carpetmonkey
CGN Regular
- Location
- Beautiful British Columbia
Just picked up a new Uzkon T5 single-shot 12ga for some informal trap shooting.
The fit and finish is better than I had expected for a $235 shotgun, with very nice walnut hardware and even sporting sling loops.
The one place the price point shows, however, is the crappy hard plastic buttplate; shooting this T5 as-is out of the box, my shoulder and I would become fast enemies.
Luckily, a local retailer has a large selection of recoil pads, and I had to paw through all of them (twice) to find a decent fit:
the Limbsaver 10111 fits at what I would call 95% being only a touch shorter (eyeballing at about a 32nd of an inch) at the toe of the stock.
It also managed to flex a tad to fit snugly to the slight contour of the butt. As a bonus, the extra 3/4" LOP of the Limbsaver pad has the T5 fitting me better!
For $305 all-in (including the Limbsaver pad) for a quality, walnut furnished Turkish-made shotgun, I doubt there is a better deal out there.
The fit and finish is better than I had expected for a $235 shotgun, with very nice walnut hardware and even sporting sling loops.
The one place the price point shows, however, is the crappy hard plastic buttplate; shooting this T5 as-is out of the box, my shoulder and I would become fast enemies.
Luckily, a local retailer has a large selection of recoil pads, and I had to paw through all of them (twice) to find a decent fit:
the Limbsaver 10111 fits at what I would call 95% being only a touch shorter (eyeballing at about a 32nd of an inch) at the toe of the stock.
It also managed to flex a tad to fit snugly to the slight contour of the butt. As a bonus, the extra 3/4" LOP of the Limbsaver pad has the T5 fitting me better!
For $305 all-in (including the Limbsaver pad) for a quality, walnut furnished Turkish-made shotgun, I doubt there is a better deal out there.
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