The all new AUSLOF 12ga shotgun!

I had mine out at the range today, 20” version. Neat design, but I had issues with the spent case not ejecting fast enough, and the new round coming in and blocking the ejection. If not paying attention, the spent round was in the chamber and “click”. I’d say over 50% of the time this happened. So I’d manually have to remove the spent round. Which was slower than just using a break action. Was cool and fun when it worked as it should.
 
jester3006 said:
I had mine out at the range today, 20” version. Neat design, but I had issues with the spent case not ejecting fast enough, and the new round coming in and blocking the ejection. If not paying attention, the spent round was in the chamber and “click”. I’d say over 50% of the time this happened. So I’d manually have to remove the spent round. Which was slower than just using a break action. Was cool and fun when it worked as it should.
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Hopefully it breaks itself out of that!
 
jester3006 said:
I had mine out at the range today, 20” version. Neat design, but I had issues with the spent case not ejecting fast enough, and the new round coming in and blocking the ejection. If not paying attention, the spent round was in the chamber and “click”. I’d say over 50% of the time this happened. So I’d manually have to remove the spent round. Which was slower than just using a break action. Was cool and fun when it worked as it should.
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Was it maybe the shells sticking in the chamber? Hopefully it works it out or maybe give the chamber a good scrub and light oil to help it out for the first while?

Mine was supposed to come Friday but Canada Post delayed it until Tuesday so I'll know more when I get to play hands on haha
 
Got mine today. It works out of the box (but a bit dirty) with dummies, at least.
The black finish will get marked pretty easily by the brass of ejecting shells, though only superficially.
 
jester3006 said:
I had mine out at the range today, 20” version. Neat design, but I had issues with the spent case not ejecting fast enough, and the new round coming in and blocking the ejection. If not paying attention, the spent round was in the chamber and “click”. I’d say over 50% of the time this happened. So I’d manually have to remove the spent round. Which was slower than just using a break action. Was cool and fun when it worked as it should.
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Sounds like its faithful to the original design lol.
 
Axelord said:
Got mine today. It works out of the box (but a bit dirty) with dummies, at least.
The black finish will get marked pretty easily by the brass of ejecting shells, though only superficially.
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Yeah same, just came today finally. People were saying it doesn't work with minishells but I think a spacer could be 3d printed in the shell loader so it can but I'll have to figure that out after I've shot this. Might not be worth trying but fun gun to play with
 
Tactical Imports said:
Biggest advantage over pump is it's ability to easily fold in half for easy stowage/transport. Also, larger mag capacity then pump for the same given length :)
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So now we have a tube-fed single-shot break-action shotgun ?!?!

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I don't know which is more surprising
- The guy in the 1920s that came up with the design
- That someone in 2023 decided to mass produce it!

:cheers:
 
Alright, bit of a return on the fitting/general construction of this thing after having some time with it.
The trip-lever doesn't normally contact the stock, but you can close the action hard enough enough for the trip lever to come peck the stock, leaving a mark about the size of a small grain of rice. When opened all the way, (as for transport, I guess?) what rests together is the front lip of the foregrip and the butt of the grip, which also will also leave a small mark on both. Ideally, the trigger guard should have been making contact on the inside of the slot on the foregrip first, stopping the buttstock from touching anything. Imma just put a foam spacer inside the foregrip slot. If the mark on the stock from the trip lever was bigger, I might have made a brass plug with a notch of something to prevent contact altogether.
It's pretty much a range diva anyway, like most of my shotguns (YL12, 12in JW2000m 1896, etc.) so it's not actually an issue, but it might be for some who are more easily bothered by their stuff getting marred.

ThePoeticJester said:
Yeah same, just came today finally. People were saying it doesn't work with minishells but I think a spacer could be 3d printed in the shell loader so it can but I'll have to figure that out after I've shot this. Might not be worth trying but fun gun to play with
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As for that, it really shouldn't be difficult to print a plug, since you can push the shell-loader spring from the rear. Just print a plug the right length that 'snaps' partially past the tube lip. Considering how hard it swings when it operation, might need to reinforce it somehow or secure it in place better. I'm thinking that the snap bit could be made to expand that same way some laser boresights (the sort that goes in the muzzle) with a screw. There's probably a technical name for that but iunno. Could probably whip something in an hour or five, but I don't have any minishell at hand to test.
 
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Axelord said:
Alright, bit of a return on the fitting/general construction of this thing after having some time with it.
The trip-lever doesn't normally contact the stock, but you can close the action hard enough enough for the trip lever to come peck the stock, leaving a mark about the size of a small grain of rice. When opened all the way, (as for transport, I guess?) what rests together is the front lip of the foregrip and the butt of the grip, which also will also leave a small mark on both. Ideally, the trigger guard should have been making contact on the inside of the slot on the foregrip first, stopping the buttstock from touching anything. Imma just put a foam spacer inside the foregrip slot. If the mark on the stock from the trip lever was bigger, I might have made a brass plug with a notch of something to prevent contact altogether.
It's pretty much a range diva anyway, like most of my shotguns (YL12, 12in JW2000m 1896, etc.) so it's not actually an issue, but it might be for some who are more easily bothered by their stuff getting marred.


As for that, it really shouldn't be difficult to print a plug, since you can push the shell-loader spring from the rear. Just print a plug the right length that 'snaps' partially past the tube lip. Considering how hard it swings when it operation, might need to reinforce it somehow or secure it in place better. I'm thinking that the snap bit could be made to expand that same way some laser boresights (the sort that goes in the muzzle) with a screw. There's probably a technical name for that but iunno. Could probably whip something in an hour or five, but I don't have any minishell at hand to test.
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I was going to 3d print some dummy mini shells for when I test that, pretty much the idea I had buy hopefully I can make something that's not too ugly when it's installed

I agree what you mean about the fitment and the action arm hitting the top of the stock just a tad. Going to take mine out Sunday to finally blast around with it, to me it's just a mix of history and just an interesting contraption so I'm not judging it too harshly but it's not perfect thats for sure
 
Now that I think about it, you don't need to make an unique plug to fit a particular sort of minishell, you only need to make a plug and make some free spacers you can put in first to allow adjustment. Speaking of, I haven't touched my 3D printer in over a year anyway. Wish you the best of luck, or anyone else, who gets a working design done.
Totally understand your position too. I pretty much only buy stuff I find cool, unique/rare/odd or interesting in some way. The practical portions of my inventory have long since been filled.
 
sillymike said:
So now we have a tube-fed single-shot break-action shotgun ?!?!

I don't know which is more surprising
- The guy in the 1920s that came up with the design
- That someone in 2023 decided to mass produce it!

:cheers:
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Never underestimate the superhuman ability of the Turkish people to mass produce every shotgun design past or present! :shotgun:
 
So after a fun range day I noticed I can wiggle the loading tube just a bit, anyone have a clue what type of tool I need for those bolts on the side? Nothing I have fits, I just want to back them off and put on some blue loctite so I don't have to worry about it
 
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