Why aren't there any solid reviews on Canuck shotguns?
- Thread starter AlexDemont
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Yes, aluminum. I had mine Cerakoted, but the factory finish is the usual hard anodized.
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The problem with reviews is that they are almost always biased. If I only went by reviews, I would likely have a locker full of junk. Furthermore, price, believe me, is not the only factor in determining quality. I can't tell you how many thousands of dollars I've wasted on hyped, expensive crap... my gut aches at the thought of it. As with any mass-produced firearm, you'll get some lemons in the mix and the internet will magnify the problem. No I do not have 10,000 rounds through my Canuck pump gun, and I likely never will. From a real world 'bush toting' perspective, it is every bit as reliable as my Mossberg 500, and is actually more solid with less rattle. It is a simple, well thought-out design. It is also super easy to disassemble and clean. For the price, you can't go wrong.
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I run the skeet program at my local club. Every single canuck that ive seen on my fields has had issues. My pump included
I will say that turkey can roll out some good quality guns but they also make ####. They have low labour costs. Therefore can male things cheap. Same with italy at one point. Then belguim. Then spain. They all improved over the years and prices have risen. Turkey is the new cheap. Will some grow as did some Italian and spanish makers? Likely in time. I have a dickinson thats absolutely gorgeous and better finished than all of the new silver pigeons ive seen and sporting much higher grade wood. On the other hand i have a tristar setter thats absolutely horendous and im afraid to sell it because i know its likely to still be problematic. As for canucks i believe they are lower than the middle ground turkish trade. Above the junk but thats about it. I admit i like my canuck pump and actually took it turkey hunting the other day. A day will come when they are decently built with quality materials and assembled by trained staff. Its a growing industry and i hope cost remain low as quality improves. Until then odell engineering has positve reviews from warrenty work on the canucks. All ive talked to that have used it have been positive. The good news is theyre affordable. If you dont like it you wont lose much by selling it. Even at 70% retail your only out less than $100
I will say that turkey can roll out some good quality guns but they also make ####. They have low labour costs. Therefore can male things cheap. Same with italy at one point. Then belguim. Then spain. They all improved over the years and prices have risen. Turkey is the new cheap. Will some grow as did some Italian and spanish makers? Likely in time. I have a dickinson thats absolutely gorgeous and better finished than all of the new silver pigeons ive seen and sporting much higher grade wood. On the other hand i have a tristar setter thats absolutely horendous and im afraid to sell it because i know its likely to still be problematic. As for canucks i believe they are lower than the middle ground turkish trade. Above the junk but thats about it. I admit i like my canuck pump and actually took it turkey hunting the other day. A day will come when they are decently built with quality materials and assembled by trained staff. Its a growing industry and i hope cost remain low as quality improves. Until then odell engineering has positve reviews from warrenty work on the canucks. All ive talked to that have used it have been positive. The good news is theyre affordable. If you dont like it you wont lose much by selling it. Even at 70% retail your only out less than $100
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O'Dell are very good to deal with, for sure. It doesn't hurt that I'm only a 45 minute drive from them. My warranty work amounted to a replacement screw in the mail, as one of the three screws holding down my picatinny rail was red loctited, and I had to resort to a Dremel to create a slot to remove it--and it took all the power I had to remove the darn thing. I agree, attention to detail still lacks, but such issues are easily remedied, just like the need to polish various internal parts to ensure smooth operation during the initial break-in period. I am the first person to complain about low-quality crap. I have owned my share of complete #### from makes like Kel-Tec (!), Mossberg, Remington, Ruger (!), Marlin, Sako (!), Zastava, and the list goes on. Tikka and Howa, ironically, have proven to be the most durable and reliable of all the makes I have owned (Mauser 98 too of course, but I digress)! I use my Canuck for some pretty dirty field work and it has taken a pounding (hence the need to get it Cerakoted), and so far, it has been all that. If there are inferior materials used (for example, the quality of the aluminum in the receiver), time will tell, and I'll be the first to report on it. My biggest issue has to be the lame-a$$ branding. Idiotic.
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Having been involved in several industries that search the world for low labour costs, this is exactly correct. Turkey started off making crap. Their expertise is growing. They are starting to make some fine guns, in amongst the crap. Their better guns will only get better. Their opening price point guns will get more reliable than they are now.
I bought a Weatherby PA08 and the choke came cross threaded from the factory and required a barrel replacement. Only got one use out of it at that point. The action was veey stiff, as in the pump wouldn't rack by the weight of the shotgun itself. My friend had a CZ o/u (huglu) he used for waterfowl and the screw in choke burst and blew the threads out. I'm slightly hesitant of turks at this point. I've had a Maverick 88 and now a Mossberg 500 both were slick out of the box and worked awesome. Keep in mind the Maverick used to be $189 brand new.
Unlike China where there is only one grade of firearms, Turkey has many factories producing various grades of firearms as reflected in their price point. Canuck shotguns are one of the lowest in a market saturated with Turkish low end shotguns. Keep in mind that Canuck is an importer and have to make a profit after taxes, the cost of importing, marketing, distribution and whatever they paid to brand the guns with their name and logo. If it retails for extremely cheap, could you imagine what Canuck cost on these guns would be? The shotgun might be too cheap and too poorly manufactured and don't sell enough for a serious review especially with guns like the Maverick which advantage is better quality at around the same price point because Mossberg already have distribution, they cut out the middle man, have a name, etc.
