CONCLUSION

If you need a purpose-made, reliable wildfowling gun that absorbs the recoil of super-heavy goose loads with the unique shock-absorbing recoil pad system, the Super Black Eagle 3 may be the one for you. It will also do a great job in the pigeon hide, with easy loading and three shots on a busy day before reloading. Equally, it can be used on a clay day at one of the competitions specifically for semi-auto users. Overall, a fabulous gun to shoot.

Action and

barrels

Trigger and

ejectors

Stock

No fine game-scene engraving on this one, just a well-engineered

semi-auto action that works. The barrel is easy to remove and clean

and there are no gas ports and mechanism to worry about. The gun

tested had a 28in barrel with extended chokes.

Trigger-pulls were great with no drag and a great feel. The

mechanism cycled everything that I put through it from different

manufacturers, in different loads and shot sizes.

A synthetic stock and fore-end that you can wipe with a damp cloth

to remove the mud — perfect for its intended use. Finished in grey

with an effective recoil-absorbing system.

A real shock in this respect. I was expecting to be significantly

unimpressed and have come away with a complete change

in my thinking — impressive.

The perfect tool for the intended use. At around £2,000, it is not

the cheapest shotgun you can buy, but it is well engineered and

extremely capable in the arena in which it is intended to operate.