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Originally Posted by Seahawk
It is not about the gun, folks. Go buy your Purdy and then come on out and see how well you do against my Browning A5.  |
Actually, in the context of my buddy's Perazzi, I would have to disagree. But not for the reasons you might be thinking.
Granted, if the gun fits properly (we'll assume it does for the sake of discussion), one would think we could do as well with, say, the trusty 870 as some fancy big dollar gun. Most of us probably would, me included.
But what happens with a guy like my buddy, and his fancy Perazzi, is that they get to know one another. I know the thing has well over 100,000 rounds through it. That is actually not all that much in the world of competive trap. There are guys that will do that in a couple of years. Doing all of this shooting with the same gun, not several "just like it", breeds a familiarity that we could never achieve with lesser guns. They wear out too fast. Yeah, we might replace them with the same model, but it is still a different gun. Subtly, but none the less different.
So, in the context of a high end gun like my buddy's Perazzi, its sheer durability is what makes the difference. Only if you shoot it enough to take advantage of that, however. Most guys that spend that kind of scratch on that kind of "plain" high end gun do so just for that reason. One Perazzi in a lifetime is cheaper than a couple 870's a year for that lifetime. And I sure as hell wouldn't make much of a wager with some old fart with and old Perazzi with all the bluing worn off...