Beretta A400 Xtreme Unico with Mega Kick-Off
Beretta has a new premium model in their flagship A400 Unico shotgun line, the Beretta A400 Xtreme Unico, which includes an updated hydraulic system called Kick-Off Mega.
Beretta’s Kick-Off system employs, amongst other things, a hydraulic recoil reduction system. In the original Kick-Off the recoil pad is connected to the stock by hydraulics. The whole stock moves back in relation to the shooters shoulder when fired. While this is effective in slowing down the recoil impetus, the stock moves against the operator cheek which some people may find uncomfortable. The Kick-Off Mega solves this problem by moving the hydraulic connection forward to just behind the pistol grip. Along with the Kick-Off Mega hydraulic system, the A400 Xtreme Unico also includes two mercury recoil reducers in the stock and forend.
MSRP is $1,600 for the black synth and $1,700 for the camo-stocked model.
More specifically, felt recoil.
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My son and I each bought A400 Extreme Unico's and are not very pleased with either gun. We have both experienced problems with the fore end caps. When I attempted to assemble my gun the cap would not attach to the gun, it was defective. The dealer replaced the cap. During a duck hunt the cap on my son's gun came off. The sling attachment was sucked into the "plastic" fore end cap which caused the cap to come off and could not be re-attached. I called the dealer who advised that he had 4 or 5 other people come in with problems with the end cap. He told me Beretta was sending improved fore end caps, mean while my son and I have had two hunts kinda screwed and my son can't use his gun. While duck hunting I also had problems with the gun injecting 3 1/2 inch shells on several occasions. Not sure if it was the shells or the gun (Winchester shells) my son did not experience any problems other than the cap.
Has anyone figured out the best turkey load for the a400extreme