Also, some hopeful hobby gunsmith might think he can rescue a $200 gun through his own efforts, which do not have to pay for themselves. The wood alone, no matter how plain, might be worth $200. If somebody won't pay $200 for it, part it out. If you can't get the bulge fixed, sell the gun as spares and take the $200 or so and spend it toward another Beretta O/U or hold out for another inexpensive BL-3 or -4. However, it seems like this type of effort would be uneconomical considering a good BL-3 is worth about $500 - no sense throwing good money after bad. Maybe one could just get a 686 forend iron to match the barrel (from Cole's)and adapt the wood.
Someone would have to attend to the difference in forend attachment, but that is probably not a big deal for a good smith. Gotta be some 28 inchers around (with choke tubes!) that some skeet shooter cast aside to pursue the 30+ inch trend. Except for ejectors and other updated features, including a different forend attachment, I wonder if a set of 686/687/682 barrels could be made to fit your BL-3 - actually any set of boxlock Beretta O/U bbls, just not the ones with the Kirsten bolt lock-up like the ASE's, which are really a trigger-plate action. They came in six grades, BL-1 through BL-6, and you can still pick them up today for well under $1,000.You know, Beretta's 680 series is a direct descendant of their BL (boxlock) series and the "S" series (54, 55, 56 and 65). They were trim, affordable, excellent upland hunting guns, and the precursors of the 680 guns, which have gone on to achieve worldwide popularity.
The Beretta BL series was made from 1968–1976. Heretical as it may be to suggest, the Cynergy might be a better design than the venerable Citori, whose roots go back to John Browning’s Superposed. Interesting enough, the gun was designed as replacement for the Citori, but Browning couldn’t bring itself to discontinue the old favorite, so both guns are present in their lineup. The originals suffered from aggressive Euro-styling, which Browning has since toned down. Beretta BL-3 28ga, 28 with fixed chokes, Mod and Full. Factory finish on both wood and metal, clean and nice gun Price: 1999. The Cynergy came out in 2004, and it featured a very low-profile receiver, with a unique and long-lasting action and excellent mechanical triggers. Beretta BL-3 28ga, 28 with fixed chokes, Mod and Full : Single selective trigger, auto ejectors. So the BL-3 is back to try again, and this time around, it draws another O/U-the Browning Cynergy. The BL-3 is a terrific shotgun, whereas the nostalgic Crescent Arms double is a shotgun. A couple years ago, the Beretta BL-3 went up against an old Crescent Arms double and, in a complete miscarriage of Gunfight Friday justice, lost to it badly. Today’s gunfight pits a pair of O/Us against each other, and it’s a do-over for one of them.
0 kommentar(er)
