Description
The Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose is built for one job: standing in a field during the spring conservation order with a lot of shells to burn and no bag limit to stop you. It is a 12 gauge gas gun with a 28 inch barrel, a 10+1 magazine and Realtree Arctic Fox camouflage over the whole thing, and every feature on it traces back to that one use case.
Why the Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose Is Configured This Way
Capacity is the headline of the Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose. Ten rounds of 2 3/4 inch shells plus one in the chamber, or nine plus one with 3 inch magnums, is more than triple what a plugged hunting gun holds. The conservation order lifts the federal plug requirement for light geese, which is the only reason a magazine this long is legal to hunt with, and it is exactly why the gun exists in this configuration.
The camouflage on the Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose is Realtree Arctic Fox, a white and grey pattern meant to disappear against snow, stubble and a spread of white decoys. It covers the stock, the fore end and the barrel. If you have ever tried to hide a black shotgun in a white field, you already understand why this matters more than it sounds like it should.
The Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose barrel is 28 inches with a stepped rib, which raises the sighting plane and makes the bead easier to pick up when birds are dropping in from directly overhead. It is also threaded at the muzzle for a suppressor. That is a factual note rather than a suggestion: suppressors are NFA items requiring ATF approval and a tax stamp, and MAG5 Firearms does not handle NFA transfers, so that purchase has to go through a dealer who does.
Recoil, Reliability and Handling
A thousand shells in a weekend is not unusual on a good snow goose hunt, and that is where the recoil system earns its money. The Beretta Kick-Off system uses hydraulic dampers in the stock, and the Microcore pad handles the rest. Combined with the gas operation, the gun is noticeably softer than a comparable inertia shotgun, and by the end of a long day your shoulder knows the difference.
At the heart of the Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose is the Beretta AGS gas system, designed to cycle both 2 3/4 inch target loads and 3 inch magnums without adjustment. Field shooters like these guns because they tolerate dirt, cold and volume better than most of the alternatives, and because the receiver is 7075-T6 aluminum rather than a softer alloy.
Handling numbers for the Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose are honest for what this is. Eight point one pounds unloaded, 47.8 inches overall, 14.25 inch length of pull. It is not a light upland gun and it does not pretend to be. Loaded with eleven shells it is genuinely heavy, and that weight is part of why it swings smoothly and shoots soft.
Specifications
- UPC: 082442076218
- Beretta product code: J32SN18
- Gauge: 12, 3 in chamber
- Capacity: 10+1 with 2 3/4 in shells, 9+1 with 3 in shells
- Barrel: 28 in, stepped 7×7 rib, threaded muzzle
- Chokes: MC-Extended tubes
- Action: Semi automatic, Beretta AGS gas system
- Receiver: 7075-T6 aluminum
- Stock: Synthetic, Realtree Arctic Fox camouflage
- Recoil reduction: Beretta Kick-Off with Microcore 1/2 in pad
- Length of pull: 14.25 in
- Overall length: 47.8 in
- Weight: 8.1 lbs unloaded
- Ejection: Right side, manual safety
Who Should Buy It
Snow goose hunters are the obvious and intended buyer. A Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose is purpose built for the conservation order, and if that is on your calendar every spring the capacity alone justifies a dedicated gun.
It also works as a general waterfowl gun, with one caveat. For regular duck and goose seasons the magazine has to be plugged to three rounds, which means carrying and installing the plug and knowing your state rules. Plenty of owners run a Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose all season and simply plug it outside the conservation order.
Where a Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose makes less sense is upland hunting or clays. The weight, the 28 inch barrel and the camo are all tuned for a field blind, and a lighter A300 Ultima Sporting or Patrol will serve you better if that is most of your shooting. Buy the tool that matches the season you actually hunt.
Before you order a Beretta A300 Ultima Snow Goose, a few practical points. Confirm your state and federal regulations for the light goose conservation order, because the extended magazine is only legal to hunt with under that order and the plug goes back in for everything else. Buy a couple of extra MC-Extended chokes, since a tight tube pays off on high birds over decoys. Clean the gas system after high volume days, because a thousand rounds of cheap steel shot leaves residue that a field gun will eventually complain about.
Full factory specifications are published on the Beretta product page, and you can browse the rest of our shotguns or the wider firearms selection here.
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