Radelli Gatekeeper 15 inch pump full stock

[Arcosdad]

Hello all,
Well winter boredom is setting in. I've been looking at these as there's a few deals out there. Anybody have any direct experience with them? I've got doubles, Mossy pumps etc. Looking for something else fun to bang around with ( clays, plates, plinking) and these look pretty cool. Yes I know there's haters of all guns from Turkey so no need to pile on that wagon! Lol.

 

[sillymike]

Had to look them up
- Well, they're different OK

If you're looking for something silly to plink with, a short-barrel-mag-fed is hard to beat

 

[Arcosdad]

Can't say I'm in love with the "tactical" mag tube cap..lol. I've always heard the mag fed ones like the Grizzly were poor feeders... not your experience?

 

[sillymike]

Once you fixed the follower, they worked well enough.

 

[Raton57]

Spent a lot of money trying to own one never got one yet.

 

[brybenn]

I've always found drop mags to be a pain with short barreled shotguns. Big bulky and snag on everything. Feeding was also hot and miss. I much prefer the tube mag even if it comes with less capacity

 

[sillymike]

For sh!t and giggles... a short barrel shotgun (with full load) is hard to beat

Have no experience with any Turkish gun...
- but the Norinco JW2000 that was imported from Canada Ammo a few years back was kind of fun

 

[Arcosdad]

Yah those were cool alright. I've got an old Savage 311 that I'm going to shorten to create a fun gun....if I can bring myself to actually do it!

 

[brybenn]

For sh!t and giggles... a short barrel shotgun (with full load) is hard to beat

Have no experience with any Turkish gun...
- but the Norinco JW2000 that was imported from Canada Ammo a few years back was kind of fun

I watch one of these come apart at the wrist when my buddy tried my home cast slug loads.

For the record I love guns that are fun. Skeet with a 8.5" barreled 870 clone was fun. Not quite completely useless but the muzzle flash was like barking mini suns

 

[Arcosdad]

I took my 15 inch Ricol over/ under to the skeet range once. I'm no good at skeet and they all scoffed at my "toy" gun. But a high house one got past me and I broke it as it was drifting down about 35 yards away. Turned out it was an "illegal" shot but it was fun to see their faces. I doubt I could repeat that!

 

[Juster]

I've always heard the mag fed ones like the Grizzly were poor feeders... not your experience?

The aftermarket mags did not feed at all out of the box, so you had to modify the follower. I have about 10 modified mags and they all feed really well. And of course the gun is mostly Rem 870 compatible.