quoted from above: "the Beretta 686 is the world's gold standard for svetely-designed, great-handling, O/U shotguns - especially in the smaller/scaled framed frame gauges, like 20"
I'm not saying the Beretta 686 isn't a decent gun ...but I don't feel like I purchased a "non gold standard gun" - in the Browning Citori XS Skeet family - with a 20, 28ga or the .410 .....
Here is my family of XS Skeet model Citori's ( in 12, 20, 28ga and .410 ) - the 20, 28ga and .410 are all built on the Browning 20ga receiver - and all 3 have 30" barrels / they're my primary guns for Skeet, Sporting Clays and bird hunting ..... I find them to be solid, nimble and great handling guns .....that I'll stack up against any 686 made. Beretta 686 feels small in my hands and has way too much drop at comb and heel to fit me .......
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...1&d=1236031020
Both Beretta and Browning make good serviceable guns ...but if you're looking for the "gold standard" in a 20ga -- maybe the Krieghoff K-20 ....
http://www.krieghoff.com/index.php?o...d=32&Itemid=77