Weatherby PA-459 - Any other owners?

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Hi,

I picked up a PA-459 about a year ago after much debate about barell length, calibre & removability of chokes and ghost ring sights.
I would have preferred a Remington Tactical - however it was right around the time covid started and ALL the "tactical" guns were being scooped up as we anticipated the oncoming horde of plague zombies.
The PA-459 became available and it seemed to fit the bill.
I'd like to think I don't have any regrets with the purchase... but I keep wondering if I didnt shoot myself in the foot by not waiting (and paying more) for the Remington for the simple reason of parts availability.

Is there anyone out there that owns a PA-459 that can speak to the firearm with respect to durability, reliability, part availability/interchangeability etc?

I'm not truly interested in the "shoulda bought an 870/Mossberg etc and so forth" as I've already had that conversation with myself enough :)

Thanks!
 
Very good pump shotgun. You did not compromise on quality. As for parts availability, if it breaks, there isn't much out there.
You could try tracking down an Armsan dealer for parts, that's who made the gun.
 
Thanks for that. Ive seen one seller from the states that has some things in stock occasionally - but considering some of the parts I'd want can't be imported I suspect I'd have to look elsewhere.
I was hoping someone out there could confirm if the Derya/Canuck parts were interchangeable. Some of the blow up diagrams look similar but I dont wanna mess with that :)

S.
 
The Kurgan said:
Canuck has a great warranty centre here in Ontario. I would suspect many parts are interchangeable with Canuck (Derya) and can be easily acquired. Great people.
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Nope different design
The Armsan pumps aren’t the same action as most Turkish pumps. Buttstocks may fit, but not forends. Canuck has a relationship with Armsan (or did) but they never imported a gun with this action.
 
Thanks for the advice/tips/info all - as much as it seems like I got something solid, sadly it doesn't seem like I can accessorize like an 870 owner can >sad face<
That being said - anyone wanna trade me their Remington Express Tactical for a PA-459 with +2 extension? :D :D :D ... no takers... ok.

S.
 
I own fourteen 12-gauge shotguns all types (pump, semi-auto, tube mag, and detachable mag). If you can find one, the Weatherby (licensed by Turkish manufacturer), "PA-459-TR" 12-gauge is an excellent tactical 18.5", pistol grip. They've been discontinued for about 10 years. (Used cond. $300 - $650 USD) Excellent workmanship, fit, and finish. This is no cheap-a** shotgun! Weatherby wouldn't have licensed it if it didn't meet their expectations. I bought my first one for about $400 USD from Bass Sporting in 2016. It has been so accurate with slugs (any), that I found and bought 3 more of these shotguns! (just in case I wear out the first - lol). Since I shoot mostly slugs, I can say that this gun will eat any food (slugs, bird or buck), cycle, feed & eject flawlessly (including "mini-shells"), and consistently get 3" or less groupings (any slug, rifled or not) at 25-50 yds with the iron sights. I've put over 1000 rds through my first one, of which 50% were hand-loaded, ugly, varying sized, non-rifled slugs (at about 35 cents USD per rd), all of which shot as just accurately as RIO, Federal, and many other brands. Only Rem. "Sluggers" and Win. "Super X" compare or exceed in accuracy, but are much more expensive per round. This gun doesn't care whether the slugs are rifled or not, in terms of accuracy.


You do need to clean the bore between trips to the range, and keep the (dual) action bars and bolt-group lubed. If you take care of it, it will serve you well. I have 3 in digital camo, and one in all-black. They all shoot straight as an arrow, and I rotate them at the range. The full break-in for a new one is about 250 rds. I've never had to adjust the rear ghost-ring sights even once! Outdoors, a wee bit of "Kentucky windage" eliminates the need to adjust the rear sight. The front fiber-optic is perfectly aligned, and it appears that the sights were zeroed-in before leaving the factory in Turkey. When lubed, the forend racks like butter, and can be cycled as fast as you can rack it, with no jams (short-cycling is a user error). I would trust my life with my Weatherby(s), any day, any time, any situation, with any type of shot shell. You can find them, but they're kinda rare now. BTW, Wetherby customer service is awesome...
 
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