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BP,

Savage Milano?

I shoot a couple of 12ga's that are under 6lbs, a Darne with 28" barrels and a Bernardelli Elios with 25" barrels and use 7/8-1oz loads. Both are a pleasure to carry and work very well for everything. Both were under $2000, the Elios half that.

The Bernardelli at work.


You could always get a SXS and use the "Gangster Twist" to make it an O/U.

Years ago I had a very nice steel framed Breda O/U 12ga that was very light. Wish I wouldn't have sold it to get my wife a trap gun.

I hate to be rude, but the 20 is plenty light enough. If you want to cut down the weight you are carrying start with your body. I can say this because I like most of us have the same problem and found I could accomplish more by knocking 50 lbs off myself then I could by taking a few ounces off the gun.

There is always the CZ�s Ringneck Mini. It weighs in at 5.7lbs, has choke tubes and is well within your budget.

Pete

In O/Us, if you want longer barrels (30"), my first recommendation would be the discontinued Browning Citori Feather XS Sporting with the aluminum alloy frame. The asking price is generally around $1500 to $1800 in mint condition. If you want 28" barrels, you could go with the Feather XS with 28" or with a Ruger. Ruger 28 prices are all over the place these days, but there is one for sale now on ShotGunWorld with no price listed; seller is fishing for offers. The FAIR guns, especially the Cortonas if you can find one, are very nice with 28" barrels and scaled frames, but they are very stiff until they have been shot a bunch. Steel frame Citoris are too heavy for a 28. Many of the Beretta 28s are built on the 20 gauge frame and are heavier than their 20s. The baby frame Beretta is very nice and will hold its value. Watch out for the Beretta Pro because many of those have the horrible XtraWood photographic grain finish. B. Rizzinis and Guerinis are going to be out of your price range, but you might get lucky if you look hard. The Ruger is the absolute best value in the bunch.

Much as I like my Red Label 28, I think for two grand I'd go Italian, with a 28" barrel.

An equally light 20 IS a much more "practical" choice, IMO.

But this kind of itch often just refuses to BE practical.....my own wallet has some fairly deep scratches from it (at least by the standards of a notoriously cheap guy).

I'd rather have a used 687 Beretta, in order to stay within a budget, than most of the others new. Although I have been extremely impressed with Yildiz's S x S low budget guns, I have been much less so with their O/Us.

SRH

I agree, but only if it's a 687 on a scaled frame. Otherwise the 686/687 28ga on the 20 ga frame is just too heavy to bother with. A scaled frame 687 is probably going to be over $2K, used.

I would look at Franchi 48AL self-loader, but sometimes......
small "miracles" happen. Some time ago I walked into local Gander Mountain to find 26" 28ga Orvis 'Uplander' (Sakaba 500) with straight grip stock and leather covered pad (surprisingly expensive feature) for KOOL $550.

Not long ago I walked into little used 26" Sakaba 100 20ga choked 1/4-3/4 for $750 and had it on hold for few days. When I took it off hold there was another
tag 'call me at.....if the gun is not purchased Mr. Thompson'. Thompson got SKB I got RGL,