Breda 3 Gun (Black)

The Breda 3 Gun in black is a 12 gauge semi automatic competition shotgun built on the proven Breda Civolani inertia system, and it arrives ready to shoot a match rather than ready for a shopping list of upgrades. Chambered for 3 inch magnum shells and fitted with a 24 inch Acciaio barrel, it is aimed squarely at the shooter who wants speed, soft recoil and consistent patterns on the clock. The polymer furniture and billet receiver keep the whole package tough enough for a full season of hard stages.

What the Breda 3 Gun is, and who it is built for

Three gun competition punishes equipment. Shotguns get slammed into barricades, loaded at full speed, dumped into buckets and then asked to cycle everything from birdshot to slugs without complaint, and this gun was designed with exactly that abuse in mind.

It fits the competitor stepping up from a borrowed field gun, and it fits the experienced shooter who wants a dedicated match gun that does not need a parts bin behind it. Sporting clays shooters and high volume clay busters will get on with it just as well, because the same traits that win stages also make for a pleasant afternoon on the trap field.

Key features of the Breda 3 Gun

• Civolani inertia action: a semi automatic system locking through a rotating locking head, clean running and simple to maintain.
• 24 inch Acciaio barrel: precision drilled with a back bored chamber and optimized forcing cone for consistent patterns and softer felt recoil.
• Billet 7075-T6 receiver: milled from solid aluminum alloy, deep double anodized in black, and cut to accept a left side charging handle.
• Rilsan reinforced furniture: matte black fiberglass polymer stock and forend that shrug off hard use.
• Five extended chokes: C, IC, M, IM and F, supplied with a choke key so you can tune patterns stage by stage.
• Match ready kit: shipped in an ABS case with detachable sling swivels included.

Specifications in plain language

This is a 12 gauge with a 3 inch magnum chamber, which means one gun handles light practice loads, heavier hunting shells and everything a match director is likely to throw at you. The 24 inch barrel is the sweet spot for competition, long enough to swing smoothly on a moving target yet short enough to move quickly between ports, and it wears a matte double nitrate salt blued finish topped with a stepped rib for a fast, unambiguous sight picture.

The receiver deserves its own mention. Billet 7075-T6 aluminum, double anodized, with the logos hand filled in gray ceramic and set in an oven, is a level of finish work you rarely see at any price. If you want to compare it with the rest of the counter, take a look through our firearms selection and see how the details line up.

Practical use, care and setup

The Breda 3 Gun keeps maintenance about as simple as a semi automatic gets. There is no gas system fouling to chase, so wiping the bolt and rails and applying a light film of oil handles most cleaning sessions, and the polymer stock and forend need nothing more than soap and water after a muddy match.

Before your first stage, pick your chokes deliberately. Run the more open C and IC tubes for close clays and buckshot work, then move to M, IM or F when the targets stretch out, and pattern each one on paper so you know what you actually own. Learning to load the gun quickly is worth more practice time than almost anything else you can do.

Match ready out of the case, easy to maintain and built to take a beating, it is a lot of shotgun for the shooter who takes the buzzer seriously. Like every firearm, it ships to your local FFL for pickup after your background check.