Beretta 692 gold E

[SpringerXD]

Any thoughts on this one ? I can get one for about $3000 . Its about a 92% . From what I heard , means its damn near new . Comes with a case and all 5 extended choke tubes . I cant find much info on this thing . The 682 on the other hand has a lot of info on it . I love my brownings , but this thing is pretty fancy .

[bigbearbear]

I don't have it but it is a very beautiful gun, just released too as I understand from various posts in shotgunworld.com? $3k for a premium, newly released, O/U from a known manufacturer like Beretta is a very good price I think.

I'll say buy it, its got a GOLD trigger. Wear a matching gold watch and chain when you're shooting trap or skeet with. j/k.

[GunninIt]

I'm guessing you mean the 682 Gold E, and not the 692. The 692 IS a new Beretta O/U, but it was just released, and far north of the price you listed. THe 682 Gold E isn't a bad gun at all, but if you're really interested, I'd actually opt for an old 682 Gold (non-E). I'm running one right now, and it's an amazing piece. It's my go to skeet gun, but does sport clays equally well.

Also, the older 682's are going to be in the low-$2,000's. Maybe as low as $1,800ish.

Not mine, but mine looks like this

[SpringerXD]

My apologies , it is a 682 gold e . I shot it the other day . I like it a lot . It has mechanical triggers in it opposed to inertia type . The stock has a slight curve outwards if you look at it . Its not perfectly inline with the barrel is what I am trying to say . It comes with all the choke tubes , hard case , stock tool , and so on . Its in very good condition from what I can see . Has about 1000 shells through it . Is it a decent buy at $3,200.00 ??

[SpringerXD]

Its the sporting one . There appears to be multiple versions of the 682 . Is 3200 too much ??

[GunninIt]

There is only one model of the current/newer 682 - and that's the sporting. There was no field model in this gen.

I wouldn't spend that much on it. You can get an EXCELLENT over/under in the Silver Pigeon I sporting, for $1995 - BRAND NEW. If you're willing to go used, then I'd go for an older gen 682.

That said, you can also get a brand new SV10 Prevail I for less than the $3200 price. I'd also pick that over the gun you're looking at.

[Revoman]

The 682 Gold E is a well built shotgun, it is actually considered a starter level competition shotgun, meaning that you should see many, many rounds through it before any discernible issues arise. (The DT-10 and 11 are the true competition shotguns in the Beretta lineup.)

The SV10 is in fact a nice shotgun as well, just not a part of the competition lineup.

If you're gonna shoot a lot of the clays games, I would suggest a competition shotgun. The field grades are great guns too, but think about the constant punishment that competition puts on your equipment. A field gun is not shot all that often, perhaps some rounds before the hunting season, during hunting season and maybe a few rounds for the rest of the year. A well built competition shotgun many times easily goes through that in a week, more likely in a day.

Make sure it's tight, doesn't 'fall' open and the lever is slightly to the right. Check for wear on the trigger, if it's been shot a lot, the finish will be worn. It sounds like it has had some work done as I don't believe that it originally had a mechanical trigger....maybe had Briley or Kolar tubes for smaller gauges and needed the mechanical as sometimes the inertia doesn't work with 410, recoil is too light
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The 682 also has replaceable trunions, which may need replacing after awhile. Bit mine has seen at least 50K without issue. The only issue so far is replacing a firing pin and spring on the bottom barrel at around 48K. These also are heavy shotguns which is not for field use, but for clays, it helps with the recoil, action reaction.