Anybody shoot a Stoeger Competition?

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There are three of them in the EE. All for about 600.00. All of them are claimed to be almost new with few rounds fired. Coincidence or are these guns not worth the trouble? I'm tempted to buy one but without knowing much about them, I don't know. Maybe I should stick to my 1100.
 
My buddy just bought one that I've shot a few times fit and finish is not that great. Ejectors are weak. Other then those it seems to be a decxent gun. It shoots well and the palm swell is nice. For $600 its a decent buy
 
I have handled and shot one. Its a good ENTRY level shotgun with lots of features for someone who would like to dip their toes in the water.

I was set to buy one 2 months ago until a deal on another higher (then the stoeger) end shotgun came on the EE.
 
I have been envolved in clay target shooting all my life. The Stoeger, is not the best buy. It has a host of problems including hard to close, missfires, terrible recoil, and bad firing pins. In our sporting clay club I have seen seven or eight show up, from time to time. They never stay. I shot the course with a guy had a brand new Stoeger compitition, and it would move the barrel selector switch during recoil and missfire on second shot.
These are made more for low price that high quailty.
I know some on here take it personal when you bash a gun . But you ask and I have no reason to be anything but honest about it.
 
bdft said:
There are three of them in the EE. All for about 600.00. All of them are claimed to be almost new with few rounds fired. Coincidence or are these guns not worth the trouble? I'm tempted to buy one but without knowing much about them, I don't know. Maybe I should stick to my 1100.
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Assuming you're talking about the stoeger condor competition...

I bought one because of the price. 1st gun didn't function right out of the box, the trigger won't fire the bottom barrel. Sent it back and got a new replacement gun. bottom barrel's POI was low and to the right. Top barrel was fine. Sent it back again to the store and they sent it back to Stoeger. Stoeger sent a warranty replacement (new gun) but POI's were still the same, bottom barrel was low and to the right. I ended up returning it to the store and exchanged it with a browning. i think the reason why people are selling them on the EE forum is because it is full of problems. I was lucky enough that the store was willing to take it back.
 
My friend bought one about 2 months ago. Trigger fails to fire one of the barrels frequently, they have different points of impact and the stock finish is worse than any firearm I've seen. He was at a trap shoot last month and said there were 3 or 4 other shooters with the same gun, same problems. (I don't really care about the stock, easily cured, and if the triggers are fixed it may not be a bad gun for the $.)
 
I've had my Competition model for about 18 months, and the only issue I've had was the stock coming loose which was an easy 2 minute fix. They are what they are, an entry level gun with some attractive features, for half the price of a used "B" gun. For my purely recreational purposes I've been happy with it.
 
I've had my Steoger for over two years now and I still love it. I'm fairly new to the sport but for an entry level gun - It's a great start. I can tell it's not an $3000 gun but I can still knock em down just the same. I've put through over 2,000 rounds (at least) and I've never had a problem. My only suggestion would be to buy it new - from a store - somewhere you can take it back to if you did experience these problems that were listed.
 
That's my thoughts too. I think it would be foolish to buy one used because obviously, while some of these guns work fine, many of them are plagued with problems. I did a quick search on Shotgunworld and its the same thing, 10 people hate the gun for every one that has no problems. Warranty would definitely be a good idea.
 
purchased a used 20 gauge

In two years occasional use no issues function is perfect about 4 flats shot 100% reliable. great entry level O/U. But as with any gun it is a piece by piece affair. Some can be lemons.
One of the reason several for sale is because they are purchased to start shooting either the person moves up or looses interest.
That's my nickel. Jan
 
Stoeger Competition

I bought the Competition model oct 2011 and fired roughly 10,000 rounds through it. The only complaint that I had was once in a while a light hit on the primer with no discharge but other than that good entry gun for beginners. And would buy new not used. There about 750 before tax.
 
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