Glad to hear you are enjoying the gun :)

Enjoy your gun. 😊

Thanks man

Good man, let me know how you get on.

I'd argue the miroku mk10 competition is king, 1/3 the price for more gun

Yeah, he really knew his stuff.

Thanks Tim

Glad to see you finally got the 694 and happy with it. I answered your question a bit late as I had other thing going on, sorry. I just got a DT 11 and have the stock getting a comb at Coles, hope to get it back soon will keep you posted on results.

Thanks Walter :)

Cheers Greg.

@greg, any reason the gun is not intended for hunting?

@@rugbyhook22 I know but why not? Thought I was pretty clear with my reasoning. I can't afford two dedicated higher end shotguns.

@@gregdavis7227 thats my point, if it can crush clays, why not live birds? The marketing guy in the video stated its not for hunting. I thought if you were an owner you might be able to explain if he is right or wrong.

@@rugbyhook22 ah sorry I misconstrued your post. I agree with you and it was part of why I bought a Beretta over a Guerini Summit.

He was a great interview, always nice to talk with someone like that who really knows their product.

@@lloydyp Yes, he certainly does and his command of English (at least, to me) is flawless. The technical terms just roll off his tongue, he knows his product and he loves to talk about it! I think he could probably sell me a trip to Hades and have me looking forward to it! Anyway, it's a beautiful gun and I will likely buy one when they finally show up here in the USA. Keep the videos coming!

I reckon I'm on quite a few wives hit lists at this point mate. 😜

😂 watch your back mate, you’ve deprived women of many spar days!

@@stevenpaddybwoy I'm surprised I've not been the target of roving gangs of hacked off wives before now to be honest.

I want to buy the 694 because of the advanced barrel design and forcing cone, for the best patterning. And the fit

Agreed.

Thanks man.

you should go, once covid has died down of course.

Congrats.

Thank you.

As would we all I think.

When the man said let’s take a step, it was because he was getting ahead of himself on talking about the design. Not a step back in quality, features, or technology!!! What do you want any manufacture to do? Build one really nice and thought out gun, then never change it and only produce that same thing for years? That doesn’t make any sense at all. Newer designs and manufacturing technology must move on. Also new Shooter’s usually want a new gun not a 20-30 yr old used gun that’s shot 250k+ and still cost $2500. Also I feel like guns without a palm swell feel thin and weird. Where I do agree with you is that the gun just slams open, and he lets it. Now WTF is up with that? Was that there test gun that has fired 250k+ ?

I Do like a bit of spirited debate in the comments section :)

I think it’s worth watching even if you not all in it for Beretta!!! All of Loyds videos are worth watching!!!

@@nmhvactech5474 absolutely!

Thank you both :)

Thanks Tony. I’m afraid I don’t, the 694 is selling pretty well I think so there will be a black edition at some point but I don’t know when.

@@lloydyp cheers mate

I've seen both processes at both factories and they are not a million miles apart, the main difference is that perazzi feels a bit more personal as they are a relatively small business compared to Beretta. I would still recommend Beretta if you want to have one made.

@@lloydyp sincerely appreciate you giving your opinion and the time taken to reply Lloyd, cheers.

@@clintalexander2575 any time man.

Depends on if the standard gun fits you. If it doesn't you will need to go for the adjustable.

@@lloydyp thank you for the reply, when you handled this model, did the 30 or 32 inch barrel length felt the best to you for overall handling and swinging?

32" feels better to me.

Did you buy one?

If they stopped making new guns there wouldn't be much evolution in shooting sports.

I did, off camera.

Lloyd Pattison I’ll take that as YES 🥳 , I’ll be waiting 🤩, thanks again for ur efforts and ur prompt reply 🤗.

I am sure they will.

Thanks for watching man.

@@lloydyp Thanks for making the video Lloyd. Any insight on my question above?

Good question - as an owner of the latter I'm also interested to know the differences. It looks like they'e made changes that are more suited to what I want in a gun.

