Turknelli test
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A friend of mine has an M4. Without me asking how well it functions, he remarked that it experiences a lot of FTEs. Just goes to show that issues are not limited to the Turkish clones. Sometimes it's just luck of the draw.
Not exactly a clone, but a Turkish made shotgun nonetheless, the Stoegers for me, have been excellent functioning shotguns. I liked the M3K so much, that I bought a M3500. I've never regretted either purchase. Sure, a Super Black Eagle owner does not need to change the ejector and spring, but by the same token, my Stoegers were not in excess of 2000 dollars. To add to it, sadly, the SBE,s are on the ban list. Not to say that the Stoegers, as well as any semi will be spared.
Not exactly a clone, but a Turkish made shotgun nonetheless, the Stoegers for me, have been excellent functioning shotguns. I liked the M3K so much, that I bought a M3500. I've never regretted either purchase. Sure, a Super Black Eagle owner does not need to change the ejector and spring, but by the same token, my Stoegers were not in excess of 2000 dollars. To add to it, sadly, the SBE,s are on the ban list. Not to say that the Stoegers, as well as any semi will be spared.
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I must have gotten lucky. I have run close to 500-800 target load through my Canuck operator and have maybe 5 or so failure to load but that was with cheap white box low recoil Winchester ammo. Just picked up a ca612 haven't gotten around to shooting it yet, but hopefully works as well.
mmcintyre1220
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Turkish guns are straight garbage. It does not matter if we are talking about shotguns or handguns. I will take Chinese firearms over Turkish crap any day of the week.
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Honestly things needing some loctite, lube or polishing doesn't worry me at all. One would expect to have to spend a little time polishing up/tweaking/breaking in a clone that comes in at a fifth the price of the original.
The absolute deal-breaker for me was the improperly hardened bolt carriers/piston/op-rods:
There is nothing you can do about that other than start replacing with factory Benelli parts (if they fit) -- by the time you're done you'll start approaching Beretta 1301 price levels.
IMO there is nothing more useless on this earth than an unsafe or unreliable firearm. If you can't spend a little more and buy something dependable, then for the money you'd waste on one of these you can buy a totally dependable pump.
The absolute deal-breaker for me was the improperly hardened bolt carriers/piston/op-rods:
There is nothing you can do about that other than start replacing with factory Benelli parts (if they fit) -- by the time you're done you'll start approaching Beretta 1301 price levels.
IMO there is nothing more useless on this earth than an unsafe or unreliable firearm. If you can't spend a little more and buy something dependable, then for the money you'd waste on one of these you can buy a totally dependable pump.
