Stan,
I tried to replace my Citori with a BSS 12ga with 26" barrels. Didn't work. The BSS is a real clunky gun. Not balanced correctly and the stock is like a 2x4. I probably shoot it as well as most of my guns but have to adjust too much. Very temped to get out a rasp and work the stock down then put weights in the butt and forearm to rebalance it. Sits in the back of the safe for a rainy day when I have nothing else to do. I had a BSS 30" tubes and it is one of the few shotguns I have ever sold.
Different strokes for different folks, Tamid. I won the S x S event in AA class at the 2010 U S Open with mine, and won Veterans concurrent with it, too. It suits my style of shooting. Too light and lively is an anathema in sporting clays, IMO. And, FWIW, I wouldn't use a Citori to shoot armadillos. Individual taste is unexplainable.
SRH
