doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com New Beretta 486 S X S designed by Marc Newson

What really spoils it is the ridiculous "Read manual before use " stamped on the barrel.

Comparing it to some of the Fabarm's made before the company changed it seems the Italians are trying to change the concept of what a double gun looks like .Time will tell .

Yuk

Looks like a SxS Centergy!!

Ugly.

Really ugly.

I cannot believe that it will sell. But I have been wrong before...

Calling that "butt ugly" is an insult to all butts. It looks stamped, machined and modernistic. Pretty much all the things I don't like in a gun.

Matt

Grotesque. Art for art's sake. I hope they don't plan on selling over 3 or 4 worldwide.
JR

I definitely like it! I like how sleek the receiver is. I bet it would carry in the hand real nice, and mount nice and smooth as well.

I would prefer double triggers. And I think the lever shaping where it enters the receiver breaks the sleek lines of the receiver. And, it looks like it would be a bugger to restock.

I think it is a good step forward in shotgun aesthetics. Gun nuts are very traditional, and any change in aesthetics will meet a lot of resistance from most simply because it is different. But, there are plenty of traditional SxS designs available, and so there is nothing wrong with trying something different.

JMHO

Can't stand the engraving pattern, would prefer another trigger, like the receiver shape, ambivalent about the lever, see no advantage to the wood bridge, like the world's best barrels of course. They must have frozen them, huh?
If Apple and Beretta team up, they can release a new model every 6 months. 400, 400S, 400S Plus, 500... mind boggling potential.
Given a choice, I'd take a standard 426.

Single triggers are the solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It is the result of the writings of Jack O'Connor and Maj. Askins. I'd like to see and feel the shape of the wrist. MKII

Looks French to me.
Top lever like a Super Britte.
Snake engraving is unappealing.

Makes you wonder if they snuck around in Manufrance's trash.

Fix the lever, put some stock laser engraving on it, and I'd like it.