Stoeger Condor O/U

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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. It wasn't so much the rust in the barrels and the gaulling, as it was the customer service. Plus, the gun doesn't fit me as well as the Berettas do. For some reason, I like the longer length of pull even though I am shorter than most people. The Benelli SBE has a shorter length of pull than the Berettas, but it works out well with my cold weather hunting clothes. Tried to shoulder a fellow hunter's Beretta Extrema while goose hunting and it just felt really weird.

Yeah, the Browning can still break clays, if you throw them at me and I can use it as a bat. I did well with it in trap, and impressed quite a few guys shooting the P and K guns, but everything that happened to it happened in a single year.

Now, I truly love both of my Beretta Teknys, with the exception of cleaning them, so I have been tossing around the idea of getting the Benelli Sport II, but I cannot justify the expense since I shoot so well with the Teknyss. Kind of like buying the SBE II just because it looks nicer than my current SBE and for the "reduced" recoil. Instead of spending $1,400 on a new gun, I bought a $50 recoil reducer for the stock, and another recoil reducer that screws onto the magazine cap for when I am shooting slugs.

All kidding aside, the Citori still works, and aside from not fitting me, I hate having to clean it more than I hate having to clean my 391's. I hate having to scrub out the barrels every time I use it and I hate the way the receiver is made. The receiver has way too many little places that I need a Q-Tip to clean. The Beretta o/u's I can leave for weeks without having to clean them and I do not have to worry about them rusting. When I do clean them, the receiver merely takes a single wipe. Problem is that I don't use them much anymore because I like the autos I have. Might start using the 682 Gold E if I get a tube set for it, but haven't really used it since I bought the Teknyss.

The Citori is a good "friends" gun for when one of them needs/wants an o/u to shoot. My uncle always asks to shoot that gun because he doesn't have his own o/u.

The Citori is also good for other things. As mentioned above, it can be used as a bat. It can also be used as an oar or a pry bar. Might even try using it as a golf club.