Beretta shotgun boys - AL390

Great shotguns. Have had one for 23 years and always goes bang.

18 years with mine. Absolute work horse. First 10 years hunted the Wax. My friend had problems every third or fourth hunt with his SBE2 while I rocked along. Rabbit hunted with it this past Saturday. Just changed a choke tube out and shot high brass 2 3/4 like nothing. I plan to get the A400 this year and let my 17 hunt with the AL390, but it’s more of a time for a new gun thing than a need for one.

mine is 23 years old and i will never get rid of it. It is my favorite gun in my collection. I have had zero issues with it. It may not get used much but when it does, it works great.

I shoot the Beretta AL391 Urika for hunting and the White Wing over/under for recreation. I have a few other shotguns but they mainly collect dust because I love those two guns so much. I think you'll be happy with it. I'm not sure how the 390 and 391 Urika compare exactly but the recoil on mine is minimal as well.

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Welcome to the b gun family

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Not quite, Heres how I got here:

I Bought a 400x+ over an sbe and m2 and really like it so far. Nephew borrowed it for a hunt and fell in love...but doesnt have deep pockets.

I picked up a second hand 391x with a sticky stock for him because its so much like mine. Finding a replacement stock has proved to be more challenging than I anticipated, but I really like the gun so far.

Then I had a chance to pick up this silver mallard for a really good price as a gun for my dad who was still shooting an old 870. I have high hopes for it, the posts here are reinforcing that hope.

I own 4 now. Three are 12 gauge and one is a 20 gauge. The one I hunt with has the original Advantage camo finish and I've had the SureCycle system installed. It is very reliable and I shoot it well. The other 2 12 gauge models are "Walmart" 390's that I bought for my 2 sons before they were born. They both turned out left-handed and shoot right handed shotguns.

Best 3” shotgun ever made.


and I’m a browning guy.

For me it’s just the opposite. I shoot a 20 yr old browning gold that fits me like a glove. It’s finicky and needs to be cleaned often. Doesn’t always go boom like the 390

Bought my AL390 Silver Mallard in '96 or '97 I think, thereabouts.

Super sweet gun to this day. I've retired it in favor of an inertia gun for duck hunting, but it's my go-to still for clay tourneys and doves. Killed a ton of ducks and geese with it over the years but hated to see it continue to be exposed to salt marsh.

I got 2 Xtremas that look like that. No replacement exists, that I’ve found. You buy these things as a lifetime purchase and then that happens… smdh