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He would probably be glad it was shorter when someone shoves it (I'll be nice) where the sun don't shine.

I really like my 686. I had an Rizzini single barrel trap gun and it was not near the quality of my Beretta. I believe there are 3 Rizzini brothers, mine was made by Isadore Rizzini, which from what I read was not the top of the line. It did go bang every time I pulled the trigger, it just felt cheap.

Clay shooting is very addictive. Pretty much all I shoot anymore is clays. Are you just going to shoot skeet? Do you have a budget? My guess is you will venture over into other clay games as well. I have 4 shotguns, one for skeet, one for trap, one for sporting clays and one that I use for pasture clay's. You don't need all of those I just wanted them, a good over/under sporting or a good semi auto could be used in all of these games. For good all around starter gun I would and did go with a Beretta A-400 Sporting. It is adjustable for fit with the provided shims, gas operated for low felt recoil. Then the addiction sets in and you end up with a safe full of them. A good suggestion would be to go out to the range and rent a couple different guns and try them before you buy. If they don't rent them I am sure most anyone out there would let you try theirs. Most of all have fun with it. Good luck.

Thanks a lot

Anybody know how long will the battery last in my FF3 if I leave it on automatic all day? Thanks

I would go for an Italian gun before one made in Turkey. The Browning BT99's are made in Japan but have read good things about them, check the classifieds on Shotgun World. They sometimes have some good deals there.

I check mine at 30 yards.

It is a nice gun. Thanks

I said I might be hooked well I think I need to go to shotguns anonymous. I just added a Beretta 20 gauge 686 Silver Pigeon to my addiction. After a Year and a half of shotgunning I now have 4 shotguns. Beretta 686 SP1 Sporting 12 Gauge 30" Beretta 686 SP1 Field 20 Gauge 28". Thanks to warpspeed for buying one of my other guns. I.Rizzini LX680 Gold Trap 12 Gauge 32" Winchester 1300 20 Gauge Pump. This pump gun is so much fun to shoot. It's got to end here.

I have had it for about a year and have put several thousand clay's through it. The only issue I have had with it is sometimes It won't feed the last clay and I have to dry fire it and then it will feed it. Other than that it works flawlessly. The remote works great with the delay. I hang it on the zipper of my vest (I have the delay set for about 6 seconds) press the button and wait for the target.

Got one for my Wheely Bird 2.0 delivered on Thursday. I went out to the BLM on Friday and tried it out. It is awesome. It throws targets from about 3 feet off the ground to almost straight up and everywhere in between and left to right and everywhere in between. You just never know where its going to throw it. Man when the targets come out of there at about 3 feet off the ground they seem really fast and then it will shoot one almost straight up and they seem really slow. I think this is going to be a helpful practice tool. Not to mention a lot of fun.

I zero mine at 17 yards.

My WheelyBird works great. Mine has a remote control with an adjustable delay.

I bought myself a ShotKam for Christmas. It is an awesome learning tool. I was shooting some skeet (which I really suck at) and the guys I was shooting with kept telling me I was missing behind the clay. I was using my ShotKam for the first time and when I got home and looked at the videos of the shots there wasn't one of my misses that was behind the clay. They were all way under. I was running out of swing and the barrel was dipping. I went out a couple day's later with my Wheely Bird and shot crossers from both directions and focused on foot position and moving only my upper body, like a turret. I hit 24 out of 29 (that's all I could shoot as it was 30* and I was standing in a foot and a half of snow). When I checked the ShotKam after that round the misses were from stopping the gun. I also noticed that even on some of my hits that I was slowing my swing. I need to focus on follow through and keeping the gun moving. I guess my point to all of this is that the ShotKam is an awesome tool and I think it will shorten the learning curve. Just my experience. Thanks

I have WheelyBird 2.0. Works every time I push the button.