does anyone own a Beretta A300?
thoughts on it?
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...I want to give a shout out to the superior design quality of the Beretta brand. 
I own 3 Beretta knives and one Beretta handgun; a Beretta a21 (22lr) Bobcat that I bought new in 1989. I absolutely love the perfectly weighted size, easy functionality and tip-up barrel on the Bobcat. Though somewhat temperamental with random ammo, it fires flawlessly with CCI MiniMags.
I love the Baretta tip-up barrel design and plan to purchase a 32ACp 3230 Tomcat when I get a few extra coins. It's the highest caliber available in the Beretta tip-up-barrel line.
TYY
is a 1955 M1Garand. 
A buddy I shoot sporting clays with swears by his A300. When I've shot his A300 sporting, I found it to be soft on the shoulder. It's a perfect high volume shotgun imo. I prefer O/U guns because they are purty and I don't have to stoop down and pickup my empty hulls 
The only thing I'll add it that how a shotgun fits you is the single most important consideration. Don't buy a brand, model or style of shotgun unless you know it fits you great. The best way to find out is by shooting a couple rounds of clays before your buy. Beg, borrow or rent the gun you're interested in first! I've got a $2300 shotgun that hurts overtime I shoot it. It hurts my face, neck, shoulder and pride. Buyers remorse is too kind a term...