Interstate Arms HAWK Model 982 12 GA. PUMP DEFENSE SHOTGUN
- Thread starter Fender57
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- Planet Earth Wearing My Tinfoil Hat
Might get more responses in the black & green shotguns forum on defense guns as opposed to the hunting & sporting shotguns forum.
My advice. Just don't do it.
Buy a real 870. They are not that expensive, and tend to last a lifetime.
Norinco are noted for poor material, rough machining, inadequate finishing and premature failure.
The "cheaper than dirt" review online should discourage any thoughts of owning this "sort of looks like a gun."
Buy a real 870. They are not that expensive, and tend to last a lifetime.
Norinco are noted for poor material, rough machining, inadequate finishing and premature failure.
The "cheaper than dirt" review online should discourage any thoughts of owning this "sort of looks like a gun."
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
No they’re not, the Norc 870 clones are just as robust as the real thing. Once broken in they are as smooth as any used 870, the grizzly and hp9’s are tanks.
I'm just looking for information if anyone has used or owned one. In the end you get what you pay for like everything else.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Nope but I own a couple shotguns that are norinco made and you said “Norinco are noted for poor material, rough machining, inadequate finishing and premature failure.”, so you might want to re think that one.
The grizzly, Hawk, HP9 are all the same shotgun, they were all 870 clones made by Norinco. They were called different names buy whoever brought them in, Canam’s were the Dominion Arms Grizzly. They are well made shotguns.
I'd take a norc over an Express, but I'd take an older wing master over either of those.Life's too short for shotguns that rust in the box on the way to your LGS.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I’d take any of the three as they’re all good shotguns, though the older wingmaster’s 2 3/4” max shell use might be a strike against it. I’ve been surprised with the express I bought new last November, not one speck of rust or malfunction has happened and I’ve been out in the pouring rain hiking and hunting with it. Maybe the new production express guns are finished better.
That could be true, they simply couldn't go on throwing them together the way they were. If you get an early 80's Wingmaster, you get a 3 inch gun with good fit and finish that can be had for $3-400 , the problem is finding them. No dimples to fix either.��
