£1100/£1050
MK70 Sporter with 30” barrels, a 10mm rib and hits the scales at 7lbs 8oz. This is quite light by modern standards for a sporter, but some prefer a lighter gun for sporting targets. A gun like this is ideal for a keen club shot, if you wanted to win big competitions you would probably opt for something 8 pounds plus with even longer barrels. Perhaps the point to be stated, though, is that many people spend more on a gun than they need to, because they are not realistic in assessing what they are going to do with it. I might also say that longer guns (and Miroku offer the very cost effective option of the outstanding MK38) tend to be experts’ tools. They may be a handicap to the intermediate level shot, and are certainly an impediment, generally speaking (I always qualify because there are always exceptions) to the less experienced who have not developed the skills to use them properly.