How does it compare to the Summit or Maxum Impact? Which is a couple of guns I’m looking at. I want a general do all gun for Trap, Sporting Clay, and some, not much other than training, Skeet. So far I’ve been doing okay with my Browning 725 Pro Sporting, USA version, but it’s not as elegant and sleek as an Italian gun.

I would take the 694 over any of the CG guns except the invictus.

Not yet.

Sorry I have never heard from anyone in the UK with a cracked fore end, not saying it's not happening, I just never heard from anyone who has had a problem.

I haven't heard anything I'm afraid.

Yeah i really want a black one i hope they bring them out

@@lloydyp awesome review/interview lloyd, please try keep us up to date if you hear about a black model, i really want to purchase a 694 but im still holding off hoping a black edition comes out

You can be sure, if one comes out I shall be pestering GMK to send me a press gun asap.

@@lloydyp fantastic work, ill be waiting with a pocket full of notes....

Yes they are.

Define what you would want in a dedicated skeet gun?

@@lloydyp A great (very early) example was the Winchester 101 Diamond Grade. Also, the early beretta 682’s. I remember buying a brand new beretta 682 skeet gun in 1993. They offered three different stocks and two different forends and two different barrel lengths (28”/30”). The issue with Skeet is sporting clays. Many years ago Gun manufacturers shifted their priorities and started producing sport shotguns more suited to SC. This has limited skeet shooters to buy Blaser’s, Kolar’s or Kreighoff’s. For a while Browning made a reasonably priced Pro Sport Citori skeet gun. I guess my point is that for many years Beretta made a dedicated skeet gun with options that was very reasonably priced.

@@bgjb-r1499 yeah but what in your opinion sets aside a skeet gun from a Sporter?

@@lloydyp A skeet gun and a sporting clays gun are different because the disciplines are different. Skeet is a monotonous game where the objective is to shoot 25 targets from eight different stations without missing a single target not just in a round but in an entire tournament. Sporting clays is game where the trajectory of the clays vary depending on the course, due to the constant changes the challenge in SC has become a game of how many targets you can hit. This not only makes both sports profoundly different, it makes the equipment different as well. If you look at your top American skeet shooters the guns are pre-mounted and must be a perfect extension of their bodies, any variation results in a lost target or two. So, what does this perfection mean? Well, at 21-25 yards your 12ga. & 20ga. must provide a 50-50 to a 55-45 split on the patterning board “consistently”. The 28ga.-410bore is naturally choked down a bit .005-.008 to offer a bit of a denser patter at the distances listed above. The stocks are usually straight, in other words the identical drop at the comb and heel. Today many are Monte Carlo’s, when I started there were perfectly straight less bulky stocks. The optimal barrel lengths are 28 to 30 inches with the latter being preferred. A skeet gun must provide a minimal amount of recoil so the guns are usually weighed down a bit.

I wasn't asking for the difference between the disciplines as I've been shooting for over 30 years. My question is what spec would you put into a dedicated skeet gun. Given the fact that I shoot all disciplines with 1 gun from trap through sporting and skeet with some success I've never felt the need of a dedicated gun for each discipline. Indeed I prefer to shoot 1 gun well with the same chokes rather than mincing about changing. Equally I would argue that Beretta for instance make a number of guns with sufficient adjustability that there is no need for a "skeet" gun. You can just buy a DT11 black and set it up to shoot whatever you want. I'm a jack of all trades shooter of course and not interested in specialising.

The 694 Trap has indeed been released in the UK. Check with your local dealer.

Thanks for watching man.

Sorry Don, I'm not super familiar with the cost of long guns in the US, if it were UK pricing I could tell you, but I would have to spend a bit of time researching pricing in the US Market.

Er, the 692 launched in 2012, that's a bit more than a year ago.

No idea without weighing some and taking an average. Wood density varies.

They don’t. Very few companies do.

It really is annoying

I reviewed the Pro Sport over 2 years ago, and it's still a great gun. This gun is new to market, and this review supercedes that one. Also I wasn't invited to Italy, I was there and asked for an interview, I paid for the trip, no freebies or press junkets here.