Originally Posted by
Cory
Since I started shooting more clays and I've found my interest in hunting renewed, I've been looking at my sporting shotguns and wishing they were more like my 1301.
I started reading about the A400s, and they seem great. Specifically the A400 Xtreme Plus. Then, I stumbled across this post when reading up on them here.
A big endorsment. My local gun store had an A400 Excel Sporting Edition Black. The kick-off was in the far rear and made the stock feel chincy. It had the older bolt release. The wood was... thin feeling. It seemed cheap despite the $2100 tag. Made me kind of nervous about the Xtreme plus. Then I found out a big chain store had an Xtreme Plus 28" in stock. I made the drive yesterday. The mid stock KO felt far less chincy, the controls perfectly matched my 1301. It felt rock solid, pointed great. I could find no flaw, fault, or negative. Damn good looking gun and felt great. The green magazine follower was great, it's drilled and tapped on the receiver. I like the fiber optic front, the stocks were solid and awesome grip, it uses the same choke pattern as my 1301 and comes with 5 black chokes that are easy to grip and turn. Comes with stuff for drop and cast, and sling swivels. It had it's barrel attached for the first time just for me to examine. It was tight and just overall really solid feeling.
Does anyone else have experience with the A400 Xtreme plus? Specifically with low brass light target loads. I want to try my hand at ducks, and turkey hunting is probably going to happen, but it'll see more clay pigeon time just out of convenience.
Anyone have any experience with other A400 models? I'm aware of the A300 alternatives, but I'm looking at the A400s specifically.