Browning xt trap or BT-99

[rwrobel]

Looking to purchase a new trap gun and have always liked the BT 99 but when I looked at them I was disapointed in that there is no engraving on the new ones unless you tripple the price andgo with the goldenclays edition. The xt trap is a fine looking shotgun with some nicer engraving. I've never shot one of the citori guns before and am a little leery about forking over that much money without any experience with them. They seem to fit about the same as a 99 . Has anyone shot both these guns and what are your feeling about either

Rick

[Bob_K]

I've shot them both, and most assuredly the XT is the way to go from my experience.  To be fair, however, the BT-99 had the Graco recoil reduction system and I just never grew fond of it.  The other problem, of course, was you can't do Doubles with the 99.