12.5" bead-sight Grizzlies still a good buy @ $349?

[.22LRGUY]

Hey guys~don't think I'll rest easy until I have another 12.5" Grizzly to mess around with. I had a 12.5" with sights years ago, and I never got friendly with the thing. These days, I could see how owning another would be fun, only with the bead sight. These guns made allot of sense to me @ $200-$250 (new or used) but I can't decide if I feel the same way @ $349. I've owned, or own 870 Express/Wingmaster/870P and a host of older Remington Semis..so I know how my first Grizzly stacked-up against those. Has anyone bought a new Grizzly lately?

I know the mag-fed/fixed stock are on for $199 and a smarter person than me would snap that up, but, I went against my gut feeling on the first Grizzly, don't want to do that again.

Thanks for taking a moment to reply.

 

[enefgee]

They're still at least $100 cheaper than the cheapest Remington I've seen, and they still have 100% of the functionality. The only thing I'd do differently with regard to a new gun in that class (factory basic) is get a 14 instead of a 12 1/2.

PS I hear the finish on the new ones is much better

 

[jamesD83]

I recently got a 12.5 grizzly & I'm impressed with the quality (besides the stock & fore-end. Yeah you might want to switch those out. I had fun shopping & accidentally bought a used remington 870, lol, so now I have 2!)

 

[grelmar]

Prices are climbing across the board. Tanking dollar and all.

Got mine at $200 a few years ago, still have it, still love it. At $350, I'd it's still a decent price for a fairly solid gun, especially given the market today. Fun to tinker with and "make your own."

The one "must mod" thing about them, though, is actually the front bead. With the height of the receiver and the taper of the barrel, you end up with a Point of Impact a couple of feet high at 15 yards (ish).

On mine, I solved this with an XS Sights Plain Barrel Big Dot Tritium front bead, which was tall enough to solve the POA.POI issues, but at the same time remains low key and low profile enough that it doesn't "stand out" looks wise. http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-parts/sights/front-sights/shotgun-big-dot-tritium-front-sight-prod24532.aspx

If I was doing it today, though, I would probably go with one of the Sinsinati guns from Corwin-Arms. I buy a ton of stuff off Martin, because he's great to deal with, and stands behind what he sells with no hassles.

For $374 + tx +shp, you can get one of the Sinsinati shotguns with all the fixins: 12.5" bbl (with a proper height front bead), 26" bbl, both threaded for chokes (each barrel comes with a choke installed, and package comes with 2 spare chokes), a 6" barrel extension for the short barrel so you can make it an 18.5" bbl, a +2 mag extension....

Jeebus, I'm just looking at that now... FACK! I already have one of his Lever shotguns on the way, how can I justify this to my wife... Dang, that's a smoking deal...

Black and Wood or Nickle/Chrome (not sure) and synthetic furniture.

https://www.corwin-arms.com/product/sinsinati%C2%A0pump-action-short-12%C2%A0ga-1250-185-inch%C2%A0barrel-shotgun-barrel-and-mag-extensions-4

https://www.corwin-arms.com/product/sinsinati%C2%A0pump-action-short-12%C2%A0ga-1250-185-inch%C2%A0barrel-shotgun-barrel-and-mag-extensions-1

Excuse me... I have to go beat my head against the wall for a bit, because I can't even a little afford this gun at the moment.

 

[madashell]

Prices are climbing across the board. Tanking dollar and all.

Got mine at $200 a few years ago, still have it, still love it. At $350, I'd it's still a decent price for a fairly solid gun, especially given the market today. Fun to tinker with and "make your own."

The one "must mod" thing about them, though, is actually the front bead. With the height of the receiver and the taper of the barrel, you end up with a Point of Impact a couple of feet high at 15 yards (ish).

On mine, I solved this with an XS Sights Plain Barrel Big Dot Tritium front bead, which was tall enough to solve the POA.POI issues, but at the same time remains low key and low profile enough that it doesn't "stand out" looks wise. http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-parts/sights/front-sights/shotgun-big-dot-tritium-front-sight-prod24532.aspx

If I was doing it today, though, I would probably go with one of the Sinsinati guns from Corwin-Arms. I buy a ton of stuff off Martin, because he's great to deal with, and stands behind what he sells with no hassles.

For $374 + tx +shp, you can get one of the Sinsinati shotguns with all the fixins: 12.5" bbl (with a proper height front bead), 26" bbl, both threaded for chokes (each barrel comes with a choke installed, and package comes with 2 spare chokes), a 6" barrel extension for the short barrel so you can make it an 18.5" bbl, a +2 mag extension....

Jeebus, I'm just looking at that now... FACK! I already have one of his Lever shotguns on the way, how can I justify this to my wife... Dang, that's a smoking deal...

Black and Wood or Nickle/Chrome (not sure) and synthetic furniture.

https://www.corwin-arms.com/product/sinsinati%C2%A0pump-action-short-12%C2%A0ga-1250-185-inch%C2%A0barrel-shotgun-barrel-and-mag-extensions-4

https://www.corwin-arms.com/product/sinsinati%C2%A0pump-action-short-12%C2%A0ga-1250-185-inch%C2%A0barrel-shotgun-barrel-and-mag-extensions-1

Excuse me... I have to go beat my head against the wall for a bit, because I can't even a little afford this gun at the moment.

Damn... that is a good buy. Argh ... would you guys stop doing this to me !!!

 

[Max Owner]

Grelmar; whats the XS like to install?