing but a BERETTA..value of this gun keeps going up..dicks has great sales on this gun after christmas , around feb or march..

i sold 5 of my shotguns and bought a BERETTA URICKA FIELD..we go out and buy cars for 25,000,what do we have after 5 years??8,000 dollar car..

you buy beretta shotgun and after 5 years, it will be worth 100 dollars or more than you paid..you could sell your bertta for what you paid for it..

they are one sweet handling gun, better than benilli..you can read all about this gun on our forum on SHOTGUN WORLD,under topic, beretta shotguns..

this is what i would do.. those other shotguns will break over time and parts are hard to come buy..remigton is only other area i will go to because of parts but their shotguns are HEAVY..

my beretta 12 ga semi feels like a 20 ga remigton..take care..

Pickerel

My friend has an 870, 1100, and a Beretta semi-auto. The Beretta looks like a nice gun, but I doubt I'd have money for a higher class one soon. Basically during spring break when I go home I should finally have my firearms purchaser's card, and I intend to get a centerfire rifle, a shotgun, and the equipment I need to get started like cleaning stuff, a small gun safe, and whatnot. Then over spring break and the summer I intend to practice with these guns as much as I can so when I get an apartment off-campus next year I won't have to go out and buy much meat.

WalkSoft

Baikals are terrible I have two friends who bought them. Both of them have had major problems. They got new guns. One got an Rem 870, the other got a Rem 1100 used. I have an 870 it is great. You could get a slug barrel for it as well.

IndyHunter83

I would check out the Spartan 310 by remington. I got a 12ga. model of this gun. Its a good over and under and its a great all around gun. I've used it for everything from waterfowl and turkey to spirrels, quail, and pheasant. i think it runs around $400 at dicks sporting goods.

here's the page http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/SPR_models/

displacedtexan

You may have just got a bad one... A buddy of mine that hunts a lot has a 20ga condor that is treated like crap (cleaned once or twice a year, lots of hunting in bad weater) that has had several thousand rounds through it with no problems. His is the cheaper model, but it shoots just as reliably as the 870's his dad and I use.

laufer303

Baikals are much better than Remington pump shotguns, they have much better steel abd are built more solid than Remington. That is the reason why Remington bought tons og Baikal guns, and theyare being sold as Spartans in our frienldy neighborhoodgun stores. For under 500 field grade O/U or SxS you can not find anything better than Baikal.
Anti-Russian sentiments should not be a factor when shopping for a good field grade shotgun.

outdoorslover

Ivouch for the Stoeger. I own a Model 2000 and love it. My best friend owns a Stoeger Condor and loves it. Both are very reliable and were acquired for a great price. I would say to get the Condor for birds and trap shooting and the Model 2000 for slugs. Otherwise the Model 2000 is versatile for both and you can get it in a combo. My gun is just as reliable as most any semi auto and is an awesome pheasant gun. Hope you pick the right one. Good luck