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    Wadda you rekon?

    Yeah I know its a Gun City but is it any good for a bit of fun? Do they cycle OK? Do they have anything really shitty? Is it an absolute waste of cash or just some good cheap fun? Anyone got one? I see Josh James review one on You Tube. He's always good for laugh but since he aint paying its not really gospel.
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    Just get a REMY 870 mate same price way better


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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
    Just get a REMY 870 mate same price way better

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    Yes this is good advice.
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    12" with ghost rings?
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    Its made in China, probably constructed from melted down aluminium cans, asbestos, and ground up dolphin bones. I wouldn't touch one that's for damn sure.

    Get a Mossberg 590A1, they are built to last.
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    Wadda you rekon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
    https://touch.trademe.co.nz/listing/view/822368080
    Bring it down I'm handy with a hacksaw

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    I think he's a user here? Hacksaw off the butt too?

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    I owned one for a while, put 3-4 slabs of target ammo thru it and a "few" cans of surplus buck.

    Decided I shot better and faster with a rib and not the ghost ring sights.
    The receiver is HEAVEY and the action anything but smooth from the factory-one of those can be fixed but the other can't.

    Sold it and spent the $ on a second hand 870 and got it cut down and re threaded for chokes. Much happier.
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    Quote Originally Posted by res View Post
    I owned one for a while, put 3-4 slabs of target ammo thru it and a "few" cans of surplus buck.

    Decided I shot better and faster with a rib and not the ghost ring sights.
    The receiver is HEAVEY and the action anything but smooth from the factory-one of those can be fixed but the other can't.

    Sold it and spent the $ on a second hand 870 and got it cut down and re threaded for chokes. Much happier.
    Sorry I missed your post @res.
    Thank you. This is what I was after and pretty much expected. I can get an 870 new for $699 which is OK. Plus I can buy a slug barrel.
    How short did you chop it? and was it not too expensive to do with choke threading etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    Sorry I missed your post @res.
    Thank you. This is what I was after and pretty much expected. I can get an 870 new for $699 which is OK. Plus I can buy a slug barrel.
    How short did you chop it? and was it not too expensive to do with choke threading etc?
    Fitted a +1 mag extension and trimmed the tube to match that length-very slightly longer than the guncity one but the extra round is handy.
    The cost of the cut and rethread was aprox $150 from memory.

    Those that seem so against it don't seem to know what they are talking about.
    A 12g gets full velocity from a short tube and with chokes it patterns just the same as a long tube-only the uneducated think barrel length has anything to do with that!
    Very handy for getting in and out of the ute or in the bush.
    I fitted the lightest stock I could find and it normally has a Mercury recoil reducer in the +1 extension so it swings just like my full length 870.
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    id go for a Mossberg maverick 88 in that price range a barrel that short wouldn't be much use for anything practical

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    If I saw you wandering around my farm with one of those you would be shown the gate quick smart.And that's what you have to think about,first impressions and all that.
    A shotgun like that has no practical use.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS View Post
    If I saw you wandering around my farm with one of those you would be shown the gate quick smart.And that's what you have to think about,first impressions and all that.
    A shotgun like that has no practical use.
    If I was walking around your farm I would have permission first

    plus.............

    you're in SOUTHLAND.

    plus, plus, plus

    if practical was a prerequisite, at least half the stupid firearms ever made would never have been.
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    Thought I let you have a play with a quality shotgun?
    Why would you want a cast iron trombone gun?

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    Quote Originally Posted by R93 View Post
    Thought I let you have a play with a quality shotgun?
    Why would you want a cast iron trombone gun?

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    And you witnessed with your own eyes how shit I was with it.
    I'd rather put good money into a 223 barrel and a few spare plastic washers
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