Review of Armsan A612 - left hand

1963beretta said:
The break in period for my A612 was very quick. It swallows up pretty much anything at this time. Im very happy with it as a budget semi. The only thing I think may be in order is an upgraded recoil pad. The factory pad is adequate, but the gun is very light. I think once waterfowl season starts and the youngster starts running heavier loads through it, recoil may become a factor to consider.
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Not sure if it’d work for you or not but after shoulder a issue I began having issues with recoil from commonly available waterfowl loads. I prefer heavier shot payloads at slower velocities but usually can only find 1 or 1&1/8oz speed loads ie 1550fps. Anyways the solution I found to keep shooting my old 870 on water waterfowl was to add weight. Not revolutionary I know. What I did was to turn the flats down off a 5/8” bolt head and cut to length of magazine plug. Then cut a piece of round stock steel a few oz’s heavier for the buttstock. The piece in the stock was made heavy enough to put balance of gunat the front of the receiver. Overall I believe I added 1lb 4oz, combined with a Super Cell pad recoil was tamed considerably.

Since your nephews gun is wood stocked it probably balances better than a synthetic 870 and you might be able to use two equally weighted pieces, one to replace mag plug, and one in stock behind mounting bolt.

Hope he continues to enjoy his shotgun and shooting/hunting with you.
 
Thanks leveractionjunkie! My nephew seems to be ok with the recoil, but he hasn’t consistently shot heavier loads. I think he’d be ok with an upgraded pad, but the option to add weight is always available. Once the turkey season ends, we’ll see how he can handle 3-4 rounds of skeet in a morning wearing nothing but a T-shirt
 
I figure I’d update progress given that there have been some threads abouts Armsan guns. It would be safe to say that my nephews left hand A612 has been put through its paces and it works flawlessly. This gun eats up all loads that is loaded into it. Recoil hasnt been an issue using waterfowl loads but as my nephew grows, I may add a nice recoil pad to give him added LOP that he may need.

As a whole, this is a gun I highly recommend. In fact, I’ve given some thought to picking up a camo turkey version as well.
 
Based on my experience with the 612. I recently bought a youth A620 for my daughter. She's a little small for it yet but not by much. It runs like a top as well, it did seem to hang up on light loads for the first few shots but inside the span of a box of shells it worked itself out.
The 620 didn't come in a hard plastic case like the 612 did but it was reflected in the price too. I bought it from frontier when they had them on sale a few months ago.
I bring it along with me when we have new shooters wanting to try some sporting clays. Often time ladies will show up with an ill fitting gun and a youth sized 20 is just so much easier for them to have positive results with.
 
I know they make 20”, 24” and 28” barrels, but I havent seen them being sold separately. As I understand it, Armsan also makes Tristar shotguns and the A612 is the same gun as the Tristar Viper G2. Not sure how easy it would be to get your hands on a barrel from Tristar US though.
 
with the help of the review of 1963beretta i purchase one.

i will to post pictures but so far im happy. mine did not come with the box but i really had no need for it.

all the rest was inside wit 2 socks.

everything is really tight and need some tricks to assemble it.
 
While there are a few still available across Canada, the Armsan guns don't seem plentiful. There does not seem to be a solid importer behind the Armsan semis, with service and parts.
There are a few that are sold as Mossberg or Tristar showing up.
I wonder if they are destined to be "here today, gone tomorrow" like many other Turkish brands.
 
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