mossberg silver reserve
Well, I sent back the Remington Spartan, and today I picked up my Silver Reserve 12 gauge O/U.
I will not be able to shoot until this weekend at the earliest, but I will say,.......IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT SHOOTING THE GUN YET, that the Mossberg is a considerably higher quality product than the Spartan. The bluing is not like a high end gun of course, but was much better than the Spartan,........they actually blued the whole gun. Maybe the Spartan since it is made in Russia, mine was blued after "vodka" hour, but since the Mossberg is made in Turkey, and they are not into drinking, that may explain the difference. The stock wood is far superior, and after cleaning, and assembling, this gun actually can be snapped open and closed with a reasonable amount of effort. Palmswell on the right, really nice, and the buttstock was not warped, nor the nicer nickel finish all marred up out of the box. Actually after cleaning, and treating the wood, this gun looks like it cost more than it did,..........the proof will be in the shooting! Just wanted to give an initial opinion on the differences that I have observed, and will give an impression after shooting it.
This is for folks that want to start out in T&S without dropping $1,500 to $3,000 plus on an O/U, and don't want to take the chance of spending $750 plus on a used gun. This is only a relation of my own experience, and judge your mileage accordingly![8D]
I will not be able to shoot until this weekend at the earliest, but I will say,.......IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT SHOOTING THE GUN YET, that the Mossberg is a considerably higher quality product than the Spartan. The bluing is not like a high end gun of course, but was much better than the Spartan,........they actually blued the whole gun. Maybe the Spartan since it is made in Russia, mine was blued after "vodka" hour, but since the Mossberg is made in Turkey, and they are not into drinking, that may explain the difference. The stock wood is far superior, and after cleaning, and assembling, this gun actually can be snapped open and closed with a reasonable amount of effort. Palmswell on the right, really nice, and the buttstock was not warped, nor the nicer nickel finish all marred up out of the box. Actually after cleaning, and treating the wood, this gun looks like it cost more than it did,..........the proof will be in the shooting! Just wanted to give an initial opinion on the differences that I have observed, and will give an impression after shooting it.
This is for folks that want to start out in T&S without dropping $1,500 to $3,000 plus on an O/U, and don't want to take the chance of spending $750 plus on a used gun. This is only a relation of my own experience, and judge your mileage accordingly![8D]
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Saw one today and it looked pretty nice. Anyone have one and willing to offer their opinions? I understand it's produced in Turkey by Kayhan.
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I have them and sold over 65. Excellent guns for the money.
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Thanks Dave. Anyone else???
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