Norinco 7.5 inch
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Check out Marstar. They have upper and completed gun for sale
A shotgun upper?
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
It’s an 8.5”, they still make them. The issue is Norinco or whoever in China that makes them has raised their prices, Canam has said they might bring in some in the fall if there’s demand but has starte bringing in cheaper priced Turkish shotguns. They are not compatible with th 870 like the grizzly shotguns were.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I have picked up a short barrel that’s threaded for chokes for my mag fed grizzly, I’ll be grouse hunting with it this year. I love the gun and I’ve spent some time tweaking and polishing it etc so it runs 100% but it’s gotta have a purpose, I hate NR guns that are paper weights. I understand how people tire of the mag feds quickly, it’s bigget issue is the magazines.
If it is accurate with slugs out to 50yrds I have a good spot to shoot deer with it. I took a spiked WT buck at 40yds last year, would be fun to take a deer with a tac’d out 14” grizzly. All I need to do is pattern it for birdshot and make a plug for two of the three magazines and I’m ready to go house hunting, can’t wait for sept!
I have no trouble with short barrels, I have a 12.5" tube fed Grizzly that's probably my favourite shotgun. Handy, built like a tank, reliable as all heck. Put a tall front bead on it (XS Big Dot T) and the POA matches POI fine for shot and slugs.
The magazines are the Achilles heel of the mag feds.
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I have an 8.5 inch magfed, it was good out of the box. My buddies 18 inch not so much, it needed the action bars tweeked to lock the slide. Mags are the weak link but I find sticking to 2.75 inch shells to be a lot more reliable.
I would like the 8.5 inch tube mags to come back, I wish I had bought one too when I had the chance.
I would like the 8.5 inch tube mags to come back, I wish I had bought one too when I had the chance.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I like a short barrel, I was looking at getting the 12.5” barrel threaded but it after measuring the wall thickness at the muzzle it was to thin for remchokes. The 14” popped up at a good price and I think it willl be better overall in length for what I want to use it for, I’ll just tuck the 12.5” away for a future use.
The mags are the Achilles heel but with some fine tuning you can solve the issue, I’ve got mine loading 2 3/4” with no hicups but I’m beginning to think loading 3” shells reliably is not possible unfortunately, I’m looking forward to hunting grouse with it. If it patterns well enough I’ll try for some hare in aug when they open back up.
Short barrels are becoming more widely accepted. Used to be if you even mentioned them in the H&S section you'd get tarred and feathered and run off to the Black and Green shotgun forum.
They're not perfect for everything, but what they're good at, they're very good at.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Agreed, 20” seems to be the perfect do all barrel length for me. The 28” I have is just a bit too long and gets in the way depending on how thick the bush is where I’m hunting, I don’t hunt waterfoul so it doesn’t see much use. With the right choke I think the 14” will be awesome to hunt small game within 40yds.
