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Although we are not big shot gunners here at D9 we’re always glad to procure one for our clients. We had the opportunity to do a little research for Doug, who wanted a good turkey gun that he and his wife could use. (I’m sure no one’s ever heard that before. But as you will see Doug was true to his word.) The first gun that comes to everyone’s mind is Benelli, and rightly so. These are excellent shotguns by all accounts of what I have read and heard. However, since they only sell dealer direct we can not procure these firearms for our clients. (Hence one of the reasons the cost of these guns are premium priced.) The interesting thing about Benelli is Beretta owns them and I believe they are manufactured at the same location. (Don’t quote me on this though.)

Regardless, Doug was interested in finding a left handed shotgun and one that had excellent recoil reduction so that his loving wife could enjoy it also. However, he was concerned that she may like it so much he wouldn’t get to use it. (I’m not for sure if I was supposed to repeat this.) Fortunately as you will see by the pictures it worked out well for both of them. So we made a few calls to a couple of our wholesalers, and kept coming back to Lynn over at Lipsey’s. He has a good handle on shotguns and happens to be a left handed shooter himself. Lynn made several recommendations covering the economic range, but had nothing in a left handed model.

Doug was very interested in the Beretta Xtrema II but still wanted a left hand model. We looked at the safety conversion, and special ordering a left handed version but lead time and economics became more of a consideration. After speaking with Lynn again, being a left hand shooter, he was of the opinion based on the economics, lead time and overall benefit didn’t make this a practical option. He also found that some of Doug’s concerns would not be an issue with this shot gun.

The Beretta Xtrema II has an additional option the “kickoff” which adds another $200 to the cost. Lynn hadn’t used this but didn’t feel it was imperative to have this option. After a few weeks of shopping around, and a new Big Box Fishing Store open house, Doug came back and decided to go with the Beretta Xtrema II Camouflaged 3.5” Vented Rib turkey smoker.

We received the shotgun a few days later and had Doug come by. I have to say I own a Beretta 390 and it’s a nice gun, but the Xtrema II is very impressive. The real tree camo looked awesome on the gun. It had excellent rubberized grips and it was a very light shotgun. If I were a turkey hunter I would take this gun any day of the week.

Doug just emailed me two different pictures two days apart. Doug’s concerns were obviously unfounded and his wife allowed him to get his turkey two days later. (Or so he says.) My recommendation was you need two of these. (No, not wives, Beretta’s.)

If you’re interested in a shotgun give us a call. We will research and find a shotgun that fits your needs.