Good quality, low cost skeet over under?

[Smitty in CT]

Mossberg Silver Reserve, famous for breaking firing pins,, I have fixed 4 of em in the past two weeks. Break a firing pin be prepaired to wait 3 months for replacements..

Supposedly, the company that makes the S/R for Mossberg has fixed the firing pin problem over this past summer, time will tell, though...

Why wait for 3 months to have the firing pins replaced, Mossberg will send you the firing pins for free and you can swap them yourself in about 15 minutes.

If you go for a Silver Reserve, make sure and ask to see the box and get one that was packed after June or July 2007.

 

[bhurlebaus]

I have a 12 gauge spartan that has about 2000 round through it and I am just starting to have problems with it. One of the ejectors is not working reliably with certain types of ammo. For the money I am happy with it and will be happier once I figure out what is wrong with that one ejector.

 

[ArmedBear]

Avoid the cheap guns unless you want a disposable piece (like for hunting in rough conditions when you know you'll trash it before it breaks anyway).

Long after you've forgotten about the few hundred extra bucks, you'll still be shooting your SKB or whatever, when your range buddies have had to pony up for their new shotgun because they got sick of dealing with their original POS that cost them $600 anyway. Then they will spend an additional $1000-1500, and their original purchase will have no resale value to speak of. The one positive thing, I guess, is that they won't feel as reluctant to drop 2 grand on a Beretta, once they have a better idea of why.

TANSTAAFL

There's a reason that guys who've been there and done that end up with certain guns and brands. Ask them.

And the fact is, everyone I have known with a 12 Gauge Silver Reserve had a firing pin break after a relatively short time. It was a PITA to get them fixed. Maybe they're fixed now, but I'm not going to spend my money to find out. TANSTAAFL, again.

 

[Pete409]

A "good quality low cost over-under" shotgun is an oxymoron. In O/U shotguns, "good quality" and "low cost" do not go together unless your idea of "low cost" starts at about $1,000.

 

[ArmedBear]

Frankly, the near-$1000 guns I've looked at lately were a bit rough to spend good money on. If I have to save up for a gun, and I do, I decided to save a few hundred more and get something I wouldn't be only half satisfied with.

You hear that, L. C. Marlington?

 

[classic095]

I know they are free,, I called Mosberg International and they didnt have them on hand had to wait 3 months for replacements to come from turkey..But I didnt wait,, I made them out of better material than they do.

 

[dust_101]

Some of you guys were mentioning going with a semi-auto until the O/U savings account can bulk up...

Question is, what do you do about other folks on the line to your right and the ejected shells flying around?

 

[homers]

Are these sub $1000 over/unders really that bad or are they when compared to the higher ended guns?

 

[PJR]

Some of you guys were mentioning going with a semi-auto until the O/U savings account can bulk up...

Question is, what do you do about other folks on the line to your right and the ejected shells flying around?

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