Stoeger 2000s... reviews?

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Anyone ever handle/own a stoeger 2000?

Reviews?

Likes / dislikes?

I'm looking at them for a cheap semi auto for turkey/goose/duck ... seem to be pretty decent but lets hear from the people who've experienced them?
 
one of my hunting buddies has one and it never gives him any grief at all. he uses it for deer, turkey, geese, ducks you name it. i have shot it. it feels good. i have a benelli super black eagle 2 and i am in love with that gun. the stoeger uses the same action as the benelli. they had a deer barrel combo package available for awhile as well.
 
my good hunting buddy has one and it has never given him a lick of trouble. he uses the gun for everything. it uses the same action as the benelli i have a super black eagle 2 and i love that gun. you could get it with a deer barrel for awhile as well. i think it is a great bang for the buck gun.
 
I've heard experiences like yours with it, and I've heard some real bad ones too.

Hard to find out the truth!

I'm leaning towards it... it's the only semiauto thats reasonably priced.
 
i've been selling many stoeger 2000 they are really good firearms and can shoot mostly any cartridges from 2 3/4" to 3" and requires little to no care dut to the blow back action but sometimes, with cheap load like the winchester ammunition sold at wall mart it may jam due to their low recoil, (problem that never happen with a benelli) well except this problem, it's a nice weapon
 
I've had one now for a few years. I had a couple of jams with the first box or 2 I put through it and I don't think I've had a single jam since (at least 500 rounds and perhaps much more.....never kept track). After a while the spring will really lighten up....so much so you'll wonder if the spring has become too light. Because of this, it will cycle just about anything....but the heavier loads will kick pretty hard. I'm very pleased with mine. Its dead reliable and hits where its pointed. I'd say its biggest drawback is the felt recoil.
 
I've had one for 3 seasons now and have never had any issues with it. If you get it, go buy a couple boxs of 3" shells to run thru it. After that you should have no issue with the cheap 2 3/4" loads. I've considered upgrading to a SBE2 but everytime i think i'll do it I can't find a good reason to get rid of the Stoeger. Its a fine semi thats treated me awsome in ####ty weather and bagged plenty of ducks and geese.
 
I've had mine now for about 3 years ,no problem so far. If I remember correctly they suggest that you run a couple of boxes of heavy loads thru it to break it in
Bob
 
Well I managed to get out fire a few out of it. I put a bunch of Winchester and Federal #4 3" steel , Winchester and Federal BB 3", Kent 1oz #8's, 7/8 oz handloads, Winchester 2 3/4" 1oz slugs and finally some Winchester Featherlight 1 oz reduced recoil slugs. In a nutshell everything but the 7/8 oz handloads and reduced recoil slugs functioned flawlessly, these light loads either failed to eject or failed to feed the next round, this MAY change once the gun has a bunch more rounds down the tube.

The Federal steel loads and Winchester full power slugs shot about 8" left at 40 yds. The Winchester steel loads shot centre but a bit lower and the patterns weren't as consistant as the Federals

I found my right cheek bone took a little bit of a battering from the heavy loads, which is a first for me. I have shot a lot of 3" steel and slugs out of my 870's over the years and never had problem with my cheek getting smacked.

Hopefully tomorrow I will get out and harass some geese and see how it fairs.

On the whole I am quite impressed so far, I am hoping it tendency to shoot left doesn't become a big issue. One other thing to note after about 100 rounds the action/receiver was still clean as a wistle, unlike my 1100.
 
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The Stoeger 2000 is a great Semi. I have had mine now for a couple of years without ever experiencing a jam regardless of the ammo put through it. I have the wood stock model which is not the nicest wood by any means; but I consider the gun as a "TOOl" not a "JEWEL"
I found I was shooting it so much that it is now the only shotgun I own. I sold a Browning BPS that I found a bit heavy and a Remington 870 TB pump and kept ony the Stoeger. I now use it for trap shooting as well.
 
Big fan on the Stoeger. I bought it as my first semi for clays and have never had a problem with it. I have put approximately 5000 rounds through it and rarely have an issue. What I will say is that they like to be kept oiled. I have had 2 misfeed incidents in its life: The first box of shells I bought misfed about 4 rounds. When I cleaned it and reassembled, I used dry lube on all the contact surfaces. I'm not sure why but this caused it to misfeed every 5th or 6th shell. After that I oiled it well with regular Hoppes gun oil and have never had a problem since. The manual does indicate that it has a break in peroid and like the other posts, I recommend breaking it in with some hot loads. Its easy to clean and handles like any field grade semi. In fact, I believe its one of the lighter semis on the market at about 7lbs even.
 
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