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Originally Posted By BoomToob: Hmm, I didn’t realize there was a model of 1301 that utilized a similar system. That does look like it would work. If it’s not too much to ask, snap some pics for us the next time you have it apart and I’ll order one immediately. @BoomToob Is this what you were looking for?   FWIW I have the Aridus Zhukov handguard and adapter |
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Originally Posted By AK-12: @BoomToob Is this what you were looking for? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/509384/20230430_124004-2801104.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/509384/20230430_123740-2801105.jpg FWIW I have the Aridus Zhukov handguard and adapter @AK-12 Looks identical to the a300 ultima patrol. I’ll order one straight away. Then I’ll get the pro lifter and it will be perfect. |
| Looks like I'll be buying one of those GG&G covers and clamps also because I hate the plastic clamp. I would not have a problem paying a hundred dollars more for the gun if it had come with metal parts up front and an adjustable rear sight. I know Beretta was trying to hit a budget price point but the A300 Patrol is quite a bit cheaper than similar options and adding another $1-200 to the price for less plastic parts wouldn't scare too many people off. |
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Originally Posted By gunner76: Looks like I'll be buying one of those GG&G covers and clamps also because I hate the plastic clamp. I would not have a problem paying a hundred dollars more for the gun if it had come with metal parts up front and an adjustable rear sight. I know Beretta was trying to hit a budget price point but the A300 Patrol is quite a bit cheaper than similar options and adding another $1-200 to the price for less plastic parts wouldn't scare too many people off. I sincerely wish the part didn’t have to have the cheesy GG&G logo on the side of it. Would be nice if beretta just did it from the get go. |
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Originally Posted By gunner76: Looks like I'll be buying one of those GG&G covers and clamps also because I hate the plastic clamp. I would not have a problem paying a hundred dollars more for the gun if it had come with metal parts up front and an adjustable rear sight. I know Beretta was trying to hit a budget price point but the A300 Patrol is quite a bit cheaper than similar options and adding another $1-200 to the price for less plastic parts wouldn't scare too many people off. There are a few options. You can just take the clamp off; the magazine cover doesn't spin. You can also convert the gun to a 5 shot magazine tube and add a Nordic extension. The plastic cover is ugly but isn't worse performing than the GGG cover. All of the clamps on the market slide forward, Nordic, GGG, and OEM. Barrel clamps on shotguns are garbage in general. |
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Originally Posted By ian187: There are a few options. You can just take the clamp off; the magazine cover doesn't spin. You can also convert the gun to a 5 shot magazine tube and add a Nordic extension. The plastic cover is ugly but isn't worse performing than the GGG cover. All of the clamps on the market slide forward, Nordic, GGG, and OEM. Barrel clamps on shotguns are garbage in general. Apparently the GG&G cover has a machined spot to keep the barrel clamp in place. |
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Originally Posted By GHILLIE: Anyone get the GGG mag tube cover in yet to verify a fit on the A300? I have one ordered, won’t be here till Tuesday. Should work with no issues. If anyone is interested Gun Mag Warehouse has a Bulldog 40” soft gun case that fits the A300 like a glove. I just got mine today. |
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Originally Posted By ImpacTT: mine will be here tomorrow. It will be mounted asap  Mines in on Monday. I’ll just have to be happy for you until it gets here. Did get the pro lifter installed. Not sure that it’s worth the price they’re asking, but I do think it will make loading easier and faster. |
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Originally Posted By ImpacTT: perfect fit. Like they were made for each other :) drop of blue loctite on the clamp screws and that's about it. Sweet! Ordered mine monday, on high hopes. Makes me feel better now. Thanks! |
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Clean. Looks like mine has changed to a Saturday delivery. Thanks Amazon for screwing USPS employees into normalizing Saturday delivery. |
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Originally Posted By ImpacTT: very nice setup. I need to find a light for it too. Something small. Don't want that shotgun to be a pig. For being basically like the “1301 lite”, it doesn’t feel like much of a compromise. Someone earlier in the thread was using an inforce wml, which would be pretty light weight. I like the 640df pro because of the mount and the 18650 rechargeables. |
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Originally Posted By BoomToob: Installed the mag tube cover. Fits just like it’s made for it. Probably an inconsequential part, but I prefer the metal to the plastic. Also, pic of the pro lifter installed. https://i.imgur.com/ZZr2XeC.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/aYk77v4.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/RprPvO6.jpg Looks nice! What is the difference with the pro lifter? How was the install? |
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Took my a300 out yesterday. Shot about 25 sporting clay rounds through it and about 10 rounds of buckshot. Didn’t want to cycle correctly. Probably made it through about 3 shots at most with no jams. Didn’t want to eject the fired shell. I took apart when I got the shotgun and fully cleaned. Anyone know what my issue might be? Wondered if I just need to put another 50-75 rounds through it to get it to cycle. The buckshot was critical defense. The target loads were Remington at 1185 fps I believe. |
