r/canadaguns • u/MammothBoysenberry33 • 10d ago

Buy recommendations Semi auto shotgun for clays?

I’m currently using a Benelli Nova 3 for casual clay shooting and it’s been a blast so far. Now that I’ve been doing it for a bit I’m looking at upgrading to something a little faster, as trying to hit multiple clays in the air isn’t the easiest with a pump action. Anyone have any recommendations for a good semi auto that’s under $2000? Around $1500 would be ideal. I have no intentions of hunting with it, only busting clays.

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u/BowFella 10d ago

Anything italian. Handle some Franchis, benellis, or berettas and see which one swings best for you.

And for the love of god dont get a turknelli

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u/Ok-Turnover4223 10d ago

Been shooting my Gen 1 Canuck Recon for 4 years for casual clay and static targets... no issues whatsoever. Yeah some of them suck and maybe I got a gem but absolutely no complaints with my Turk.

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u/BowFella 10d ago

You must've gotten really lucky since I've seen some sort of issue with every canuck or turkish shotgun I've seen at the range, even the pump ones. From firing pin malfunctions, bolt hold open not working, burrs on feeding ramps you name it. Most of them only feed reliably with magnum slugs or buckshot. Hell just a few weeks ago I saw the stock falling off of a turkish semi at the range

Last thing you want is to depend on a gun with feeding issues when you have to use target loads.

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u/Iokua_CDN 9d ago

Damn that's rough, my old pump Canuck has been blasting away for half a decade with no issue. Pump is harder to mess up than a semi though 

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u/yolo_swagdaddy 8d ago

Part of me knows they’re often low quality firearms and so have issues. The other part knows the type of person that is buying the cheapest shotgun and ammo, will magdump every round, never maintain it, then come on forums to cry when they inevitably break.