Beretta semi-autos hold their secondhand value well and have been leading contenders in the field for almost half a century now.
£300.00
Shotguns
Savage Model 42 .410/.22 R/F
Described to me as a “hedgerow gun”, the question posed was, did I wish to test it? The somewhat informal description conjured up a number of thoughts, but for those readers of a more…
£649.00
Browning Heritage
With the arrival of the B725 in 2011 it seemed that the long, celebrated life of Browning’s 525 line of guns would come to an end. With a new, slimmer action and consistently good sales since…
£5,788.00
Beretta SV10 Perennia 20 bore
Gunmakers are often criticised for attempting to reinvent the wheel with each of their new releases, each increase in model number hiding a tiny change in designs which have been around for over 100 years. Beretta’s SV10…
£1,800.00
Beretta 692 Sporter
There are few other guns on the market that tick all the boxes for the serious clay shooter but the Beretta 692 Sporter has them all
£3,200.00
Perazzi HPX RSR Ultimate
As I stated in my review of the MX8 (June 2013), there really is no better way of entering into the world of bespoke guns than with a Perazzi. These guns are astonishingly successful on…
£15,250.00
Three guns for high pheasant shooting
When it comes to shooting high pheasants the most important thing is having experience. Lead is important. However maintaining a good line is crucial as the birds can slide a…
Browning 725 Game Gun
Given the reputation of the Browning 525 that’s no mean feat. The B525 is well tried and tested. Proven by the fact that it and the other models that preceded it have needed…
£2,000.00
ATA Arms Lightweight Field Over-and-Under
We appear to be going through a kind of renaissance in the British shooting trade, with a variety of new guns emerging on to the market – many of these coming from Turkey. Turkish ATA Arms…
£835.00
Beretta Silver Pigeon Grade 1 Sporter
If there is a problem with this gun, it’s that you get too much gun for the money. So not a problem at all really. This Beretta Silver Pigeon Grade…
£1,300.00
Secondhand Browning B725
When Browning introduced the B725 shotgun a little over two years ago, the reaction among a number of shooters was to ask why they bothered? This was not so much a criticism as an acknowledgment…
£1,600.00
Hatsan Escort Magnum Extreme
The semi-automatic shotgun — or self-loading shotgun if you wish to be very British — is an interesting concept. When viewed in a dispassionate way simply as a multi-shot firearm it is very efficient and…
£565.00
Lincoln Premier Wildfowler
Prior to the ban on lead ammunition over wetlands at the end of 1999, most of my “serious” wildfowling was carried out with my “big gun”, a 6-bore muzzle-loader — though later I acquired…
£1,200.00
Hatsan Escort Magnum semi-automatic shotgun
Semi-autos are a bit Marmite. You either love them or hate them. There’s no grey area. Turn up with one and you could become the shoot pariah, even if the…
£412.00
Secondhand AYA shotgun
A secondhand AyA shotgun can make a worthy and very enjoyable investment, says Mike.
£1,200.00
Yildiz O/U Sporter
Yildiz is one of the best-known Turkish gunmakers in the UK. Its guns have been imported and distributed by Entwistle Guns in Preston, Lancashire for a number of years. Initially, the company’s guns have…
£840.00
Secondhand Browning Citori review
Secondhand Browning Citori: If you were trying to think of a name for a new gun you hoped would conquer world markets, what would you call it? Browning had that…
£1,000.00
A second-hand Remington Versa Max – what to look out for
Our expert Mike George looks into the second-hand options for a Remington Versa Max
£750.00
Holland & Holland Sporting Over and Under
If you’ve never seen a modern shotgun from one of the great English makers in the flesh, you might be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about. Whether side-by-side or over-and-under, it is…
£45,000.00
Popular second-hand semi-autos
Beretta ES100 Forty years ago, a semi-auto was a cheap gun, selling for a few hundred pounds. Then, as the guns became more mechanically complex, prices crept up until a…