I have to agree, my buddy has a Beretta Ultralight with the X-Tra wood, and honest to god is it ugly. It reminds me of the stuff my grandmother used to line her cupboards with. I bought a Whitewing last week as a field knock about and I tell you for all its worth it was the biggest piece of SH@T that I have ever seen. The wood to metal fit was horrible, the wood (MDF maybe) looked terrible, and the recoild pad looks like it was fitted by a blind guy. I realize it was just a field gun, but for $1600 CDN it should have been a bit better. I owned it for roughly four minutes and twenty six seconds before I called the gunshop I bought it at and told them that the gun was being shipped back. I ended up buying that afternoon a used American Arms (Stefano Fausti) 28GA O/U that looked ten times better, shouldered better, had wood that looked like wood, not panneling you have in your basement, and wass all in all a better gun for $600 CDN.
In my humble oppinion, unless you are spending $3000 or more don't even look Beretta's way. I have Two Marocchi's, a Contrast, and a Conquista that at roughly $2000 and $2500 respectivly are ten times the guns any five grand plus Beretta is.
Later
Pietro
