As the title suggests -- why is the Beretta 682 series always considered one of the top trap guns around. You guys shooting them or seeing them in action certainly have your opinions...

What say you?

Two reasons for me. I shoot a 686SP

First, I picked the gun up an could shoot it. It was a buddies gun and one day he let me shoot his two Kolars and the Beretta. For me, the Beretta felt like I was pointing my finger and breaking birds, so I bought it.

Second, value. I don't know a lot of people who consider it, "one of the top trap guns". I see a lot of Kolars, Perazzi's, Lutics, CG's, etc and would probably consider those more along the lines of a top trap gun. I think the 680 series is a very good value for the money.

Regards,

Chip Porter

Hello,,

My view point, As far as price, they are a notch - up from entry level shotguns, way below the cost of top - of - the - line shotguns.

They will withstand thousands of trap loads, parts are available, you can find top - singles, unsingles, o/u barrels of different lengths, all kinds of choke tubes, up -grade wood & engraving can also be found.

Not a bad selection, to have a reliable shotgun that will last, might also be good trading stock later on ?

I shoot a pair of 682x guns. I won't try to convince you they are the best shotgun around but they have held up well for me and the maintenance and occaisional repairs is easy enough that I can do most everything on them.

As far as handling, that is pretty subjective but my guns work well enough that I am convinced that my limitations in the trap game exist entirely within me and not my shooting irons.

If I have one gripe about the 682 design, it would be the inertia reset trigger which depends on a rather fragile spring and is something I replace annually to aviod a breakdown. Those spring failures always see to happen when you are at a big match right in the middle of a great doubles string.

i had a 682x combo always had trouble setting the second trigger had it to beretta and a couple gunsmiths wouldnt even set with heavy loads 3 to 4 fails per 100 it went down the road

the price of parts wont kill you ,they tend to be light for factory loads-but I reload for my 2 so I load down.coil springs and replaceable trunnions.they all seem to fit me perfect,upgrades within range of normal folk,nice wide ribs and trim reciever,more choke choices and accesories abound,chrome bores,none of which matters if you cant hit anything with it,but i do very well with mine. if you have the chance to shoot and feel one up is the only way to choice for yourself.

While I don't consider the 680 line to be "top guns" I do believe the represent the best value for your dollar, esp in the 686 Sporting line. They do occasionally have problems with barrel regulation, so you have to pay attention to that, but as long as the barrels are good, you have a gun that will run on minimal and low $ maintenance.

have shot Beretta for years,, it goes bang when I pull the triger, and most of the time the birds break,,what more can i ask for

Well I can tell you why I like mine. I switched from Browning to Beretta in the mid 90's because the Beretta 682 was available with a left hand stock and the Browning (at the time) was not. It fit me well and proved very reliable. I've since picked up a couple of more. The triggers on all of them are very crisp. They are a bit on the light side (except for the older x-models)for a competition gun, but I shoot light 1oz loads 95% of the time. I use my oldest gun quite effectively for pheasant and dove. Best of all the three of my 682's together cost less than one K or P gun.

I tried my first 682 for one reason, to get away from ported barrels. I quickly found that once I adjusted the gun and got the fit where I needed it, that I shot good scores with it and was easy to maintain. I now have 5 of them and always on the lookout for another. Not because of reliability issues, but because I like them a lot.

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love the metal, hate the wood ! they seem to have too much cast for me, usually whack me in the face.