Stoeger's quality, IMO, over the last few years (or is it decades now?), has been spotty to poor, much like Daly's for the guns they are having being built. They have chosen to go into the low-price, volume-type gun sale arena where price point comes first. Not saying a good one or two won't make it out - laws of averages dictate it should. Hopefully, as the Turks get better with their new equipment, things will get better on a more consistent basis. If I was currently looking for a SxS or O/U, Stoeger would not be in the running. I DID just buy a S&W Elite Gold SxS, made by the UTAS brothers in Turkey. They made that gun and the Kimber before both were dropped. Both are excellent guns, so it is NOT a "Turkish" thing, it is a CHEAP Turkish thing, just as it would be a CHEAP American, Chinese, Brazilian, or any other country where the objective is to crank them out and sell them like Walmart sells stiff - low margin in high volume.
Farming out the work is also not inherently a bad thing - the English "Best" guns have had small cottage-industry outside workers for centuries,making many of the critical components. It is the time, craftsmanship, and ability to create a quality item, as opposed to a "good enough" item that makes the difference.
YMMV
