Does anyone have experience with fabarm shotguns? Made in Italy. Seems like an old company that is trying to open up the American market. Look like pretty sweet guns.
Price wise, they are expensive, at least for semi auto. My Browning gold hunter costs less and can shoot everything, even 3.5" magnums. The least expensive fabarm semi auto is 1300, and can't take the 3.5" logs. They do have some sweet lines on those fabarms though. I've already got an Italian over and under 12 gauge to go with my semi auto, so I'm set.
Are you a lefty? I have zero issues with right side ejection, but I'm a righty. My buddy is a lefty and he is the only person I've met that had an issue with this.
So you've got a couple of options then with the Ithaca, and the Browning bps. Or any double barrel gun.
I was emailing with a few shops trying to find a fabarm or a benelli wingshooter. I asked the Fabarm guy "Benelli or Fabarm?". He said "No question, Fabarm". I asked the Benelli guy the same thing and he says, "Benelli are much better guns and have better resale value" I don't know what I expected. At least these guys stand behind the products they sell though.
Picked up the Monfeltro. I didn't go with the ultralight and I think that was a good decision. Standard version is still very light and easy to move. 4+1, 28 in, 12 ga. Thanks for answering all the questions!
Good choice. The Montefeltro's are nice guns. Do about anything with one of those. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
Those are solid guns. I nearly bought one when I was looking for a semi auto back about 20 years ago. I went with the Browning gold hunter because it handles everything, even 3.5" magnums where that Benelli can't. The Benelli was lighter, but it should be considering the shorter chamber. The Browning's couple of extra ounces isn't noticable at all as it points and handles great. There's benellis that can handle 3.5", but I think they were all synthetic stocked and not really much of a "looker" compared to the Browning gold. I've found that despite Browning's specs saying it will cycle as light as 1-1/8oz 2-3/4" shells, it actually will cycle 1oz shells fully reliably. It's only if you try the 7/8 oz loads that it might not cycle, and even then it will cycle nearly all of those reliably, except the super cheap or light recoil loads. The thing shoots so nicely with very little recoil that it's a moot point. If you don't need a 3.5" 12 gauge, the montefeltro is a nice gun.
