Perazzi MX2000S

[Russ6357]

So a brief review of this, my third Perazzi (I have owned and sold an MX12SC3 and an MX8SC3)...

If you are in the market for a great, reliable, designed-to-shoot-100K's of shells for sporting clays/FITASC and would like a gun custom made to your measurements but DON'T have the £50K+ for a London gun then consider a Perazzi.

Mine fits great, has 30" light barrels, 1/2 and 3/4 choke (well, 6 of 10 and 8 of 10 in Perazzi terms...close enough) great grain in the wood, great balance and all up comes in a tad over 8lbs.

The action is as solid as a rock and even though designed to be "re-buildable" it probably won't need that for 100K shells. The action is slim, doesn't distract me like Brownings have (personal preference I grant you) yet clearly "substantial". CNC machines from quality steel it's hand engraved an deeply blued. I wish they wouldn't gold plate the trigger but rather blued it...that's my only niggle really.

Stripping down the gun, cleaning ejectors general simple maintenance is easy as and every component is really solidly built and has a lovely finish.

The triggers on my gun are coil-sprung...my MX8 has leaf springs... some say that the leaf springs have a better "feel". Well that might be true but I cannot tell between the two in a blind test. The triggers are super smooth, no slack, really crisp let off around 3 1/2lbs and 4lbs for first/second barrel. Frankly it's better than on several of the air-guns I've owned.

Perazzi are well known for producing quality shotgun barrels and it's clear why. Convergence is dead on, they pattern a little tighter than you might expect for the purported chokings but that's not all that unusual with a fixed choke Perazzi - all of mine have! Ribs are well attached, barrels dead straight, well finished and blued. Mine weight a tad over 1500 grams which is quite light.

As a gun it's quite dynamic, light 30" barrels and at 8lbs quite light for a Sporting gun are attributes of that.

They are not cheap, but custom made with this level of quality is not going to be.

Highly recommended!

[engraver]

Nice review thanks always wondered which models where leaf sprung and coil sprung, I dont think it would feel better on a blind test as weight of pull may be very similar just lock time on target but the difference is sooo miniscule I would be realy surprised if it would equate to more kills, although I know milliseconds count on clays.

[Russ6357]

Thanks Engraver....

Well Coil/Leaf options with Perazzi can get a bit dicey...something like:

MX8 - Removable trigger, typically Leaf but optionally Coil.
MX12 - Non-removable trigger - Coil.
MX2000S - Non-removable trigger - Coil
MX2000/8 - Non-removable trigger - Leaf

In essence the 2000 range is setup more for English Sporting/FITASC (by default) than the MX8/MX12 which come in more Trap/DTL/Skeet/Game ranges but, as noted, can be built any way you want them.

I can and will shoot them side by side but frankly I doubt that I could tell the difference.

I also like the Beretta range of shotguns but personally don't get on quite so well with the DT10, it's a fine gun but like many things personal "feel" is super important, especially true in a shotgun if one is trying to get those few extra clays.

Of course some people can shoot anything well, frankly we have some who could hit a 60 yard crossing and diving Midi with a bit of gas pipe and a 2x4..... I'm not one of these people...

[Russ6357]

First time out in anger - a 71x100 at Southdown (not the easiest course in the world!), any and all problems were pilot oriented.

[engraver]

Aint to bad 71% well done first time with a new gun always equates to 70%ish for me also.