1. Otis B. Driftwood

    Otis B. Driftwood Active Member

    What in your opinion what was the best trap gun Perazzi ever made?
     
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  2. mpolans

    mpolans Mega Poster

    The one that fits you best and allows you to break targets. I don't think it's any single model. I will say that I think square monobloc guns are stronger and better than round monobloc guns. Fixed trigger and removable trigger guns have their plusses and minuses, but I don't think one is definitively better than the other. I prefer barrels without sideribs, as it's one less thing to go wrong and cost money to fix.
     
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  3. Otis B. Driftwood

    Otis B. Driftwood Active Member

    Of course the one that fits you! I was asking about quality of manufacture, balance and handling.
     
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  4. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    MX-8
     
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  5. wpt

    wpt Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    I have always been partial to Winchester Model 12's (own a bunch of them ) ... Have owned (still do own) a bunch of Perazzi's and have had very good luck with them ... The first Perazzi I owned many years ago was an MX 8 Combo set, two triggers , two forearms , it is the one that got away ... Oh well ... WPT ... (YAC) ...
     
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  6. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    WPT I started with model 12's and own about 40 of them today, all gauges but 28. I couldn't afford an MX - 8 back then just for doubles but later I had a couple different MX -8's I used for live birds and wish I'd have kept the 28 inch one I owned. I loaned it to Larry Bumstead at a Holford's pigeon shoot and he killed a 24 and won the calcutta with it (by himself) and he wanted it more than me after that. So as any good old time trap shooter did I sold it.
     
  7. JJM

    JJM Well-Known Member

    Can't beat The MX 8, type 4 is a plus, lots of options out there at reasonable prices.
     
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  8. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    MX8 Special combo
     
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  9. Semperfi909

    Semperfi909 Mega Poster

    I can help you rectify that.

    AFA the Q goes strength is not a factor at all. The Boss lugs on the square monoblocks may somehow reduce wear mabe or something but the amount of metal around the chambers is effectively the same. Otherwise the actions are identical in function and even use the same parts for everything across the models. Find one you like as its longevity is dependent on how you treat the gun and not which model it is.
    BTW Perazzis on their own never miss a target but sometimes they are forced to by an incompetent handler
     
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  10. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    How much does an old MX - 8 cost today?
     
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  11. Semperfi909

    Semperfi909 Mega Poster

    So what I have are late 70's Mirages and as I understand it they usually sell for about $4K and up depending on the regular criteria
     
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  12. Otis B. Driftwood

    Otis B. Driftwood Active Member

    My personal favorites are the two I own. My Rome NY import MX3 Special combo and my Ithaca import TM1.
     
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  13. jansonuhl

    jansonuhl jansonuhl

    Ithica TM1. Have one with 1,500,000 through it and still going strong. Bought new in about 1971.
     
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  14. Otis B. Driftwood

    Otis B. Driftwood Active Member

    You can’t kill a TM1
     
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  15. nickthanos

    nickthanos Well-Known Member

    Best I had was a Mid seventies MX-8 Grand American combo unsingle. The O/U seemed to go to the target by itself. Wish I still had it.
     
  16. wpt

    wpt Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader


    Any where from $4999.00 to $40,000 , check them out on the internet ... Seems to be worth more than gold ... WPT ... (YAC) ...
     
  17. Hey Hey Hay

    Hey Hey Hay krieghoff k80 trap special

    Mx8 can’t beat it.
     
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  18. rookieshooter

    rookieshooter Mega Poster Forum Leader

    TM1 Shot 1 from the mid 70's to this day. Pic of ''Ole Sledge'' below...well it used to be a TM1 before I started working on it.

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  19. dr.longshot

    dr.longshot Grudge Match Champion Founding Member Forum Leader Grudge Match Champion

    I have to agree on the 32 inch MX-8 Perazzi was and still is the best gun.

    GB...………………………………...DLS
     
  20. dr.longshot

    dr.longshot Grudge Match Champion Founding Member Forum Leader Grudge Match Champion

    Jaqua's has a Perazzi MX-8 for sale now, w/spare trigger, I think $3400 if memory serves me right

    GB...…………………………………...DLS
     
  21. jansonuhl

    jansonuhl jansonuhl

    Don't stand in the way. You will be killed in the stampede.
     
  22. Rob Greenside

    Rob Greenside Mega Poster

    DB81 combo
     
  23. Rob Greenside

    Rob Greenside Mega Poster