$89 New Shotgun

[Pisgah]

Those shotguns are a bit rough and unrefined, and not the most durable, but they work. Best shotgun available? No way! $90 worth of protection and peace of mind for someone who can't afford better? By all means -- yes, and well worth the money.

 

[Narragansett]

When you think "Long Term", Turkey makes some Fair Shotguns.

Round count before Issues start is the factor! One of my HS Classmates and Sporting Clays partners owns 3 "Medium Expensive" Turkish shotguns! Matching Side by Sides. One he uses for sporting Clays, the second is in Turkey for lifetime warranty repairs, and the third is in transit! He has spent more on transit cost than the guns cost!

At 5000+ rounds a year, they don't last long!

Ivan

I would never buy anything that did not have factory parts and service in this country.

 

[Farmer17]

For a cheap shotgun I would spend a little more and get a Mossberg Maverick. Mine has dropped many dove, quail, pheasant, and turkeys and never had one single issue and I'm a life long Rem 870 fan and there are a few things I like better about the Maverick. Like the safety, the open loading port, and lighter weight and you can still get them new for around $200. For not much more you can find one with an extra 18-1/2" barrel.

 

[diyj98]

I might buy one to play with, but I don't think I'd depend on for anything serious. Turkey does make some decent shotguns, but they also make a lot of junk.

 

[CajunBass]

Back in the very early 80's, a plane jane 28" Mod Choke, Mossberg 500 was that price. With an additional 18" Cylinder Barrel was $109 (I bought this one), Or with the additional 24" Rifle Sighted Cylinder Barrel was $129(My brother bought this one) Sabot Slugs didn't come out until a couple years later. Remington, Winchester, and Federal 1-ounce rifled slugs grouped about the same, 2 to 3 inches at 50 yards. Brenneke 1-ounce finned slugs with the thick felt washer grouped just over an inch.

Ivan

I bought a Sears-Roebuck 12 ga. pump about then (I was driving a 76 Ford Bronco at the time) that I paid $99.00 for with a 28" Modified Choke barrel, and a 24" rifle sighted slug barrel. It looks like a Mossberg 500 to me. The gun was "used" and returned to Sears when the slug barrel didn't shoot buckshot well. The original price for the combo was $129.00. I knew the sporting goods manager and he offered it to me for the $99.00. I painted it camo, and put a sling on it using a radiator hose clamp around the magazine tube, and a sling swivel on the stock.

I've still got the gun. Every deer I ever killed fell in front of it using 3", Remington Number 1 Buckshot. To this day I have never fired the slug barrel.

If I was a bit younger, and still hunted, I'd take a chance on one like the OP posted.

 

[AlHunt]

Why does it have to be "Well, if that's all a person can afford ..."

Why couldn't it just be a cheap, beater shotgun to kick around with?

 

[Llance]

Okay I'm going to ask the question everyone has beat into the ground without asking

DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE TO LOOK AT, TO CYCLE, TO SEND ROUNDS DOWN RANGE???

If you do, then please let us know what you think of it. If I had to guess, it has sharp edges from being stamped metal, poor fit of stock to receiver, poor sight alignment, and likely poor balance. Nothing that can't be fixed easily.

 

[Jack Flash]

I think Lance raises a valid point.
Would anyone here actually buy one?
Not think about it, not talk about it, BUY IT?

I know I wouldn't. The days where I had to / wanted to buy a bottom of the line gun are long over.

I wish I had always been a "Quality, Not Quantity" guy, but then, "We all have regrets." (To quote Raylan Givens).

 

[Ματθιας]

That kind of looks like a savage/stevens 320.

If that's what it is, it's a ChiCom Winchester 1300 copy.

I have two of them that I got at a pawn shop for $100. Excellent value for the money. Never had a problem, goes bang every time!

I'll requote myself for those asking if anybody owns one. I own two!

 

[LVSteve]

That kind of looks like a savage/stevens 320.

If that's what it is, it's a ChiCom Winchester 1300 copy.

I have two of them that I got at a pawn shop for $100. Excellent value for the money. Never had a problem, goes bang every time!

Is it for shooting 1000s of rounds in competition? Of course not. I suspect these are the ideal tool for somebody who shoots a box of ammo or less a year just to see if it works. The rest of the time it lurks for the time that things go bump in the night.

 

[GypsmJim]

Why is it "tactical"? Just because it has a black plastic stock?

 

[AlHunt]

If I had to guess, it has sharp edges from being stamped metal, poor fit of stock to receiver, poor sight alignment, and likely poor balance. Nothing that can't be fixed easily.

Funny you say that. My other obsession is sewing machines. There are these "Chinese Shoe Patchers" on amazon people buy for about a hundred bucks, knowing full well they probably aren't going to work at all and need hours of tinkering, refining and outright rebuilding.

They buy them anyway, massage them into functionality and love them. I wouldn't give a nickel for one - but I'd probably buy an $89 shotgun.

To each, their own.

 

[Glenn R. McMannly]

Back in 1955 I bought a brand new Stevens 320 with my paper route money. $35 or so.

 

[Jack Flash]

That kind of looks like a savage/stevens 320.

If that's what it is, it's a ChiCom Winchester 1300 copy.

I have two of them that I got at a pawn shop for $100. Excellent value for the money. Never had a problem, goes bang every time!

I'll requote myself for those asking if anybody owns one. I own two!

Sorry if I misunderstood.

"I have two of them that I got at a pawn shop for $100."
I didn't know what "them" referred to, the Savage/Stevens, the ChiCom copy, or the $89 subject of the OP.

If the latter, you got two for $100? Wow!

 

[gunbarrel]

All, don't forget to take inflation into consideration, when you are talking about how much you paid for a gun X numbers of years ago.
You can convert to 2024 dollars using this conversion chart:

Inflation Calculator | Find US Dollar's Value From 1913-2024

Something you bought in 1980 for $100 is the same as paying $383 today. HOWEVER, the good thing about guns is that if we take good care of them, they hold their values, and often their value increases.

 

[Fishinfool]

My sole experience with a Turkish shotgun is one of those Charles Daly Turkish imported bull pup shotguns that were hot a couple years ago. Bought one on a whim at a gun show a couple years ago for $275.00.

It has worked quite well with high brass buckshot. Was a little balky with light field loads, as expected, but is now pretty good with those as well.

Taking it apart for cleaning and lube, it is clear that this is not designed as a high milage gun. I cant really see this gun going thousands of trouble free rounds; but then I would never use it for "serious" use either. My 870 pump is for that. The CD gun was more for a platform to use up the 600 or so rounds of 2 3/4 high brass #4 buckshot that I have kicking around from my old LEO days. It's a "fun" gun to shoot.

For the price, I would buy one of those pumps just to play with, and when I got bored with it, trade fodder for the next got to have gun I see...

Larry

 

[max503]

I posted earlier how my RIA single shot 20 gauge had to be sent back twice - then they replaced it with a new one.

The new one has worked perfect, never failed to ignite the cartridge (which was why I kept sending it back), and it is probably the most accurate slug gun I have ever shot. And it's a smooth bore.
Not bad for $109. But the dang thing kicks like a mule.

 

[BE Mike]

A "Hi-Point" shotgun. Who'd a thunk it!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

This Turkish Pump screams Truck Gun!
Speaking of 20 Ga Singles- bought this one at the Memphis Sears in 1953, I think. Probably a Savage.
I Recently shot it. It's still locks up tight and shoots!
Never had a problem with it!