Okay. I'm sitting in the parking lot at my range. Just finished shooting 25 slugs with the Typhoon. I believe NAS Guns said a recommended break-in of 75-80 rounds, so take my perspective as you will.
My slugs were a mix of Imperial, Federal, Remington, and Winchester. All were 2 3/4 inch.
Recoil: nothing really different than any other semi with a heavy load. I'm 6'2" and I float around 250 pounds. Who am I kidding? I don't float.
The 2-round mag worked flawlessly. The 5-rounders did not. They worked flawlessly with 3 shells in them, max. With 5 rounds, they will not even chamber a round. With 4, I had two failures to completely eject a spent shell. Twice I had click and no bang. I re-used these 2 shells (after waiting several minutes before ejecting, of course), and they both fired. When I fed the mags with 3 rounds, they fired smoothly.
With the bolt forward, and the safety engaged, you can't load a mag and #### the bolt. I tried this twice to be sure. From open-bolt, you can load a mag, hit the assist, and chamber a round.
The next step will be to try light loads. I'm guessing the 5-round mags, being new, are just too tight. I may store them loaded for a while to see if this helps.
I checked the barrel nut that I loctited and it did not jar loose whatsoever. That metal sleeve labelled "Heavy Loads" with the arrow pointing down the business end slides back and forth when the gun is empty. I don't know if where it's supposed to sit, as I only noticed this while packing the gun up to go home. Mine is shooting quite low - maybe two inches at 25 yards, but I never adjusted the sights at all. That will come in time. I did not use the included bipod; I have my own installed.
Extended use of the gun will see if things get smoother. As I said, it cycles fine with 3 rounds or less. The 2 failures to fire both were with the Remington slugs, which I noticed said "reduced recoil" on the box. They were also around 1/16" shorter than the others, so I'm not sure if this was the case.
My two cents, anyways. I'll clean it when I get home and see how it looks.
Cannon
My slugs were a mix of Imperial, Federal, Remington, and Winchester. All were 2 3/4 inch.
Recoil: nothing really different than any other semi with a heavy load. I'm 6'2" and I float around 250 pounds. Who am I kidding? I don't float.
The 2-round mag worked flawlessly. The 5-rounders did not. They worked flawlessly with 3 shells in them, max. With 5 rounds, they will not even chamber a round. With 4, I had two failures to completely eject a spent shell. Twice I had click and no bang. I re-used these 2 shells (after waiting several minutes before ejecting, of course), and they both fired. When I fed the mags with 3 rounds, they fired smoothly.
With the bolt forward, and the safety engaged, you can't load a mag and #### the bolt. I tried this twice to be sure. From open-bolt, you can load a mag, hit the assist, and chamber a round.
The next step will be to try light loads. I'm guessing the 5-round mags, being new, are just too tight. I may store them loaded for a while to see if this helps.
I checked the barrel nut that I loctited and it did not jar loose whatsoever. That metal sleeve labelled "Heavy Loads" with the arrow pointing down the business end slides back and forth when the gun is empty. I don't know if where it's supposed to sit, as I only noticed this while packing the gun up to go home. Mine is shooting quite low - maybe two inches at 25 yards, but I never adjusted the sights at all. That will come in time. I did not use the included bipod; I have my own installed.
Extended use of the gun will see if things get smoother. As I said, it cycles fine with 3 rounds or less. The 2 failures to fire both were with the Remington slugs, which I noticed said "reduced recoil" on the box. They were also around 1/16" shorter than the others, so I'm not sure if this was the case.
My two cents, anyways. I'll clean it when I get home and see how it looks.
Cannon
