How long will a Stoeger hold up?

[George P]

Or drinking, or women, or ...

or EX wives...............

 

[Mn Fats]

By that time I had already found and bought the Baikal (SPR220) shown here.

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That was my same coach gun. Loved it. Im not pretending it will hold up to a B gun. Just curious if the Stoeger will hold up and compare to the Baikal really and was curious what to expect is all.

Edit: I'm sorry I wasn't more specific about volume. I'm not a cas shooter. For me it's just a coach gun. Not a 300k clay sport gun. For that, i just got a line on a BT-99 and am very excited to have my first dedicated clay gun, before that I've always used a "light twelve" and a Wingmaster. I'd be happy with 10k out of the Stoeger in reality. My Baikal had about 5k but with a steady mix of high brass. No malfunctions and locked up tight. I was hoping for the same with the Stoeger Coach. Input and experince on the Stoeger coach was op. Thanks!

 

[eastbank]

I,m pretty much past the women thing,thanks to my wife and the drinking think makes me run to the bathroom to much. so that leaves the shooting-hunting thing all the money I would have spent on the other two.

 

[Thunderchicken]

I have been thinking of taking a couple of lessons so I can practice actually hitting a flying thing with a shotgun. I have seen those coach guns at the LGS and always assumed they were just for dinking around (I'm sure there is a technical shotgun term for that...) Can they actually be used for serious purposes?

 

[LRDGCO]

I bought one,20 ga, for CAS. Has had a couple of hundred low pressure Black Powder and #9 shot rounds through it and the forend is already shot loose and the latch fiddly. It's a case of you get what you pay for and I didn't pay much so I'm getting about what I expected...

 

[George P]

I have been thinking of taking a couple of lessons so I can practice actually hitting a flying thing with a shotgun. I have seen those coach guns at the LGS and always assumed they were just for dinking around (I'm sure there is a technical shotgun term for that...) Can they actually be used for serious purposes?

For the Cas

I have been thinking of taking a couple of lessons so I can practice actually hitting a flying thing with a shotgun. I have seen those coach guns at the LGS and always assumed they were just for dinking around (I'm sure there is a technical shotgun term for that...) Can they actually be used for serious purposes?

Not really for clay targets; the barrels - being as short as they - offer really lousy swing dynamics. Longer barrels have a smoother swing which allows you to better follow the target line.

 

[rpenmanparker]

Well I don’t believe it. You don’t have to pay thousands of dollars for a decent pistol that will last a long, long time. You don’t have to pay thousands of dollars for a decent rifle. And I don't believe you have to pay thousands for a decent shotgun. My Yildiz is no beauty, but it is solid. 300,000 rounds solid? Maybe not. But so far, so good.

 

[George P]

And you can believe what you want; but start to shoot a lot and you will see what I mean. The Yildiz is better than the Stoeger, but it is still not made to go the distance. If you only shoot a little, good for you. I prefer to "buy once, cry once"