Valtro Whos shooting one?

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RUPZUK said:
so how does it fare at a three gun ?
meaning are the mag changes workable ? or more to the point for me :
do you save enough time during mag changes/loading to beat a semi auto ( tube mag = longer to load , but semi quicker to unload ) .
For me , this is the question .
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I have used the valtro in 3 gun ;):):D after testing with several shooters and an I.P.S.C. timer. The shotgun runs with the Valtro cut the time in half compared to tube reloads. The greater number of reloads in a run the greater advantage the Valtro has.Its all I use in shotgun matches now.
 
tacdriver said:
I have had mine for a few years now and drive the crap
out of it.
14 inch ported bb, The only thing you have to watch
is if you have long fingers, finger placment is important.
If you get all G.I. Joe and your fingers start to wrap
around to high, when you fire the ports let out hot gas
and you'll get a little burn. ( just a little)
other than that it shoots great and the mags hold 7 rds.
Its a good choise. Oh ya , mags are about 80-100$ each.

Let us know
Cheers
tacdriver
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aaah that blue flame -- you will only do it once --I did - :eek:
 
The bottom line on a Valtro - with shot, a 14 inch Valtro patterns tighter than an 18 inch remington - giving you much more range. We tested them.As we moved farther out the remington would miss pellets on a politically incorrect liberal unfriendly non headless I.P.S.C.target, while the valtro would hit. I forget the exact distances but we deemed the valtro to have almost twice the range of an I.C. choke Remington.I also have a full choke for the valtro but dont use it cause it makes slugs print about 1 foot higher.In matches u sometimes have to swap to slugs for steel.I dont know how Valtro does it - maybe a Vang comp styled bore, but the Italians sure know how to build a shottie ---
 
Thanks Chopper1 , just the type of answer I was looking for .
Do you have any first hand knowledge of the 18" one ?
for some reason I'm liking it a tad more but ultimately want the more usable barrel length ( for 3 gun type stuff ) .
Doc911 , we do a few here . I don't know who else does them ( I think PG might ) but they are just plain awesome with the right match copy .
 
RUPZUK said:
Thanks Chopper1 , just the type of answer I was looking for .
Do you have any first hand knowledge of the 18" one ?
for some reason I'm liking it a tad more but ultimately want the more usable barrel length ( for 3 gun type stuff ) .
Doc911 , we do a few here . I don't know who else does them ( I think PG might ) but they are just plain awesome with the right match copy .
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the shorty is the way to go - more manuverable . Never tested the 18 inch - it may only perform like an 18 inch remington - I know the shorty does as I have said,plus the look cool factor of having something the yanks cant have -:cool:
 
RUPZUK said:
so how does it fare at a three gun ?
meaning are the mag changes workable ?
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Really, really well. I often win shotgun stages with my 14" - I'm not that good with a shotgun, but putting a new mag in is that much faster than feeding the tube.

And the Valtro is light, quick-handling, and points well. Plus the ports help recovery.

If I didn't want to have a shotgun for travelling to the US, I'd be keeping the Valtro. As is, it will likely be up for sale in a couple of weeks.
 
i've been running one in 14 inch about 4 years now. It's great as long as you remember to cycle the action briskly to get clean ejection. also remember not to press the trigger until it's fully in battery - if you do it too soon the hammer will fall and push the bolt forward, you then have to eject a loaded round -unlike a remington, where all you do is release and re-press the trigger, and the chambered round will fire. also practice your mag changes - they're a bit like AKs, so i'm told, not owning one..:(.
 
JohnC said:
i've been running one in 14 inch about 4 years now. It's great as long as you remember to cycle the action briskly to get clean ejection. also remember not to press the trigger until it's fully in battery - if you do it too soon the hammer will fall and push the bolt forward, you then have to eject a loaded round -unlike a remington, where all you do is release and re-press the trigger, and the chambered round will fire. also practice your mag changes - they're a bit like AKs, so i'm told, not owning one..:(.
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Yep - but all pumps require brisk action cycling to insure clean ejection - and to prevent the killer short stroke. I have had fun with those used to remingtons get bungled up with the valtro trigger - Muscle memory still catches me sometimes cause I have both Valtro and Remington shotties LOL

Also - a little trick - its very easy to smooth up the cycling a little bit - throat job - small file to round the feed ramp shoulder - its plastic ! :)
 
exarmysig said:
Got one and love it. The look cool factor always gets the elmer fudds at the range going. It shoots well and I have "heard" that 870 parts will fit on it. I recently got a SpecOps stock for my 870 and I am goin to play with it a bit to see how much of hassle it would be to put one on my PM-5.
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Dude... let me know how that goes. I've heard that 870 parts don't work on it.
 
I have a Dlask Remington 870, a Valtro, and a Fabarm Martial Pro-force... I like them all for different purposes. Haven't really 'tested' them against each other.

The only thing I could say about a Valtro is that after market parts are impossible to come by and the mags are a *little* sloppy (they jiggle when seated), but they work. Also, the only other thing I could think of that a tube over a mag fed would have is that no matter what... you can feed rounds into a tube vs. having to eject a magazine and load that up if you don't happen to have spares handy.
 
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