Are Canuck Shotguns good?

Got one of their shorties and an Operator.

Love the little guy, it's my bush wackin' gun. It's spent a lot of time in the bush and always goes bang. Just make sure ya clean the pine needles out from behind the bolt :)

The Operator Elite needed me to sand down the entrance to the tubular magazine... quite a bit actually, and the front bloody sight post is not "plumb" very annoying. BUT! It does go bang every time.
 
They should limit their line and work on higher QC...

I have seen (multiple) display only guns have multiple pins walk out with nothing but handling and racking.

Have had whole batches have to go back for things bent, broken or missing parts. Or the welded on front sight sitting at 75°...

Also...STOP SHIPPING THEM WITH THE CHARGING HANDLES IN!!! They poke through the boxes and your branded sleeves and break...

Their warranty is 3 years? They have great customer service but if not local its still 1-2 weeks each way to get it repaired or replaced.

Spare parts are NOT available...the aftermarket furniture they sell is very cheap...but its very cheap. SOME 870 stuff can fit with modifications.

They make an "okay" gun...wouldn't want it as a primary or gun my life depended on but as a back up gun at the cottage (once tested) or for somone who shoots only a handful of times a year...you SHOULD be alright.


I can get them at a discount...but I still choose not too.
 
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edgy said:
Very cool and thanks for the link! I checked our serial numbers and both mine and the wife’s start with OD I’m happy to see :).
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cool! also i forgot to mention..the OD serial # ones are covered for warranty work by O'Dell...and i believe they are only available in black (at least they were at the time when i got that info)....other importers were bringing in the FD12 in a huge variety of colours (edited: oops i see that i mentioned all this in my review lol)
 
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They are marketed at a price point and audience they fill that void quality is low and so is life expectancy.
Basically toys .
Same with Chinese quads you can have quad for a quarter of the price and a quarter of the life expectancy and no resale value .
 
struff55 said:
They are marketed at a price point and audience they fill that void quality is low and so is life expectancy.
Basically toys .
Same with Chinese quads you can have quad for a quarter of the price and a quarter of the life expectancy and no resale value .
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Agreed...

BUT

You can get something like a NEW pump action Benelli Super Nova for not much more then some of their line...
 
My Hunt Group FD12 came with charging handle in a ziplock bag. Had to send it back before firing it because I broke it down and locking pins wouldn’t go in after banging them out. Took it back to place I bought it (90 min drive) they looked at it and noticed it was bent so sent it back for new one.
 
They are all junk that’s just how it is they are built to appeal to a audience that has no experience with firearms and they know that they will only be used on a minimal scale .
I love these posts is the Akara a good is the stoger a good gun so on and so on .
Everyone knows the answer to the question it’s very simple you get what you pay for unfortunately in today’s world quality costs money and not everyone has 2500-3500$ to spend on a good gun also they don’t have the passion about shooting .
When I started shooting in the early 70’s the market had its share of junk back then Springfield model 607 Canadian sportsman stevens had some terrible pump guns on the market the only difference then was they were 179$ new or you could go find a model 12 for 200-400$ used or a wingmaster for 150$ there were no 870 sportsman or whatever they call that junk today You could buy a new win 101 for 379$ and in 1974 a new citori for 379$ many of those guns are still around today . the Turkish guns won’t last 2000 rounds . After all that it’s unfortunate that the new shooter does not have many options for quality guns unless they spend some money
 
struff55 said:
They are all junk that’s just how it is they are built to appeal to a audience that has no experience with firearms and they know that they will only be used on a minimal scale .
I love these posts is the Akara a good is the stoger a good gun so on and so on .
Everyone knows the answer to the question it’s very simple you get what you pay for unfortunately in today’s world quality costs money and not everyone has 2500-3500$ to spend on a good gun also they don’t have the passion about shooting .
When I started shooting in the early 70’s the market had its share of junk back then Springfield model 607 Canadian sportsman stevens had some terrible pump guns on the market the only difference then was they were 179$ new or you could go find a model 12 for 200-400$ used or a wingmaster for 150$ there were no 870 sportsman or whatever they call that junk today You could buy a new win 101 for 379$ and in 1974 a new citori for 379$ many of those guns are still around today . the Turkish guns won’t last 2000 rounds . After all that it’s unfortunate that the new shooter does not have many options for quality guns unless they spend some money
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Spot on!! :rockOn:
 
Suther said:
Depends where you set the bar for "good". Most Turkish shotguns are functional, and even reliable. I don't own a canuck, but I own two guns by other Turkish brands (and my understanding is there's only a few factories, and many brands come from the same factory) and for what I paid for them they are great guns. Does my $300 Asena semi look as nice as my brothers $1500 beretta? Nope. But it goes bang every time and IMO that's what counts.

That said, I personally wouldn't get one of those bullpup ones. A large percentage of what was already available for bullpup semi autos got deemed AR variants by the govt and prohibited, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if they added the shotgun in question to that list.

If you can live with the possibility that Trudy will ban it then have at er! You only live once and you can't take money with you when you die!... but personally I'd go for one of the M4 clones like the Canuck Operator if I wanted a tactical 12ga.
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Just a side note regarding the new ban proposal. The Benelli semi autos are exempted by name so all clones may get caught up as they aren't exempted by name. Until proven in court.
 
I'll add in my personal experience with Canuck shotguns. I had a Canadian Operator (non-elite model) and fired over 800 rounds through it. I cannot recall a single failure to eject or feed. Mind you, I was using slugs, most of them low recoil, for the majority of the shooting, so take that for what it is worth.
 
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