O/U Advic3

[BlueLineFish 615]

Looking to get an ou shotgun. Nothing too crazy for now. Want to buy used. Someone is selling an early 90's charles daly. Not sure if its a miroku. Cant find many reviews. Was also considering a baikal or stoeger. Save the speeches about saving money for a quality citori or something else. If I drop 2000 on a gun it wont be an o/u

[67gtonut 847]

I joined here:

 

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/index.php

 

For the sole purpose of tracking down a quality Used O/U

 

Always new ads everyday.....

 

Ended up with a beautiful Winchester Sporting Supreme for under $900

[BlueLineFish 615]

Yeah..I belong to shotgun world.

[FLHX 1]

Look at the CZ's they get great reviews and prices are good.  I have been wanting one for while or the Ruger Red label.

[DeerSlayer 241]

I would say get what you can afford with ejectors not extractors.

[BlueLineFish 615]

Ejectors and stainless or case hardened reveiver are what I am looking for

[DeerSlayer 241]

I would say you should be able to find something if you look hard for around $1000-$1500 used that meet that criteria. I would recommend looking for a used Traditions, it has the quality & features your after for a reasonable price.

 

Heres a decent deal, no ejectors but the price is right for an Italian made gun. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=405122647

 

[RecessedFilter 222]

I'd stick to around $1,000, new or used. You may not get $5k quality, but you will be able to find something of good enough quality.

[Parker 213]

Looking to get an ou shotgun. Nothing too crazy for now. Want to buy used. Someone is selling an early 90's charles daly. Not sure if its a miroku. Cant find many reviews. Was also considering a baikal or stoeger. Save the speeches about saving money for a quality citori or something else. If I drop 2000 on a gun it wont be an o/u

 

Charles Daly O/U imports from Miroku were in the years 1963 through 1976. Quality guns if you can find them, they ranged from field models with extractors & a single inertia trigger to higher grades for field, trap & skeet with ejectors, selective trigger, even the Broadway rib on their trap gun. The only downside to these early models were fixed chokes, which were common for any double from that era.

 

Charles Daly made another go of imports, with guns being made by Sabatti from the late 90's through 2005. I believe they had production made by Fausti after that.

 

You can find an older CD-Miroku for a grand or less, but I have seen the smaller gauges go for a bit more these days.  Ditto for the older Winchester 101 (produced in Japan by the Olin-Kadensha Corporation under the supervision of Winchester from 1963 to the late 80's,) which you can also find floating about for about the same price. Both are very good guns.

[DeerSlayer 241]

Just saw this one posted on hunting forum. http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2439812

[fmtek 4]

I bought a CZ Mallard for $500 brand new. Double trigger, which I'm not crazy about, but I got used to it.

 

I also bought a used Baikal from Nick @ Mastodon. I believe I paid $450 for it.

 

Both guns I've shot 24/25 with and most rounds are in the 20's. Depends if I get fatigued or lazy.

 

I thought about spending a couple thousand on a browning, but what for. I don't have the time to go that much anymore and I shoot fine with those 2 shotguns.

 

The Baikal has ejectors also. You can turn a screw to disable them if you want. I will look up the model, I don't remember off hand. But that O/U is a tank.

[Parker 213]

Just saw this one posted on hunting forum. http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2439812

 

About six months ago another Win. 101 trap model sold there for $750. (Sold quick too.) They pop up occasionally but disappear fast.

[bry@n 195]

Joe, no mater what you choose, you really should shoulder the gun. Makes a huge difference fr me. I've had several that I bought that didn't point good.

[tt-33 8]

my sabatti made daly has been trouble free since about 2002 when I bought it for $749 out the door

[JayWilling 33]

A few years ago I bought a Baikal o/u used for $300. Nothing wrong with it, works great, and it was cheap. It's not the prettiest shotgun, but you can hunt with it, paddle your canoe with it, beat a brown bear to death with it, then go shoot trap and it's still in one piece. Like all rusky hardware, it's STURDY.

[Jersey Joe 4]

Charles Daly O/U imports from Miroku were in the years 1963 through 1976. Quality guns if you can find them, they ranged from field models with extractors & a single inertia trigger to higher grades for field, trap & skeet with ejectors, selective trigger, even the Broadway rib on their trap gun. The only downside to these early models were fixed chokes, which were common for any double from that era.

 

Charles Daly made another go of imports, with guns being made by Sabatti from the late 90's through 2005. I believe they had production made by Fausti after that.

 

You can find an older CD-Miroku for a grand or less, but I have seen the smaller gauges go for a bit more these days. Ditto for the older Winchester 101 (produced in Japan by the Olin-Kadensha Corporation under the supervision of Winchester from 1963 to the late 80's,) which you can also find floating about for about the same price. Both are very good guns.

My goto gun for Sporting Clays weighs in at 9+ lbs so I wanted something a little livelier for FITASC. I found a Miroku on GB with Briley 20ga tubes for $650(pawn shop spelled the name wrong which may have helped). Comes in at about 6.5lbs, swings great, pay for the recoil ;-)

[BlueLineFish 615]

Well i made a deal for an older charles daly luxe 12 ga. Spanish made, ejectors, engraved stainless receivers, 28" barrel, removeable chokes, single gold trigger for 350. Feels real nice. Points real nice. Locks up tight. Couldn't go wrong for 350. If this didn't pan out i was going for the Baikal

[Jersey Joe 4]

Sounds great. Good luck with it!

[MosinRob 1]

Well i made a deal for an older charles daly luxe 12 ga. Spanish made, ejectors, engraved stainless receivers, 28" barrel, removeable chokes, single gold trigger for 350. Feels real nice. Points real nice. Locks up tight. Couldn't go wrong for 350. If this didn't pan out i was going for the Baikal

Good luck with it. JayWilling is right. I bought a used stoeger stf 3000. I've put a little over 2,000 rounds through it with no problems and only paid a couple hundred bucks. Shoot in the 20's with it at trap. Don't be so concentrated on the price.

[Kingsoverqueens 10]

I find my self in the same or similar situation as Joe.

 

I'd like nice O/U to shoot trap and possibly pheasant hunt, but don't really want to spend $1,500 to $2,500 on a Beretta or Browning.

 

Does anyone have an opinion on the ATI shotgun?  My fun store guy has them for $599 and they point nice, have nice wood and metal detail.

[BlueLineFish 615]

If I was going to buy another one right now I would get the Baikal. Great reviews and good price. A lot of value for the money

[Melgamatic 66]

Ended up with a beautiful Winchester Sporting Supreme for under $900

 

This is exactly the shotgun I started with, and purchased for about the same price from the Rahway NJ FAG.  I used it for about 4 years before I got good enough that I decided a fancier gun would make a difference.  It's a great gun.