Stoeger shot gun

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jim bosanny

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I'm looking for an inertia driven back up shot gun for the upcoming season. Currently I shoot a Benelli M2 and love it. I was looking at the Stoeger M3000. Just wondering if anyone has experience and thoughts about this gun. I've found it in Real Tree Max4 for under $600.00 Thanks for your help. Jim
 
I had this gun a while back. Long story short, after 3 trips back to Benelli for service it still wouldn't work. They ended up having to refund my money. I strongly advise against it, you get what you pay for.
 
I'm looking for an inertia driven back up shot gun for the upcoming season. Currently I shoot a Benelli M2 and love it. I was looking at the Stoeger M3000. Just wondering if anyone has experience and thoughts about this gun. I've found it in Real Tree Max4 for under $600.00 Thanks for your help. Jim
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A friend won one of these at a DU banquet 5 or 6 years ago, and it has been used as a back up gun (his brother used it every hunt for a season) and there have been no hiccups. He sent his franchi in one season and used it while it was gone, no malfunctions.

Paul
 
Thanks Scott. After reading your comments and talking to a couple of gun dealers I'll pass on the Stoeger. It was interesting talking with them. They said the gun was either very reliable or was nothing but trouble. Just a crap shoot. I'm going with a Franchi Affinity I found at Scheels for $700.00.
 
Hey Paul. Thanks for the feed back. See the note I left for Scott on the Stoeger. Goes right in line with your friend's gun. Some are good and the next one a dud.
 
Jim,

If you can locate a Winchester Model 50, steel receiver, not the Featherweight model., I would give one a try. It a little heavy, and can only shoot 2 2/3" shells, but it will never jam.

This was Bud Gramt's, ex-Viking coach, weapon of choice foe all of his gunning. They are around from $200. - 400.00. The Featherweight model had an aluminum receiver, but would be prone to crack if used with short magnum loads.

Winchester also made an Model 59, which had an aluminum receiver, and a fiberglass wrapped, steel tube barrel. Basically the same gun as the model 50, except for the barrel construction. This gun with the factory Verselite barrel, with removable choke tubes, is a great 6 pound upland gun.

Gun writers claimed that the fiberglass wrapped steel tube barrel would withstand a 12/20 burst. I wouldn't want to try that!

Good luck.... It's always fun trying out new guns!

Art
 
I agree with Art on Winchester mod 59s. They make an excellent lightweight upland wooodcock and partridge gun. I had the choke cut off mine to shorten the barrel and this made it an great fast handling gun in early season heavy cover. I also purchased a second modified chocked barrel for general use and it made a good waterfowl gun back in the days lead shot. Winchester had some good guns-- mod 12s, 24s 50s 59s over the years. My last mod 59 was purchased for $250 at a major gun auction and was almost like new. So there is still some great stuff out there. Todays guns though are unbeatable-- for waterfowling I use a benelli SB2 and never look back.
 
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