I read and watched a lot of reviews and although I really liked the look and features of that firearm, I didn't want to get one of these because of reliability issues. I'm not the kind of guy that will buy and sell stuff all the times. When I buy something, I keep it for a loonnng time (I've never sold one of my firearms). When the sale was announce, I was on the fence but at midnight when the sale started I was like what the heck, I'll try to get one!
First of all, shipping was fast. When I opened the box, I was like a kid at Christmas. Awesome look, and for me it feels right when I shoulder it. The owner manual is well made.
So I brought it to the range for the "test". I was loading 15 rounds all the time. To load that shotgun at first was kind of awkward for me, but once I got used to it I could do it kind of fast. The only thing is if, when loading, you don't push a shell all the way in and it comes back, with the spring pressure and the other shells, it's hard to push it back in without a tool to finish loading the tube to the maximum capacity. I got caught once...
I started shooting slow, to get the feel and making sure I was cycling the action properly. The first 15 shots went without any issues. So I repeated that, shooting faster and faster, expecting to have a double feed or jam at any time, but it never happened... I shot some challenger sporting #5, challenger target load #7.5 and #8, Winchester super target #8 and federal premium rifled slugs. Never had one single issues, I shot more than 200 rounds, and at the end I was shooting the 15 rounds as fast as I could. I tested the tube selector, using blue challenger in one tube and red winchester in the other, the tube selector worked A1 all the times, whether I was alternating or using just the left or right tube. I couldn't try any other loads as this was what I had on hand at that time.
This shotgun is so fun to shoot that I would've stayed way longer but the sun was going down. So in the end, I'm really happy with that firearm, I don't know why it got all the bad reviews, but as of today it has been reliable for me without a single hiccup. Thank you Wolverine Supplies for the awesome deal on the UTS-15, really glad I ordered one.