Beretta A300 Outlander
Remington V3
Winchester SX3

Ive read good things about all of them. Never shot or even held any of them. Ive only looked at guns with gas systems. My main concern is soft recoil. Otherwise I would just keep hunting with my 870 and not spend the better part of a grand.

Looking for opinions of people who have shot these guns. Thanks guys.

I would go with the Remington. It's made in the USA.

A300 is way less than a grand. You need to see which one fits you the best. You will shoot it better from the beginning than one that doesn't.

I got the V3 for my wife she killed birds with it in 5 different states this year. No problems

The SX3 is the lightest recoil gun I've shot. To be fair, it didn't fit me well and I sold it and went to a Beretta 391. I added mercury recoil devices in the butt stock and magazine cap and that made it very comparable to the SX3. I've not shot the Remington

Good luck!

I have both a Beretta 3901 and an SX3. I paid less that 800 for each but only shoot 3 inch. I have had the beretta for several years and it has performed flawlessly. The SX3 is the same so far. The SX3 fits me slightly better so shoot all 3 and see what you like.

So is the beretta

I would buy the Winchester because it fits me better, you should figure out which one fits you best

My Remington 11-87 hasn't let me down after 6 years. When it dies, I'm buying another

This^^^^go to a gun store and see which one fits you the best....

The older I get the more I shy away from recoil. I shot a borrowed SX3 on a few hunts and wound up with a beretta A400. I thought it was good until I shot a buddies Beretta A400. It has all the bells and whistles but the reduced felt recoil is why I bought bought one. I've hunted 2 seasons with it now with zero issues.

Feech

Sx4 when it comes out.

Why only those 3 guns? Open to any other options? Could pick up used inertia gun in your price range (especially a SBE2 since the 3's just came out).

I bought the beretta outlander for duck hunting and I like the hell out of it. It comes with shims to give you a more custom stock fit and it soaks up recoil from a 3" magnum load like nothing.

I did not like the SX3 or the versa max, if I had it to do over again I would still get the outlander

V3 has been a great gun.

I wouldn't pick any of those but out of those I'd go with the SX3

You know it's almost the same gun as the Maxus.

I love my A300. It fits great, 100% reliable and soft shooting.

He only wants soft recoil.

Soft recoil read the post

buy the one that fits you best.

Bought a V3 in the fall. It is an outstanding shotgun. Light weight and low recoil.

My son used it on his first duck hunt while I used the 870. Very successful hunt with redheads and a speckle belly.

If you decide on the A-300 get with me before you buy one. I have a camo A-300 has maybe two boxes of shells through it. I'll even include a Pattern Master Code Black choke tube with the three that came with it.

Bought the A300 at auction for a good price. Have always been a Benelli guy, but figured it was a good enough deal to not pass up. In my unbiased opinion, it is a good gun. Only issues I have had with it has been when it gets dirty. First semi auto I have owned, so until this gun I have been on the clean it once a year program with my Nova. If you keep it clean, it performs great. Let it get all dusty or dirty and it will jam. Cant speak on the others as I have not owned them.

Just finished my third season with my A300. Been a solid performer. Way softer recoil than my old Winchester pump. It's not my prettiest gun...nor my sweetest gun... but has taken the abuse as my field gun. I walk in hunt so it gets it's fair share of bumps and bruises. It also has to be reliable! I paired it with some Turlock chokes and it has been deadly. Possibly my best ever shooting percentages were this season with this gun. More doubles than I've ever had! I have the synthetic stock. I'm a big dude with a broad chest so I took out the spacer to give it a 12" lenth of pull and it was the best thing I could have ever done. Easier to shoulder when I'm layered up, i Am more accurate with the shorter lop, and it seems to soften the felt recoil.

I freaked out when it Failed to cycle three times over two hunts (it was always on the third shot that I shouldn't have taken anyway) I thought it was b/c my shells we dirty (had dropped em in the mud earlier) and low temps combined with bad oil. Turns out I didn't have the magazine tube completely screwed in from the last cleaning so it was causing a poor feed. Fixed that and its been rock solid ever since.

If it were me, I'd go with the Beretta. I hunt with a Xtrema 2 and can't say enough good things about it. I run everything from 1oz loads in September up to T's over the course of a season and it hasn't let me down yet. But, like others have expressed, pick which points best for you. I bought my Beretta after I got back from shooting a Urika 2 thousands of times in Argentina and that's what I felt most comfortable with.