Fd 12?

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Good Evening,

Picked the latest batch of of the FD 12 with the polymer lower, took out it a couple times and it has put a smile on my face. Ultimately I want to turn this in to my 3 gun shotty. I have a few questions for those that have these.

1) The rear take down pin is very tough to get out, has to be driven out, putting it back in is even worse, is this normal for these?
2) the trigger is very heavy, any one tune those triggers?
3) it says it uses Mobil chokes, but they don’t look like mobil chokes, they are shorter. My Mobil chokes do not fit, what chokes do they actually use?
4) anyone install a muzzle break to help tame down the muzzle rise?

Thx
 
1) Didn’t have that problem with my aluminium lower one.

2) This is copy paste from what I did to make the trigger alright:

I spent my afternoon addressing the crap trigger today.

First step was stoning both sides of the sear and the hook. Especially on the sear there is nothing resembling a decent surface, it’s covered in paint and crudely machined. Flattening and polishing the hook was also important as probably 7-8 lbs of the trigger effort was overcoming the trigger springs (front and rear.) I decided to bend a bit of the tension out of these, but after you do that the very rough disconnector and hook surfaces will not disengage. I determined that even with a polished hook/disconnector you still need 3-4lbs to have the trigger reset reliably.

With the sear I also stoned the top to try and create a clean break point, not sure how much this helped.

I also lightly stoned anything else that looked like it was rubbing.

I also greased the disconnector hook and sear, not sure if this was a good idea or not but easily removed.

Finally, and the majority of the pull weight I think was the hammer spring. I think the gun’s trigger is grossly over sprung to overcome the crap machining of the trigger components. I bent quite a bit out of this spring to where I’m getting a 7-8lb pull overall.

All that’s left is to see if there’s still enough hammer power for reliable ignition. My feeling is that there is.

This was probably 2-3 hours of fiddling, I am not a gunsmith but have tools, some common sense, the internet, and had a milspec AR15 trigger for reference (the main part of the trigger works on the same principles, same pin spacing, but the hammer and trigger are wildly different, no easy drop ins.)

The thing that concerns me in the long term is the apparent lack of hardening or anything on the wear surfaces of the trigger. Not sure if this is a valid concern but I wonder how it will hold up.

3) Don’t know.

4) I did the tacord one, it helps a bit I think.
 
How do you like the overall quality of the polymer? Which part has the serial btw - upper or lower? Would you recommend it over the aluminium one? What is the stated warranty (and who is supposedly taking care of it)?

Aesthetically the fake keymod was a turn off for me with the aluminium version but I'm concerned about the durability for the polymer...
 
KotKotofeich said:
How do you like the overall quality of the polymer? Which part has the serial btw - upper or lower? Would you recommend it over the aluminium one? What is the stated warranty (and who is supposedly taking care of it)?

Aesthetically the fake keymod was a turn off for me with the aluminium version but I'm concerned about the durability for the polymer...
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Hi, only took out a couple of times, I’m thinking the lower may be a bit out of spec or warped. Could explain why the rear pin is difficult to remove and reinstall, but so far it does feel solid. I would take the aluminum lower Over the polymer. It seems people with aluminum lowers don’t have the pin/fitment issues, the aluminum parts look and feels solid. The serial number is on the lower. I believe Trigger wholesale Inc is the importer/warranty center , I have sent an email to them regarding the lower fitment, so we’ll see.
 
The new ones use the Invector style choke. Not sure why they switched them out from the Beretta/Benelli Mobile chokes. I think they should have left the old choke style myself.
 
rifleman338 said:
The new ones use the Invector style choke. Not sure why they switched them out from the Beretta/Benelli Mobile chokes. I think they should have left the old choke style myself.
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I swear these Turkish manufacturers use every different choke type possible for no particular reason.
 
rommelrommel said:
What do they think about the rear pin?
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They were closed when I called. Back on shift tommrow so it maybe a few days before I can call, may send an email though. Lol i think you were asking what shop said, initially they told me to dropped back off to them to look at, I am a two hour drive from the shop, so opted to try calling O’dell and see what they say, they were closed.
 
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Kaberday said:
Good Evening,

Picked the latest batch of of the FD 12 with the polymer lower, took out it a couple times and it has put a smile on my face. Ultimately I want to turn this in to my 3 gun shotty. I have a few questions for those that have these.

1) The rear take down pin is very tough to get out, has to be driven out, putting it back in is even worse, is this normal for these?
2) the trigger is very heavy, any one tune those triggers?
3) it says it uses Mobil chokes, but they don’t look like mobil chokes, they are shorter. My Mobil chokes do not fit, what chokes do they actually use?
4) anyone install a muzzle break to help tame down the muzzle rise?

Thx
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Maybe it was obvious to everybody else except for me - but I thought I had done some fairly extensive beginner's research into all the available bullpup shotguns... And so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the price on the new FD12s offered by Canuck / Odell... But nowhere was it obvious to me that their FD12 had a polymer receiver component. In fact, I thought all the FD12s were aluminum or alloy built. My understanding was that the main selling point of the FD 12 was the all-metal build.

I almost bought a Canuck FD12 last week, on that assumption...


Dueodde
 
Dueodde said:
Maybe it was obvious to everybody else except for me - but I thought I had done some fairly extensive beginner's research into all the available bullpup shotguns... And so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the price on the new FD12s offered by Canuck / Odell... But nowhere was it obvious to me that their FD12 had a polymer receiver component. In fact, I thought all the FD12s were aluminum or alloy built. My understanding was that the main selling point of the FD 12 was the all-metal build.

I almost bought a Canuck FD12 last week, on that assumption...


Dueodde
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And here I am contemplating selling my all-aluminum one to get the lighter polymer one. Lol
 
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