Ok, for those interested, here are some pictures and my first impressions of the new tomahawk 1200...
Excuse my poor english skills and feel free to ask questions and request others pictures.
BTW I am not a shotgun expert, my only other one is a cheap Maverick 88
So far, I can say that:
-The gun is light and front heavy but it "fit" me better than the Maverick,
I don't know if it's because of the shorter LOP or what but I like the feel and the way it point
-the trigger and especially the safety are a lot better than the Maverick
-The flat black finish on the barrel and the receiver is thin and scratches easily
-The stock and the forearm are made of very soft and thin plastic, they also scratch easily,
but thet looks better than the maverick ones
-The gun is internally rough... lots of machining marks and burrs
-my biggest complaint comes from all those "tactical accessories" they are cheap and their fit is bad
also: A very similar looking gun (in hunting version) is sold in the US under the Tristar Viper name...
Here is a Viper review from Gunblast w ww.gunblast.com/TriStar.htm
Picture time now... I will post them in small batches today and tomorow, along with some personal observations...
This is it, just out of the box with the supplied accessories
the gun came "factory equiped" with a few scratches on both side of the receiver...
this "z" shaped one being the most obvious
An other one on the pistol grip...
the gun comes with a big muzzle break and 3 choke tubes... the muzzle break is actualy a 2 pieces unit
The choke tubes treads are rough and the notches even more...
Tomahawk (Benelli type?) vs Mossberg choke tube...
One of them is badly machined, it does not screw all the way into the barrel
The gun is also supplied with a choke wrench, a user manual, two acc. rails (one already fitted on the receiver) and this notice from Marstar regarding those two rails
The first rail (The european one?) is actualy a banana shaped piece of very soft plastic...it is honestly the first time I see "something" like that on a firearm
The other supplied rail is is molded (not milled) out of aluminum...
Here are the two rails side by side
As you can see here, someone made some final ajustements to the aluminum rail "after" the final painting
Deburring the holes was obviously not part of the process...
the supplied mounting screws are not helping much in the look departement...the new holes are not conicals and they don't match the screws very well...
it's a sad thing because, as you can see, they were carefully cut to lenght by a turkish artisan
The use of the rail was not in my plans anyway so it's not a big deal for me...but nothing was supplied to plug holes in the dovetailed
receiver (std #8 set screws would probably fit)
the coating on the receiver and the barrel doesn't look very tough... it scratches very easily
the bolt release button, trigger safety button and bolt are chromed...like kitchen appliance... lol ...not really tacticool
but the finish seems tough...
more pics tonight...
Excuse my poor english skills and feel free to ask questions and request others pictures.
BTW I am not a shotgun expert, my only other one is a cheap Maverick 88
So far, I can say that:
-The gun is light and front heavy but it "fit" me better than the Maverick,
I don't know if it's because of the shorter LOP or what but I like the feel and the way it point
-the trigger and especially the safety are a lot better than the Maverick
-The flat black finish on the barrel and the receiver is thin and scratches easily
-The stock and the forearm are made of very soft and thin plastic, they also scratch easily,
but thet looks better than the maverick ones
-The gun is internally rough... lots of machining marks and burrs
-my biggest complaint comes from all those "tactical accessories" they are cheap and their fit is bad
also: A very similar looking gun (in hunting version) is sold in the US under the Tristar Viper name...
Here is a Viper review from Gunblast w ww.gunblast.com/TriStar.htm
Picture time now... I will post them in small batches today and tomorow, along with some personal observations...
This is it, just out of the box with the supplied accessories
the gun came "factory equiped" with a few scratches on both side of the receiver...
this "z" shaped one being the most obvious
An other one on the pistol grip...
the gun comes with a big muzzle break and 3 choke tubes... the muzzle break is actualy a 2 pieces unit
The choke tubes treads are rough and the notches even more...
Tomahawk (Benelli type?) vs Mossberg choke tube...
One of them is badly machined, it does not screw all the way into the barrel
The gun is also supplied with a choke wrench, a user manual, two acc. rails (one already fitted on the receiver) and this notice from Marstar regarding those two rails
The first rail (The european one?) is actualy a banana shaped piece of very soft plastic...it is honestly the first time I see "something" like that on a firearm
The other supplied rail is is molded (not milled) out of aluminum...
Here are the two rails side by side
As you can see here, someone made some final ajustements to the aluminum rail "after" the final painting
Deburring the holes was obviously not part of the process...
the supplied mounting screws are not helping much in the look departement...the new holes are not conicals and they don't match the screws very well...
it's a sad thing because, as you can see, they were carefully cut to lenght by a turkish artisan
The use of the rail was not in my plans anyway so it's not a big deal for me...but nothing was supplied to plug holes in the dovetailed
receiver (std #8 set screws would probably fit)
the coating on the receiver and the barrel doesn't look very tough... it scratches very easily
the bolt release button, trigger safety button and bolt are chromed...like kitchen appliance... lol ...not really tacticool
but the finish seems tough...
more pics tonight...
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