Turkish shotguns--Poll to end all doubt. Please only participate if you own one

[Falconflyer]

You can have problems with any gun regardless of the name on the side of it, the big question is how often will you have problems and how is the manufacturer support.
Stoeger has a lot of products and the reliability is generally good which is fortunate because the customer support is generally bad. Turkish guns have a lesser reliability rate and some manufacturers seem to have good support and others not so good.

 

[joe6167]

I worked with a bunch of turkish pump action shotguns. I hate them all. Absolute pieces of crap, and the design considerations that go into them, makes me wonder, "what the hell were they thinking?".

Also, those stupid "spring assisted" pump action guns, seem to have given me Tennis elbow.

 

[rajczak_kashka]

I have a Turkish made Mossberg SA 28 gauge. It looks and shoots good but my only complaint is that it will not cycle low brass ammo,no problem with high brass ammo at all.

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Them birds weren’t too concerned about the fit and finish of the gun that took em. Nice shootin.

 

[rajczak_kashka]

You can have problems with any gun regardless of the name on the side of it, the big question is how often will you have problems and how is the manufacturer support.
Stoeger has a lot of products and the reliability is generally good which is fortunate because the customer support is generally bad. Turkish guns have a lesser reliability rate and some manufacturers seem to have good support and others not so good.

Well…not entirely true. When on the side of the receiver it says “Police Magnum”… you can bet your life it’s going to do what it’s supposed to. 590A1 is another such exception to your claim…

 

[Falconflyer]

I think you’ve misunderstood. I was saying that there are good Turkish guns and others not so good, not that they all are unreliable.
Having said that, I have no experience with the “police magnum” you are talking about but based on other experiences with Turkish guns I’d have trouble betting my life on any of them.

 

[canvasback]

Well…not entirely true. When on the side of the receiver it says “Police Magnum”… you can bet your life it’s going to do what it’s supposed to. 590A1 is another such exception to your claim…

Bwahahahaha!

 

[conor_90]

So just because its Italian does not mean there could not be issues

I'll try my luck re. failure rate

Hard learned lesson. At least if an Italian gun fails you know the manufacturer has spare parts and is not a rebrand of a no name that changes at the whims of the manufacturer

Buy Turkish guns if you like, I'm done. Can't believe it took me this long

1000 bucks in limbo and a shotgun that never did anything but break my thumb, from the "good" Turkish brand

 

[reddog]

Well update on Weatherby warranty in Canada. Talked to the warranty shop in Canada that does Weatherby fixes ,they claim that Weatherby has the parts and has yet to send them ,we are on month 8!!!. So phoned Weatherby customer service and had a chat(amazing a real person) who said he would find out what is happening. E mail next day explaining that yes they do have the parts but my warranty claim had been "misplaced?"but the parts would be going north with their next shipment. Sounded genuine on the phone but The clincher I guess was a back up e mail apologizing for there error. Take from it what you will but was definitely worth the call ,see if it is home by New Year.

Happy Day ,just got a call from Calgary shooting center ,Weatherby parts arrived gun is fixed and in the mail.Seems like they had an unfortunate incident with a burst water main and flood sent them back a few days .A big thank you for the call and looking forward to getting it back in under a year .

 

[Canuck65]

The Turkish-made CZ O/U I have is very very well made. The Turkish-made CZ semi ... not so much. Nor was the Weatherby semi I had and sold. If you looked at it wrong it got marred up and scratched, etc. Not at all built for the bush.