Had this one for about a week now, and had it out on a good weekend trip this past weekend to play around with it a bit.
Overall I really like it, it is an interesting new take on magazine fed shotguns.
The heavy duty steel magazine holds 6 shells (It will actually hold 7, but you can not insert it on a closed bolt with 7 in the mag), and accepts both 2-3/4" and 3" shells. The magazine lever is nice and big, and allows for straight insertions and drops.
The biggest difference of this shotgun to most traditional designs is that the pump is spring loaded, with a large spring running around what is traditionally the tube magazine. This means that the gun does not have or need a bolt release button, it is held in battery by spring pressure alone. While some could potentially view this as a problem, it seems to work well so far in practice. The biggest thing to get used to is strongly cocking it back to overcome the spring pressure to avoid short stroking the gun and causing a feed malfunction. Takes a bit of getting used to a pump shotgun that is spring loaded, but once you get it, it feels very natural.
The action on the gun is buttery smooth, likely due in large part to the spring powered pump. The trigger is much like any shotgun on the market nowadays, but very useable.
The safety, like the lower receiver, is made of weapons grade polymer. The safety sucks. It takes a strong push from your thumb or index finger to even budge it... it needs some work or a lot of wear in time to be a realistic and useful safety device. Until I deal with the safety, when hiking with the gun, I just leave the chamber empty, since there is no pump release button, it is very fast to rack a shell into the chamber.
At the current moment, higher capacity magazines and barrels threaded for choke are on the horizon, but not yet available.
Overall, I really like it. As a first gen model, it has a few small quirks, but it is an awesome gun overall.
Now, onto the pics... heck, I missed my calling as a firearms photographer lol.
Pretty nice day, and a pretty nice view!
Approx 50 meters to target.
View through the EOtech.
The results of the 2 magazines rapid fired on target, as shown in the video below. I have not yet bothered to put this gun on paper for accuracy, as I did not have a variety of slugs to test, nor the patience on this particular weekend lol.
Overall I really like it, it is an interesting new take on magazine fed shotguns.
The heavy duty steel magazine holds 6 shells (It will actually hold 7, but you can not insert it on a closed bolt with 7 in the mag), and accepts both 2-3/4" and 3" shells. The magazine lever is nice and big, and allows for straight insertions and drops.
The biggest difference of this shotgun to most traditional designs is that the pump is spring loaded, with a large spring running around what is traditionally the tube magazine. This means that the gun does not have or need a bolt release button, it is held in battery by spring pressure alone. While some could potentially view this as a problem, it seems to work well so far in practice. The biggest thing to get used to is strongly cocking it back to overcome the spring pressure to avoid short stroking the gun and causing a feed malfunction. Takes a bit of getting used to a pump shotgun that is spring loaded, but once you get it, it feels very natural.
The action on the gun is buttery smooth, likely due in large part to the spring powered pump. The trigger is much like any shotgun on the market nowadays, but very useable.
The safety, like the lower receiver, is made of weapons grade polymer. The safety sucks. It takes a strong push from your thumb or index finger to even budge it... it needs some work or a lot of wear in time to be a realistic and useful safety device. Until I deal with the safety, when hiking with the gun, I just leave the chamber empty, since there is no pump release button, it is very fast to rack a shell into the chamber.
At the current moment, higher capacity magazines and barrels threaded for choke are on the horizon, but not yet available.
Overall, I really like it. As a first gen model, it has a few small quirks, but it is an awesome gun overall.
Now, onto the pics... heck, I missed my calling as a firearms photographer lol.
Pretty nice day, and a pretty nice view!
Approx 50 meters to target.
View through the EOtech.
The results of the 2 magazines rapid fired on target, as shown in the video below. I have not yet bothered to put this gun on paper for accuracy, as I did not have a variety of slugs to test, nor the patience on this particular weekend lol.
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