The standard 20 gauge target load is 7/8 ounce, not 15/16 ounce. It is designed to be used with factory loaded shot shells between 2-3/4' (15/16 oz.) and 3' (1-1/4 oz). The Mossberg SA-20 manual oddly states, 'This 20 gauge semi-automatic shotgun is chambered for 3 inch magnum shells. The trigger guards on both shotguns are plastic. While the Weatherby has a bit thicker, curved pad.īoth shotguns have small safeties, however the triangular Weatherby safety is truly dinky. The Mossberg has a thin, soft durometer pad with a hard heel insert. The Weatherby Element does not have this obnoxious problem. While perhaps unremarkable in the case of the Mossberg, many 20 gauge inertia guns are real thumb-busters, as is the case with the previously reviewed Benelli M2 and the Franchi Affinity models. Mossberg has a one year written warranty on the SA-20.īoth the Mossberg SA-20 and the Weatherby Element are easy to load.

Weatherby has no written warranty, but promises to stand behind their products. The Element is also available with a high grade walnut stock that retails for approximately $820. Both the Mossberg SA-20 and the Weatherby Element are offered in cheaper, black plastic stocked models. The Mossberg has a brass front bead the Weatherby has a green tubular bead. The Weatherby comes with three standard Invector style choke tubes. The Mossberg comes with five Mobil-choke style choke tubes. The Weatherby is shipped in a cardboard box. The Mossberg SA-20 comes in a foam-lined hard case, with gun sock type sleeves inside for both the barrel and the action / butt stock. Although Weatherby claims on their website that this model weighs 6-1/4 pounds, it is actually over a quarter pound heavier at 6 pounds, 9 ounces and has a 6-1/2 pound trigger pull. The Mossberg SA-20 weighs 6-1/4 pounds and has a 6-3/4 pound trigger pull. Both are three inch chambered twenty gauge autoloaders tested with 26 inch barrels. Both are made in Turkey: the Mossberg by Armsan, the Weatherby by ATA. While the Mossberg is gas-operated, it goes up against the recoil-operated (inertia) Weatherby Element Waterfowler (camo) model that runs about $650. The Mossberg SA-20 is tested in the walnut / blue trim, with a 2017 discount retail price of just under $500. Here, we are going to look at two affordable models with familiar nameplates, Mossberg and Weatherby. I love to hunt with twenty gauge autoloaders and have done so for fifty years. Part One (Mossberg SA20 and Weatherby Element) Top to bottom: Benelli Comfortech, Browning B-80, Mossberg SA20 and Weatherby Element. The Battle of the 20 gauge Autoloading Shotguns By Randy Wakeman Battle of the 20 gauge Autoloading Shotguns

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