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sepultra23

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Hello all,

This being my first post as a member and all, I am looking for some advice :D. I am looking to buy a high quality 12ga. semi- for trap, skeet and sporting clays (primarraly trap). I have narrowed my search down to a Bennelli Super Sport and a Beretta Teknys Gold Trap,as both are seem to get very good reviews and are in my price range. Any feedback between the two or suggestions of other possibilities? Thanks.
 
I bought the Super Sport / 12ga, 30" barrel - and I like it. I bought the 12ga about 5 yrs ago / liked it so well, I bought a 2nd one in 20ga.

It's not my primary gun for sporting or skeet - I'm a Browning O/U guy ( XS Skeet for Sporting, Skeet and field hunting) - and I go to a Browning XT Trap for Trap. I like a gun at about 8 1/2 lbs for general shooting / but I go to a 10 lb gun for Trap.

Super Sport - with comfort tech, I think, shoots as soft as a gas gun. Since its an inertia gun, it shoots way cleaner than any of the gas guns. Super Sport is easier to strip down / clean - including trigger group / easily put back in battery in 15 min. The only negative I have - is it is light at 7.2 lbs / so I added some weight to it ( some lead foil under forend / some lead in butt stock) to increase it to about 8.2 lbs The optional comb pads / changeable butt pads - make it modular for changing drop at comb, length of pull, etc easily. I like the highest comb / and the longest length of pull - but it could be a hair longer for me personally.

I'm not a gas gun guy / I don't like the gas that blows by my eyes behind my glasses / it bothers me. All of the gas guns are dirty / but newer ones are better.

Super Sport is ok for Trap / but not a great Trap gun. Super sport is my rain gun / my travel gun - when I want to take one gun to do everything pretty well ( some quail, some skeet, some sporting, some trap, etc ) ....but if I drive somewhere - I'd rather have my O/U's like a 28ga for quail, a 12ga for Sporting, a 20, 28ga or .410 O/U for Skeet ..... and if I drive, its easy to carry 4 or 5 gun cases/ chokes, etc - but not when I fly...

I'd buy the Benelli Super sport again / even with the prices up around here to about $ 1,875 .... I think the Beretta is a good solid gun / and cheaper - but just not my preference.
 
IF both guns weigh the same and y6ou use the same load, the gas gun will have less perceived recoil due to the gas action.

My friend Jim likes his Benellis - I have limited experience with them, but the ones I have shot have been well-made and very reliable. One of them, belonging to a friend, DID have a little trouble with light target loads. The Beretta did not. I shoot a Remington 1100 - even softer shooting than a Beretta due to its weight.

As to gas blow-by - being LH and shooting RH guns, I can say I have never had an issue - but that can be die the way the gun fits me

MY personal suggestion - go to a gun club and find/rent/borrow each of them and try them out to see what works best for you - then buy it. Remember that both B semi's are owned by the same family, so availability of parts and service should be reasonably the same
 
OneOunce does make a point - my Benelli will cycle loads down to 7/8 oz but they have to be at least 1200 fps. My Super Sport will not cycle loads at 1150 fps - if that's an issue for you.

In terms of recoil management - its hard to know whether a gas gun is softer than a Benelli with the Comfort Tech in it. Benelli says theirs is softer / the gas guns says theirs are softer .....I think they're about the same, but I don't have any way to technically measure it.

For what its worth - the Benelli Super Sport has a certain "cool factor" - at least among my grandkids ....they prefer to shoot either the 12 or 20ga Super Sport over any of my fancier O/U's in any gague. I haven't decided yet - but I'll probably buy a 12ga Super Sport for one grandson's upcoming high school graduation present ...

Price is an issue of course on all things - remember if you buy all the extra pads - comb and butt pads - they are about $ 75 each ... so the adjustability comes at a price too. There are shims on both guns / for the receiver to the stock connection - and that gives you a little adjustment too / and it may be all you need.
 
BigJim is right. I put the high comb in my SS then went to the Trap Track.

It was just OK.

Trap seems to be a game of the dedicated gun.....and there are some inexpensive ones out there.
 
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