Uzkon TR100 Range Review

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I see there’s not a whole lot on these guns on here, so I figured I’d subject you all to my unsolicited opinions :p

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I picked up an Uzkon TR100 C2 from NAS for $499. It came with 3 five round mags, quad rail, breaching muzzle brake, foldable stock, removable sights/carry handle, and hard case. I also bought a 4” baller extension and full choke, as the muzzle brake models don’t come with chokes.

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Unboxing was an event set to the sound track of my girlish giggles of delight. It’s certainly the most fun looking gun I’ve owned. I know. I’m sheltered. I was surprised with the initial appearance of quality. I’ve owned my share of bargain guns, and I had set the bar at “Norinco”, but it’s way north of that. The action was smooth. No sharp edges anywhere except for a few tiny burrs in the corners of the muzzle brake. I was surprised with how well the camo coating was applied. They even managed to cover every nook and cranny of the quad rail. I had read reviews that the pistol grip was too smooth and textureless, but they must have changed something along the way because this one is great. Plenty of grip and texture. One interesting little thing I was surprised they hadn’t mentioned online (anywhere I noticed) was that the front and rear sights had a rotating “dial-a-reticle” allowing you to switch between V sights, Post sights, peep sights, and... I’m gonna call it hollow-torpedo-thingy sights. They’re fully adjustable by the way.

I picked up an assortment of slugs to try. All 2 3/4.

Winchester Super X
Imperial
Kent Cartridge
Challenger

As well as a variety of shot shells, including 7 1/2, 6, 5, 4, 2, and 00.

I didn’t clean or lube anything. I just took it from the box to the range. I started with slugs to break it in. The hardest part was loading the mags. The rounds catch on the previous round’s brass, and you’ve gotta hold your tongue just right to get them in there. It was pouring rain and 5deg the whole time, so frozen fingers didn’t help matters. I had one failure to feed in each of the first 2 mags, but I think that had more to do with me getting the hang of loading the mags and avoiding rim lock. Those were the only two failures for the day.

The sights as delivered were way high. In fact I had to bottom out their travel to zero at 25 yards with slugs. Recoil was light (for a guy used to shooting pump) the Kent’s grouped best, followed closely by the Challengers. Winchester grouped noticeably worse, and imperial were worse yet. Mind you this is with open sights, standing, with the fore stock resting against the side of a tree.

After about 80 Slugs down the pipe, I switched to shot. With the muzzle brake out front, the spread was pretty huge. #5 spread about 26 inches at 25 yards. Switching to the full choke shrunk that in to about 8 inches. I tried a bunch of mag dumps with the light 7 1/2 target loads to see if I could get it to jam. I went as fast as my frozen fingers would let me. Fast enough that I was able to get the 3rd round off before the first and second empties hit the ground... still no jam. I even loaded a mag with a slug and one of almost everything. Dumped as fast as I could - no jams. I’m not enough of a shotgunner to know if that’s impressive or not, but it seems pretty good for an out of the box $500 gun.

All in all, I’m a very happy customer. Probably the best bang for the buck I’ve had yet.

I’ve probably forgotten to mention some things. Any questions about the tr100 and I’ll do my best to answer.
 
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nice review, chokes come with the gun ? any pics ?


It doesn’t come with chokes, nor is it threaded for chokes. To use chokes, you can get a 4” or 6” barrel extension that IS threaded for chokes, and they sell a 5 pack of chokes. For my purposes I just got a short one and the full choke.

I didn’t take any photos during the shoot unfortunately. Pouring rain :-/
 
It doesn’t come with chokes, nor is it threaded for chokes. To use chokes, you can get a 4” or 6” barrel extension that IS threaded for chokes, and they sell a 5 pack of chokes. For my purposes I just got a short one and the full choke.

I didn’t take any photos during the shoot unfortunately. Pouring rain :-/

can you show me which I have to buy ?? paste the link here please.....
 
Why is this not posted in the black and green shotgun forum?

Well, this is my new hunting shotgun. I hadn’t considered it’s race. I’m not judgey like that. I see shotguns for what they are on the inside... NOT their colour. :p



Seriously though, it never even crossed my mind. Every shotgun I’ve ever owned has been a working gun that belongs in this hunting category. It didn’t occur to me that this one would be any different. Mods are of course welcome to relocate however they wish. No skin off my back.
 
can you show me which I have to buy ?? paste the link here please.....

Im sure you can get them from a few different places, but here’s the ones NAS has:

https://www.nasgunsandammo.com/product/uzkon-tr100-cm1-semi-auto/ One in stock

https://www.nasgunsandammo.com/product/uzkon-tr100-cm2-semi-auto/ 4 in stock

https://www.nasgunsandammo.com/product/uzkon-tr100-cm3-semi-auto/ 1 in stock.


And a bunch of other fun looking toys:

https://www.nasgunsandammo.com/?s=Uzkon&post_type=product
 
Why does a hunting gun need a toothed door breaching muzzle brake? These guns seem silly to me and look like a step up from an air soft gun.
 
For the EXACT same reason that a hunting gun needs a glassy walnut burl stock.

It doesn’t. And yet here we are.

I guess one benefit to a breach brake, is that if I were to be accosted by a rabid grizzly, and managed to get a shot off with the muzzle pressed tightly against his soon-to-be-full belly, it wouldn’t bulge the end of the barrel, and the hikers that find my scattered bones would have a functioning firearm they could keep and use. Unlike some lowly Perazzi with a screwed up muzzle. They’d use that siht for firewood. :evil:
 
I see there’s not a whole lot on these guns on here, so I figured I’d subject you all to my unsolicited opinion
I’m not enough of a shotgunner to know if that’s impressive or not, but it seems pretty good.

Here is my unsolicited opinion...not impressive. Three holes touching at 100 yards without having to buy a barrel addition would be impressive.
 
Thank you for this post.

I have a chance to try out a used one this week and your review is excellent timing.

Heard about the mag shell rim lock issue already but your insight helps understand its not biggie.

Will ask my friend about any tips on how to load from his experience I can share if he has them.
 
Here is my unsolicited opinion...not impressive. Three holes touching at 100 yards without having to buy a barrel addition would be impressive.


Hah! I think there’s a better chance of my Grizzly scenario coming true, than finding a $500 smoothbore semi that can shoot sub MOA :p
 
Thank you for this post.

I have a chance to try out a used one this week and your review is excellent timing.

Heard about the mag shell rim lock issue already but your insight helps understand its not biggie.

Will ask my friend about any tips on how to load from his experience I can share if he has them.

That’d be great. Cuz right now I’m considering filing down one of my fat fingers on the belt sander so it’ll fit in the mag to relieve spring tension.

The slugs aren’t bad. It’s the target loads with their impossibly low brass that are the hardest to load. Once they’re in it’s fine. It functions well. So if he’s got a technique that works, yes please.
 
Well, this is my new hunting shotgun. I hadn’t considered it’s race. I’m not judgey like that. I see shotguns for what they are on the inside... NOT their colour. :p



Seriously though, it never even crossed my mind. Every shotgun I’ve ever owned has been a working gun that belongs in this hunting category. It didn’t occur to me that this one would be any different. Mods are of course welcome to relocate however they wish. No skin off my back.

No matter what you use it for, it is still a black and green shotgun design.
 
Why do you suppose there are separate forums for the black and green, and hunting and sporting shotguns? Obviously the forum owners had a reason for having two forums.
 
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