Thread: Low cost semis

The escorts seem ok for the money ive shot clays with a guy that uses one for everything and he hasnt had any issues i borrowed it one shoot for a auto only round and shot a perfect round so cant be all bad you get what you pay for Sometimes a good used gun is better than a cheap new one go and see what fits you i cant stress this enough with shotguns gun fit is critical buy what fits you weather that be a old skb or a new escort or a Remington

Originally Posted by longrange308

Was 1g

1g to spend in a shop that has nothing you need....what a conundrum

DIRTY HABIT is the statement based on personal experience or anecdotal mates chat?.my 2nd hand escort has served as my main gun for 7+yrs and Ive no bloody reason to complain unlike a lot of flash crash Itie semi auto owners I know who feathered many a gunsmiths bank a/c as their highly reputed guns SHIT themselves. at least 2 blokes I can think of actually had bloody replacement weapons malfunction too.one was absolutely hilarious -he rubbished all of us and was guided by a mate a "gun salesman"dunno if the friendship actually survived -suspect not!

would it suprise you if i told you a lot of the Turkish manufacturers parent companies are in fact these same Itie companies you so ardently espouse??
I vv dont wish to indulge in a personal shit fight ,but i do like to see opinion backed up by recognisable researched fact.

Originally Posted by longrange308

Will do on my next town run

I was told by an ex employee that this is to stop purchases messing up the accounting between stores if someone were to spend a high value of vouchers at a different store than they were purchased from

Originally Posted by Shooter

Has H&F changed their conditions with vouchers? The ones I have here say that they are not redeemable on ammo, firearms and licenses...

Straight from the Dick Smith book of business ethics.

Originally Posted by specweapon

I was told by an ex employee that this is to stop purchases messing up the accounting between stores if someone were to spend a high value of vouchers at a different store than they were purchased from

Thats got to be rubbish. How would the accounting be any different if you brought $800 worth of overpriced tent as opposed to a firearm. Other chain stores seem to cope with selling gift vouchers and settling it all afterwards.

DIRTY HABIT is the statement based on personal experience or anecdotal mates chat?.my 2nd hand escort has served as my main gun for 7+yrs and Ive no bloody reason to complain unlike a lot of flash crash Itie semi auto owners I know who feathered many a gunsmiths bank a/c as their highly reputed guns SHIT themselves. at least 2 blokes I can think of actually had bloody replacement weapons malfunction too.one was absolutely hilarious -he rubbished all of us and was guided by a mate a "gun salesman"dunno if the friendship actually survived -suspect not!

would it suprise you if i told you a lot of the Turkish manufacturers parent companies are in fact these same Itie companies you so ardently espouse??
I vv dont wish to indulge in a personal shit fight ,but i do like to see opinion backed up by recognisable researched fact.

Fair enough, no shit fight at all. I've had two Turk guns, the Ege Silah kept losing charging handles even after sending it back to distributor three times. The dealer I bought it from gavce up in the end. It shat out a couple of extractors before I lost my mind and sent it back....
A friend had another Turkish gun which didn't fair any better so thats my only personal experience with them.
On the other hand I had an M1 Super 90 which was 2nd hand when I got it and put through probably 10000 rounds with no malfunctions of any kind and the Cordoba I'm using now runs like a dream and is my all time favourite clays and duck gun, have put maybe another 3 or 4 thousand through that so pretty happy really.
Not sure if that adds up to recognisable researched fact to yur satisfaction but i have found the Turkish shotguns, in my experience, total shit.
I'm sure what I posted would make sense to a few others also, if you haven't had the same experience on a whole, that is a good result isn't it?
Perspective changes most things mate, if you are happy using them then happy days but I wouldn't be recommending a "cheap" Semi to someone who is intending to use it regularly, for an infrequently used back up gun I personally wouldn't bother and would far prefer say a Remmy pump...

The back story to it all is
I was going to buy a cheap sks for throwing in boat/ute just in case
Then I thort a Shotie mite be better suited due to being able to get geese duck etc and buckshot for others
So it is going to get a little mistreated so may have to look at a pumpy

If I was you I'd be looking at a 2nd hand Remington 870...

Originally Posted by dirtyhabit

If I was you I'd be looking at a 2nd hand Remington 870...

+1

different strokes different folks.BTW-Im contemplating buying new this year and yep itll be the latest escort. why not as ive already got chokes etc to fit it eh

Original poster, there is just now on Trade Me, a 2nd hand Beretta 1201 with 28ish inch barrel for. $750 buy now.
Have had a couple of these with the shorter barrel, awesome semis using the benelli M1 inertia action.
They kick a bit with slugs etc... but are super reliable and easy to maintain etc...
If I was you and still interested In a cheap semi this would be the winner😎😎