As much as I would like to think that this new gun will achieve the status/performance that Perazzi or Beretta have with their target guns, I do not believe they will. This is based on the feel of the gun I played with briefly, which was very nice, but was not in the same league as the other two.
For competition, a boxlock design is probably superior due to the wood around the side lock being very thin and prone to splitting. However, the triggers can be made to function superbly as I shoot a SO4 routinely at sporting clays. The vast majority of modern target guns are boxlock with really only the SO line as a holdout - and it is a truly spectacular gun in my opinion. Kreighoff, Perazzi, Beretta (DT10 & 680 series), Browning and the new Blaser F3 are all boxlock designs.
So advertising and “bargain prices” aside, I don’t think that the new design offers the feel of the other purpose built guns and I think that long term durability is a significant question.
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