Savage/Steven's 350 Defense

[GW]

Anyone have one?
it appears to be a clone of the Ithaca 37
Big 5 has them for $229.99 It's a good looking shotgun and has ghost rings and a fiber-optic front sight.
Thinking of grabbing one just cuz I haven't bought a shotgun in years

Anyway it seems like a helluva a bargain so any reason NOT to but one?

ps I do have other riot guns in my collection

[SparrowHanger]

First find out if how difficult it is and how much it will cost to get a long barrel for it, in case you decide you might need one. If you are positive you will never need a long barrel, that is another matter. I went with a Remington 870 because I knew I could get an inexpensive used 28" barrel for clays and hunting and there are a ton of accessories for the 870. The same is true of the Mossberg. Supposedly, the 350 you are looking at is one of the better Chinese manufactured clones and the Savage warranty is a plus. I think the big issue is if you need a long barrel. If you do shoot clays, those ghost ring sigts are going to be a pita.

I see you have other riot guns and probably know if you need the longer barrel.

[GW]

Thanks
I have 1 OU for sports
The rest are just cuz I like riot guns

[biloutkast]

Here's a review on it w/ plenty of pictures.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=6&f=1&t=317211

[GW]

Very positive review!
thanks

I bought one

[Ripon83]

Darn their 10% off coupon doesn't work on firearms.....still 229 isn't bad with the sites and all.

[call-in]

I got one a few weeks ago but haven't had the chance to fire it yet. I've done a lot of dry firing though (and a little lube), and the action has gotten a lot smoother since. The trigger seems pretty heavy, but then again, I don't own other guns so I couldn't compare it with other triggers. I will be able to finally shoot it tomorrow so pretty excited about that.

[biloutkast]

I took mine home a few days ago and brought her to the range. Shot 60 rounds of 3 Magnum slugs. Functioned fine without any hiccups.
Solid build & smooth action though the trigger is heavy but I got used to it.

[call-in]

I was finally able to use it last Saturday in our Tactical Shotgun class, shot probably close to 200rds. Used conventionally, it works like a dream. But I had some issues when we got to the combat-loading portion of the class, having to tilt the thing to be able to load direct to the chamber is disadvantageous enough, but I found that shells are getting caught on something and the action wont close most of the time and I have to work it a little to get it to close. Investigating, it seems that the shells are getting caught on an edge of a hole (marked in red below). If a leftie were to use it, I would think the shells would get caught on the other hole (upper hole on the photo).


Shot from the feed/eject port, chamber opening is to the left.

I will try to contact savage about it to see if smoothing it with a dremel tool or something is possible and/or advisable.

[hcbr]

Finally someone answered for a field review on this! The only thing I didn't like about this gun was it was darn heavy! might have to wait when i have some spare cash to pick one up!

[3006mv]

2 things before you purchase it. 1) see if they will let you pull the trigger on it. see if you like it, it took me a while to get used to it. it is hard to explain, aside from being very heavy, it is kinda like an on/off thing; there is no take up or anything. like i said hard to explain, try it and see if it is something you could live with. 2) search this site i can't remember if i wrote about this on this forum or another but see which model it is, I bought one when they first came out over a year ago (for $199) and NOW they have one w/ one more capacity (longer mag tube), try to get that one as it would be 5+1 rather than 4 +1, a literal plus for self defense. &/or 3) consider buying the combo model w/ the long bbl b/c I believe that one for sure has the 1 higher capacity, just not the GRS. Other than that I consider myself happy w/ mine, no problems, over 500 rounds of reloaded buckshot and slugs only a few dove loads, changed my forearm and buttstock w/ a choate pistol grip, tried finding some wood for it but no luck there. also tried buying a Tyler T grip Trigger shoe for it b/c the trigger is rather narrow and sharp which does not help w/ the horrible trigger pull, BUT TylerTGrip cashed my check back in FEB and never sent me my shoe or replied, but they were sure quick to cash my check. I doubt I will ever get it, I have already complained to the BBB & USPS along w/ quite a few of unhappy customers. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM (& tell all of your friends). debating if I should add another velcro shell holder on the RT side of this slab receiver.

[3006mv]

Shot from the feed/eject port, chamber opening is to the left.

I will try to contact savage about it to see if smoothing it with a dremel tool or something is possible and/or advisable.[/QUOTE]

Didn't think it was possible to combat load this particular weapon, just gave it a try have to pull on the forearm just a bit to get that lifter down to those holes, didn't have trouble getting my reloads in but it is a slow process (not quick at all, seemingly impossible for me to do this w/o flipping it entirely over). My guess would be that it wouldn't hurt anything to file the area all the way towards the chamber, but call them for sure and let us know. try to find out if there is a way to get this thing to slam fire or whatever, they don't have the ability to do this like the originals did, and let us know too

[call-in]

Didn't think it was possible to combat load this particular weapon, just gave it a try have to pull on the forearm just a bit to get that lifter down to those holes, didn't have trouble getting my reloads in but it is a slow process (not quick at all, seemingly impossible for me to do this w/o flipping it entirely over). My guess would be that it wouldn't hurt anything to file the area all the way towards the chamber, but call them for sure and let us know. try to find out if there is a way to get this thing to slam fire or whatever, they don't have the ability to do this like the originals did, and let us know too

Doing combat reloads, I didn't bother with the fore-end, I just pushed the lifter with the shell all the way and closed the action, well, when it works anyway.