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Turkish Shotguns
buddyb
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Good or bad?
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That's a tough question because they can be either/or in my experience. If you stick to ones marketed by reputable companies, like Weatherby, CZ, or even Tristar among others, you should find a good one and if you do need service it shouldn't be a problem. Real gun companies supervise the manufacturing because they have their reputation at stake. Where you run into problems is buying a shotgun from an importer that just wants to make a quick buck and then the company mysteriously just disappears, leaving you hanging. Bob
Probably too wide a category to give a generalized answer on, but I’ll say there are some tremendous values in the Turkish shotgun category. I have an Escort 20ga semi-auto that has been flawless, and a pleasure to shoot, and the Winchester Black Shadow (which is Turkish made) that is likewise fantastic.
There are some very good ones, CZ being an example. Stick with those sold by Weatherby, Tristar.
IF you ever want to trade it or sell it expect to take a cold shower at my fav gunshop.
Huglu makes the CZ shotguns, and the only Turk made shotguns I've seen with any quality. When Turk shotguns break, and they will, good luck finding parts. Huglu has parts. They use to be like all the rest in Turkey, then they hired some people from Browning to adopt their their production and quality control procedures. If they were junk, CZ wouldn't be selling them.
Smith & Wesson sell Turkish shotguns. Then you got UTAS UTS 15 (it would've been better as an auto). As for good or bad can't be any worse or greater than Russian or Italian or even American. I think they fall under you get what you pay for.
Couple of years ago I picked up a Stoeger 3000 semi auto loader for duck hunting, cleaned it, broke it in as suggested then took it apart cleaned it again and changed the springs, extractor, and ejector to Berretta/Benelli parts (They are the parent company) and pretty much now have a SBE for under $600. Friends told me they are built in Turkey so the fit and finish are not up to SBE quality standards. It's a duck gun! and has seen the bottom of boats, used as an oar, been nicked and scratched in atv/utvs, and nocks the quack out of ducks and geese. Yeah fit and finish are my main concerns. She is not a safe queen.