***NEW to Canada***MKA 1919 MATCH MAG-FED FLAT TOP SEMI-AUTO 12GA***NON-RESTRICTED

Took my new shotgun to the range today. Ran like a champ right out of the box... much to the chagrin of the guys I know who bought alfalfas or derkas. ;)

As suggested, I put the heavy load gas ring in and it ran my federal XM127 00 buck through it 100%. It also ran all of my other ammo that I brought with me (federal and challenger target ammo) 100%.

Also tried the light load gas ring with the target ammo, and as expected: it ran everything 100%

The only downsides I've noted so far:

- If you put the gun on a table with the action locked open and ejection port up (ie: bolt release down), the bolt release is so oversized and awesome that it will release the bolt. You need to prop it up so the gun isn't resting on the bolt release when putting it on a the table (or put a chamber flag in it and let the bolt come forward)

- The chokes and iron sights started to come loose after a few rounds, but the irons were only hand tight and I didn't really give the choke that much of a tighten. I re-tightened both and they were fine for the rest of the day. The irons could probably use some blue locktite and I'll probably give the chokes a bit more oomph when tightening next time.

Completely happy with my purchase. Extremely happy it didn't require 100+ rounds to break in and start to become almost reliable ;)
 
Heavy ring. . After 100 rds or so it's running pretty good... likes Remington sluggers. .. my stock is now loose and doesn't collapse any more. Il look at trying to fix it later this week.
 
Ok, I had mine out on the weekend. I completely took it apart, even the bolt to clean out all the loads of preservative oil in there. I didn't separate the upper from the lower though, just crammed paper towel way down in there to sop up most of the oil. Then I gave everything a light wipe with frog lube and put some frog lube paste on the bolt friction areas and inside the bolt carrier guides inside the receiver. I installed the heavy gas ring and left the cylinder choke in it and away I went.

First up was 45 rounds of the cheap Winchester 2 3/4" 1 oz. slugs ----- Perfect operation for all of them. This baby has some kick!
Second up was a box of Remington Sportsman 3" #2's steel shot ----- Perfect operation for all of them.
Third up was 50 rounds of cheap Winchester 2 3/4" #2 Lead shot ----- Perfect operation for all of them.

I couldn't find any of my target loads to try out, but I'm pretty sure after that day, that with the light ring installed they will function well.

Love it!!! It should make a great Deer shotgun!

Ian
 
Smitsauce said:
Ok, I had mine out on the weekend. I completely took it apart, even the bolt to clean out all the loads of preservative oil in there. I didn't separate the upper from the lower though, just crammed paper towel way down in there to sop up most of the oil. Then I gave everything a light wipe with frog lube and put some frog lube paste on the bolt friction areas and inside the bolt carrier guides inside the receiver. I installed the heavy gas ring and left the cylinder choke in it and away I went.

First up was 45 rounds of the cheap Winchester 2 3/4" 1 oz. slugs ----- Perfect operation for all of them. This baby has some kick!
Second up was a box of Remington Sportsman 3" #2's steel shot ----- Perfect operation for all of them.
Third up was 50 rounds of cheap Winchester 2 3/4" #2 Lead shot ----- Perfect operation for all of them.

I couldn't find any of my target loads to try out, but I'm pretty sure after that day, that with the light ring installed they will function well.

Love it!!! It should make a great Deer shotgun!

Ian
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Wow impressive I might have to rethink selling mine.
 
Had mine out over the weekend. First box was Winchester Super X upland game, high brass 71/2. No issues with this ammo. One of my 5 round mags won't feed the last shell though hopefully that works itself out. One box of Winchester Super X rifled slugs. No issues...lots of kick!

Tried target ammo with heavy ring. Would not cycle. Had two other rifles with me so didn't change the ring to try that ammo. I will try it another day.

Had my Trulock tactical choke installed. Worked perfectly.
 
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Update to my previous post. Finally got some steel shot though it today. No hicups at all. #4, #2, BB in 2-3/4 and #2, BB in 3 inch all ran 100%. Just a handful of various brands. Couldn't be happier.
 
Had mine out this morning for the first time, very pleased with it. Shot Federal buckshot and Score Slugs with no issue. Used only the heavy load 'ring'. Yes, the sights came loose and the mags are tight to load but all fixable or part of break in process. The semi auto fired as fast as I could pull the trigger. Think I may change the sights, but a keeper and fun to shoot.
 
scuba_cowboy said:
Not happy with mine:
Total jam-o-matic with Winchester 1600 FPS Slugs, Heavy load ring installed
1400 FPS Royal 00 Buck seemed to function fine, Heavy load ring installed
& Mine was shipped with two 3 bar chokes and one 4 bar choke, so as far as I can tell I am missing a 5 bar Cylinder Bore Choke?
I'm a newbie to shotguns, but so far seems like a waste of money to me. Does anyone know what brand of chokes interchange?
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One of the chokes is already installed in the end of the gun, so you get four in total. It is Winchester threads so you can buy any choke that is made for Winchester (WinChoke). I installed a Trulock tactical choke I ordered from Brownell's. Here is a direct link. Worked well with shot and slugs.

http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-pa...a-tactical-invector-choke-tube-prod72024.aspx
 
scuba_cowboy said:
Thanks for the info.
I only received 3 chokes, 1 in the gun and two others, unfortunately two of the 3 are the same..................................
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I am sure if you contact Tactical imports they can correct that for you. I ordered a tooth and nail SAS lower forged aluminum receiver with new trigger group, they reduced trigger to 4 lbs for me. The only thing I wished I ordered a larger charging handle, the rubber attachment does not do it for me. It should be here on Friday
 
Bad news :(

After a few rounds of trap today (I've had 300+ various rounds through the gun so far) I noticed the fore end was loose. I could not turn the fore end nut to tighten it down, in fact I couldn't loosen it either. Somehow it had slid forward about a half inch and now it was seized in place.
So back home I went. With heat and unfortunately some vice grips, I managed to get the damn thing off. Internal threads on the nut are completely stripped. I can't imagine how, but it seems the recoil caused the nut to "jump" or maybe "snap" the thread and get stuck?
Anyways, already left a message with TI. Hopefully they can find an extra nut for me. FYI, the threads on the guide rod are fine (must be a much harder metal).
Not sure if there is anyway to avoid this but just thought I'd give everyone a heads up.
 
I upgraded the lower receiver to a Tooth and Nail SAS forged aluminum receiver, new trigger group, down to 4 lbs trigger pull. With the new receiver you can change grips and stock to any AR-15 furniture, AR-15 Safety. Also added breacher choke, larger charging handle and added a Vortex Venom

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