Trip to PSA and K80 questions

[Dooder]

Last time I was there was before they moved so I took a trip there today since I'm in the market for a shotgun. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there. It's quite an experience being surrounded by awesome haaha.

Anyways so I was looking at the K80's and someone (not a sales guy) was vaguley telling me about pins vs screws on the forearm and to avoid certain years, but could not be specific. This was news to me, but then again I never gave thought that Krieghoff had off years. Can anyone confirm these claims? Are there years and features to avoid?

And on a side note, they had a Kolar and I've never fondled one before and wanted to see what their sporting high rib thing was about. Oddly enough I felt that their high rib was very comfortable. Now I'm going to have to explore high ribs. Not like trap high ribs, but sporting high rib, mid rib, modified rib, I don't know what they're calling it. I'm looking for a sporting gun so basically anything with a 4" rib and a single barrel was overlooked. Man it's such a cool experience going to PSA.

[fennecfrank]

This might be it:

http://www.halkguns.com/newsletter/k80vsk32.htm

[Jordon@PacificSporting]

Last time I was there was before they moved so I took a trip there today since I'm in the market for a shotgun. There's a lot of interesting stuff in there. It's quite an experience being surrounded by awesome haaha.

Anyways so I was looking at the K80's and someone (not a sales guy) was vaguley telling me about pins vs screws on the forearm and to avoid certain years, but could not be specific. This was news to me, but then again I never gave thought that Krieghoff had off years. Can anyone confirm these claims? Are there years and features to avoid?

And on a side note, they had a Kolar and I've never fondled one before and wanted to see what their sporting high rib thing was about. Oddly enough I felt that their high rib was very comfortable. Now I'm going to have to explore high ribs. Not like trap high ribs, but sporting high rib, mid rib, modified rib, I don't know what they're calling it. I'm looking for a sporting gun so basically anything with a 4" rib and a single barrel was overlooked. Man it's such a cool experience going to PSA.

I can't speak to what you were told by whomever you spoke to when you were here. I don't know exactly what you mean by pins vs. screws in the K80 Forearm; they have made small aesthetic changes to the escutcheons that hold the forearm iron in place but their function hasn't changed.

The K80 has gone through several internal upgrades over the last 20 years and if you were to buy a K80 with something that needed upgrading, Krieghoff will perform whatever upgrades may be necessary and we can often include that in the price of the gun. We'll be happy to guide you through the process, never hesitate to give us a call if you're concerned about what you're buying or just have some questions.

Thanks!!
Jordon Hirschi

[pennstater]

Jordan,
How are you doing my friend? I don't have the expensive shotguns we've talked about. But, I have been shooting some trap just to get back to speed with shotguns. Last time at Triple "B's", I got 92 out of 100. Not bad for an old geezer like me. I'm finally retired now, so, hopefully can get over to PSA and talk a bit. Merry Christmas Jordan. Take care.
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Tom E.

[ysr_racer]

I met a young woman in Florida with a last name of DuPont. I could maybe ask her