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Originally Posted By joker2041: Took my a300 out yesterday. Shot about 25 sporting clay rounds through it and about 10 rounds of buckshot. Didn’t want to cycle correctly. Probably made it through about 3 shots at most with no jams. Didn’t want to eject the fired shell. I took apart when I got the shotgun and fully cleaned. Anyone know what my issue might be? Wondered if I just need to put another 50-75 rounds through it to get it to cycle. The buckshot was critical defense. The target loads were Remington at 1185 fps I believe. failing to load or failing to eject ? if you use dummy rounds, can you cycle manually no problem the whole 7+1 ? |
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Originally Posted By ImpacTT: failing to load or failing to eject ? if you use dummy rounds, can you cycle manually no problem the whole 7+1 ? Originally Posted By ImpacTT: Originally Posted By joker2041: Took my a300 out yesterday. Shot about 25 sporting clay rounds through it and about 10 rounds of buckshot. Didn’t want to cycle correctly. Probably made it through about 3 shots at most with no jams. Didn’t want to eject the fired shell. I took apart when I got the shotgun and fully cleaned. Anyone know what my issue might be? Wondered if I just need to put another 50-75 rounds through it to get it to cycle. The buckshot was critical defense. The target loads were Remington at 1185 fps I believe. failing to load or failing to eject ? if you use dummy rounds, can you cycle manually no problem the whole 7+1 ? Let me rephrase. Failing to eject. The shell gets hung and doesn’t eject. I don’t have any dummy rounds but with live rounds and manually cycling bolt it seems to function fine. |
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did you clean the shotgun before firing for the first time ? Beretta recommends it. check the gas system as well.  How to clean the Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol Shotgun |
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Does your failure to eject looks like this? You can see the lifter pushing the next live shell up against the fired round which in turn forces the fired round up against the top of the barrel breach extension pretty much preventing it from fully ejecting. This is on my 1301 Tac which has been thoroughly cleaned. I tested this on another 1301 Tac at the gun store and it did the exact same thing.  |
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Originally Posted By thezman: Does your failure to eject looks like this? You can see the lifter pushing the next live shell up against the fired round which in turn forces the fired round up against the top of the barrel breach extension pretty much preventing it from fully ejecting. This is on my 1301 Tac which has been thoroughly cleaned. I tested this on another 1301 Tac at the gun store and it did the exact same thing. https://i.postimg.cc/wj4QjRkT/97-F7989-E-3877-4247-8-E03-4188-B6966041.jpg Mine will do this hand cycling, but not under recoil. Are you implying this happens while firing? |
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Originally Posted By thezman: Does your failure to eject looks like this? You can see the lifter pushing the next live shell up against the fired round which in turn forces the fired round up against the top of the barrel breach extension pretty much preventing it from fully ejecting. This is on my 1301 Tac which has been thoroughly cleaned. I tested this on another 1301 Tac at the gun store and it did the exact same thing. https://i.postimg.cc/wj4QjRkT/97-F7989-E-3877-4247-8-E03-4188-B6966041.jpg Yes, I’ve disassembled and cleaned before shooting. Tore it all the way down. My failure to eject looks just like this. What is the fix? |
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Just a FYI tip. I wanted an economical adjustable rear sight for my A300 and bought a 1301 rear sight, it fit no problems but I have the sight bottomed out and the gun still shoots buckshot about 3-5" high at 20yds and slugs are about 4-5"inches high at 50yds. The factory sight was about right on with buckshot and elevation was perfect with slugs but the slugs shot to the right 5". I'm starting to think maybe I should just put a micro RDS on it and be done. ETA. How are you guys getting all these good patterns with buckshot? I bought some 9 pellet Federal flight control and I'm getting larger groups then what everyone else is posting and they aren't consistent, sometime they are tight and sometimes not. I remember now why I've never been able to keep a tactical shotgun, never been happy with the accuracy. The positive though is the gun has been flawless with everything I've shot through it. |
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Originally Posted By joker2041: Took my a300 out yesterday. Shot about 25 sporting clay rounds through it Originally Posted By joker2041: Took my a300 out yesterday. Shot about 25 sporting clay rounds through it Trap loads are not going to work spectacularly in a brand new semi-auto shotgun. They don't work well in semi-auto shotguns period. Didn’t want to eject the fired shell. Without seeing the gun in action it's difficult to say definitively, but if you fire a shell that doesn't have enough oomph to run the action what you often see is the bolt not fully going to the rear to clear the spent shell and running forward again with the spent shell still held by the extractor. If you manually cycle the bolt and the spent shell ejects cleanly and the next shell feeds cleanly, then it's most likely an ammo issue. I took apart when I got the shotgun and fully cleaned. Anyone know what my issue might be? Wondered if I just need to put another 50-75 rounds through it to get it to cycle. The buckshot was critical defense. The target loads were Remington at 1185 fps I believe. What were you shooting when the gun choked? Was it a random mix of buck and bird or did? Did the buckshot cycle correctly? Need more info. |
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Originally Posted By thezman: I've been tinkering with it, but no solid solution to date. Your gun should go back to Beretta. Something is likely off in the trigger plate or with the fitting of the shell stop. |
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Originally Posted By RangeToy: Anyone running a Holosun 407k on their A300 or 1301? I have, on an Aridus CROM. It worked fine. I generally prefer enclosed emitter optics in general, but especially on a long gun. |
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Beretta A300 Ultima Patrol 12 Gauge (Page 4 of 28)
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