Over/Under prices

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datboiryan

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I'm thinking about buying another shotgun and would prefer to go with an over/under. I've never owned one, only shot others that they had. While I was browsing, I noticed that a lot of people didn't recommend spending less than 1000. I'm just curious why? Is it because the others aren't as reliable or something else?
 
There are a number of factors in play when discussing over/unders...

#1 Regulation

This refers to the point of impact of each barrel in relation to each other.. Generally with cheap over/unders the barrels do not come close to the same point of impact.. In some cases I've seen it where neither barrel hits where you want.. In another case I shot a gun that had the top barrel shoot 30" inches right and 2 feet low, while the other barrel shot 18 inches to the right of center and 3 feet high.... Needless to say it was almost impossible to hit anything with this particular Turkish O/U...

#Metallurgy

When you get right down to it... Many of the cheap guns are simply made out of lower quality raw materials and/or the alloys used are less than stellar for the demands of any significant volume of shooting.. Many cheap shotgun shoot loose quickly especially when shot more than a few times a year..

Design/Track Record

With a name brand over/under in most cases you are getting a design that has been proven to be reliable and has an established track record... Examples being the 680 series Berettas and the Browning Citori... When you buy a gun built in Turkey by a no name maker... How do you know that gun will last?? Even if the design borrows features from an established design, how do you know that they didn't make to many shortcuts??


Support/Parts

If you buy a no name over/under, more often than not when it does break its impossible to find parts... If you buy a new or used recent production name brand gun, parts are not an issue as you don't have to worry about the importer/distributor folding and the parts going into limbo..

In summary you pay good money to avoid these concerns.... I'm sure there are more factors to take into account... But these are the ones I focus on...
 
Good O/Us cost money because they require almost as much handfitting as a side by side.
If you shoot enough, the cost of the gun is far surpassed by the price of the targets or hunting trips and the ammo. Might as well get something that will last with no issue and will have good resale value down the road
 
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When I received my Beretta O/U as a gift from the family a few years back, it was $1725 out the door.

Spent more that year on ammo, components and range fees. Same every year since. 30K or so rounds through it, few probs.

Sometime between 85K and 100K, if I am so fortunate to do all that shooting, some small parts and springs will need replacing.

Buying a good quality shotgun is cost effective when viewed on a per shot basis.
 
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