Big Jim, I'm looking at a Benelli Sport II...

Sorry Jim, only have a flyer - nice wood, nice looking gun, if I was in the market for something like this, the price is right, and it would already be in MY safe
 
I didn't really want a 425 ....I was just yanking Slugo's chain....

....but I do think of the 325, 425, 525, 625, and now 725 series of the Citori's....the 425 came closer to fitting me than any of the others..../ but I'm not in the market for anymore shotguns unless my shoulder gets a lot worse....then I might even go to a --- Budda forgive me...--- a Gas Gun ----god, that was hard to say ....:D
 
BJP, other than some simple scroll work the 325, 425, 525 and 625 are basically the same gun. If one fits, they all fit. The new 725 carries different dimensions and weight...
 
Most Brownings are the same but the Browning 325 IIRC has a different method of barrel construction. It has chopper lump barrels. Later models have mono-bloc. Chopper lump barrels are more expensive to make and found more often on higher end guns. Although largely a trivial issue it does make the 325 a little more desirable.

http://www.hallowellco.com/lumps.htm
 
I don't have an old catalog ....but I think the drop at the comb and the heel on the 525 and 425 were different / and they felt significantly different.

I seem to recall the forends were different too ...

and I don't recall the 425 having the palm swell either...

and I think the angle the butt pad was cut on the 525 was different from the 425....

( while I realize these are small things - they were big issues for me / why I ultimately sold my 525 series).

...but maybe not....lord knows I don't remember what I had for breakfast either...
 
let's end this thread. The seller of the Benelli Sport II rejected my offer of $1000 plus $40 for shipping. He can keep the gun, that was my high offer... :rolleyes:
 
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