Looking for my first O/U 12 gauge

[Ready_fire_aim]

All I'm gonna say is, in my years of owning a number of different shotguns and trying friends' stuff out, I find that some of the less expensive brands are also less quality. Back in the 70's I had a Rossi coach gun- 18" barrels and hammers. I would be bored and take it and an old spring clay thrower out to the river- shot clays till I ran out of shells- granted I was only 10 feet behind the thrower, I would load it- pull the rope and got to where I would hit every clay that came out- after about a 1000 rounds of doing that, some of the internal parts broke and I have to make a $50 fix on a $150 gun, 70's remember. I tried to only buy quality stuff since then. Brought an old Italian revolver off a guy on Facebook one time- same deal- it locked up and was nothing but a boat anchor. Buy quality has paid off cause because I've only had one other deal since then. Had an Ithica 20 ga that would take 3" - they must have been too much cause same kind of deal- $150 fix on what was probably a $300 gun at the time. Try to get quality I say.

this is true, but even the quality guns can have problems. About 10yrs ago I bought a used citori from mustang P&G. It quickly developed an issue where the action opened on its own after firing the top barrel.

 

[scott024]

You might be able to find a Winchester 101. They are an underrated O/U if you ask me. I've owned several O/U's and the 101 is just as nice and performs just as well as any of the others.