Thread: I may need a shotgun - Advice?

Originally Posted by lophortyx

turks make some very good guns for the money,but breakages in the semi autos,especially the earlier models are well known.if you do not know much about shotguns, a miroku u/o is a very strongly built gun with a proven design. as far as semi auto's go i have never shot with a fabarm,i have had a look at them and my impression was because of the design they had a lot of parts that could give trouble,i do not know if that holds true.my advice would be play safe and go with a gun that hold resale value- ie miroku/browning ,there are other very good guns/brands out there.if you don't know get someone experienced to help you.ie. someone who has owned and shot a number of guns.

youre right of course ,and when i bought my escort ,a very kind and knowledgeable staff member said to me to always keep the bloody thing cleaned -any crap etc on the mag tube -piston will bind and bend bolt carrier rods.Ive been bloody scrupulous about this and the old girl is still chugging along. what did eventually fracture was the piston where it had had a thread machined into the body to screw the spring retaining collar on.an autopsy suggested a stress fracture of the metal ,but given it was 2nd hand when i bought it and i had a spare piston in a box given me,it was a 5min fix.
sometime after that a guy contacted me with a tidy wee escort12g s/a centennial model which hed bought for his partner only for it to go doggo --One look and bingo -bent bolt carrier bars with dirt like a westcoast coal fire grate clearly visible on the mag tube.I managed to get it back to functioning altho eventually I think she switched to a 20g due to her slight build. im a simple hunter with a taste for simple guns -less parts ,less chance of a bloody expensive malfunction!

sixty-eight years old and still going strong. that's the gun, not my truck. when it comes to guns we all have different tastes and wants,it is a bit the same with our women and they with men???