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If someone would just write a decoding book on what all the various model numbers mean, it would be more helpful than Perazzi's own website.

I have the Lippard book and it is a handy reference. Just disregard Lippard's self indulgences.
I seem to remember I paid a lot of money for it too. How much are they going for today? I might part with mine.
I sold my last MX8, a skeet model, jug chokes, factory porting and all when I quit International skeet, or should I say International skeet quit me!
Switched to sporting clays, the MX8 skeet gun was not the best for that game, so I bought a used Beretta 682 28" skeet gun with a set of chokes, a more versatile gun.

Out of interest, I looked up "erazzi Shotguns by Karl C Lippard" a used copy on Amazon.com is listed at a whopping $269.29!
I found it useful when I wanted to see what the difference between Kim Rhode's MX12 and my MX8.

I bought the book after I bought my first-SC1T,type three.Then I learned to work on them as taught by Giacomo and sold a number of them. The book sold for it's back cover printed price-$14.95.I should have bought a case of the books it seems.

The decoding is really pretty simple. Functionally the only difference is fixed trigger/vs. dropout trigger. And the majority of the pieces interchange in those. Two basic styles of actions, and two different forend hangers. Big whoop, eh?

The rest pretty much comes down to what the one in your hands has in the way of conformation and whether or not you find that to your liking. Lippard doesn't really get into the T1/2/3/4 thing enough to make that clear and it's not all that complicated either. There's always someone around w/ free advice if there are questions about a particular gun hahahaha

have a day

Dr.WtS

And some have coil springs and some have leaf springs and some have selective triggers, just sayin'

Okay,here ya go..

Will a round bloc barrel [mx3] fit an mx8 square bloc bbl?
I know not the other way around,but I always seem to see those mx3 bbls at nicer prices.

No.

See how easy that was?

HTH

have a day

Dr.WtS

There is a reason MX3 barrels are cheaper, the MX3 was I think a cheaper version. I was at a shoot many years ago and a native Canadian was using an MX3 which rattled like castanets it was so loose. Of course you must realize that the MX 3 Special is a different gun altogether.
How many of you have owned a MX5C? I did and part traded it off
for my first MX8. Lots to know about P guns.

I have owned an MX-5C for about 15 years. I bought it used and it had really been used a lot. I have never had a problem with it. I have never shot it particularly well, but have always received compliments about its looks. Nice wood and pretty racy lines with a straight grip (for a 12 gauge Perazzi). The screw in chokes are a little dorky, though not nearly as bad as the screw in chokes you see these days that REALLY protrude from the barrels (like on Berettas etc.). So what's wrong with these guns?