A400 Xcel Trap

[Dreaming100Straight]

A guy at my range just got a Beretta A400 Xcel. He was told it was a trap model and that it had a 30" barrel. This is the one with the blue receiver. Is there such a thing as a trap model? Checking Beretta.USA, I don't see such an animal.

 

[A400 Fan]

Mine has a 30" barrel as well. Does his have a parallel stock? Mine has a regular one and is listed more for sporting.

 

[Dreaming100Straight]

I thought you would be able to comment on this. It looked to me like it wasn't parallel. He did have the kickoff system. I feel sorry for the guy, since he bought it thinking it was a trap gun, but I believe he got a sporter and a guy shooting with us said it was a 28" barrel, when he thought he had a 30. Beautiful gun, but not a trap gun as far as I could see. He may have the same gun as you, ant the other guy may be wrong about the barrel length.

 

[A400 Fan]

Not saying it can't be used for trap; that would depend on what type of stock fits him best. Since I also shoot FITASC, which mandates a low gun, a trap-style doesn't work for me.
I guess one way to tell would be at the pattern board seeing how high his patterns are above POA - I'm betting fairly flat.

 

[Dreaming100Straight]

Yep. A lot of shooters smoke trap with field guns; a case in point being a guy with an evil black pump who I shoot with on the weekend. This guy didn't, but reportedly does very well with a BT-99.

 

[Kreyzhorse]

There is a trap / sporting clay model....

http://www.beretta.com/en-us/a400-xcel-parallel-target/

Either way, while it might not be a pure trap gun, I don't see why it wouldn't perform well in that duty.

Here is the regular version.

http://www.beretta.com/en-us/a400-xcel/#Features

 

[Bake]

I've always felt the "Rib" was as important (Maybe more) than an unadjusted stock.

 

[Dreaming100Straight]

Note that Beretta claims that both the parallel comb target A400 and the regular sloped comb A400 are designed to recoil parallel to the comb.