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Stumbled across this at Big5 with a price tag of $279.00. (I think)
Figured it was worth a shot. 10 Days later I had it home in all it's greasy glory. After wiping off a good portion of the birthing goo I gave it a quick inspection. Made in the Phillippines, imported by Armscor USA/Rock Island Armory in Pahrump, NV. It's a bit on the heavy side, just shy of 8lbs with the steel receiver, jeweled bolt, heat shield, nickel finish and a polymer speedfeed style stock.
Capacity is 4+1 with 3" shells and 5+1 with 2 3/4", cross bolt safety forward of the trigger, bolt release on passenger side rear of trigger. Two pump/slide rails which is apparently the upgrade from the King flite it's copied after. 20 Inch barrel giving an OA length of 40" and RIA/Armscor's Lifetime Warranty.
First issue I noticed was that the stock will only hold two shells if they are very short 2 3/4" shells. Two Winchester Universal 8 shot shells fit.
Winchester SuperX OO Buck and Rifled Slug were just a shade too long
I planned on upgrading the stock anyway so this isn't a huge thing. Some guys have fitted Mossberg stocks onto theirs with a bit of dremeling.
I had a quick meeting this morning and between it and taking the kid to school I took advantage of the early daylight
So I headed to the LEO range I have occasional access to.
Which has just been revamped
Yes I'm showing off.
Took the following ammo
Worked through the 8 shot, everything went fine. Cycled smooth and kept good groupings at 7, 10 and 15 yards. After the 13th round however, there was a jam. spent shell in the chamber and couldn't get it to open up. Trigger was back, but the bolt release was in an odd position. Put it across my knee and gave it a light spank and she opened up.
I decided to move onto the 5 rounds 00 shot, great groupings at 7, 10 and 15 yards. Everything went smooth so I advanced to the slugs. Having never fired slugs from a 12ga., my shoulder didn't know what hit it.
Learning is fun.
the 5 I did shoot off were pretty tight at 25 yards.
Overall it's a decent pumper for the price. No failure to load, and only that odd jam on the opening/ejection stroke in 25 rounds. I'll be taking it apart sometime this week to check out the internals and take better pictures.
The receiver looks an awful lot like a Mossy 500/590 not sure if the pins line up. The top of the receiver has a grooved, level(ish) surface but no machine screws or options for a rail. The mag tube doesn't have the option of extensions, but one could possibly order the longer 7 round tube I suppose. If they do I'll probably look at what accessory options will fit. Looking into snagging a magpul stock kit to try. Possibly a full rail (rhino, Mesa or Aim possibly) to test fit.
So far I'm happy with it. It'll be a decent range toy and rape deterrent system for the time being.
Stumbled across this at Big5 with a price tag of $279.00. (I think)
Figured it was worth a shot. 10 Days later I had it home in all it's greasy glory. After wiping off a good portion of the birthing goo I gave it a quick inspection. Made in the Phillippines, imported by Armscor USA/Rock Island Armory in Pahrump, NV. It's a bit on the heavy side, just shy of 8lbs with the steel receiver, jeweled bolt, heat shield, nickel finish and a polymer speedfeed style stock.
Capacity is 4+1 with 3" shells and 5+1 with 2 3/4", cross bolt safety forward of the trigger, bolt release on passenger side rear of trigger. Two pump/slide rails which is apparently the upgrade from the King flite it's copied after. 20 Inch barrel giving an OA length of 40" and RIA/Armscor's Lifetime Warranty.
First issue I noticed was that the stock will only hold two shells if they are very short 2 3/4" shells. Two Winchester Universal 8 shot shells fit.
Winchester SuperX OO Buck and Rifled Slug were just a shade too long
I planned on upgrading the stock anyway so this isn't a huge thing. Some guys have fitted Mossberg stocks onto theirs with a bit of dremeling.
I had a quick meeting this morning and between it and taking the kid to school I took advantage of the early daylight
So I headed to the LEO range I have occasional access to.
Which has just been revamped
Yes I'm showing off.
Took the following ammo
Worked through the 8 shot, everything went fine. Cycled smooth and kept good groupings at 7, 10 and 15 yards. After the 13th round however, there was a jam. spent shell in the chamber and couldn't get it to open up. Trigger was back, but the bolt release was in an odd position. Put it across my knee and gave it a light spank and she opened up.
I decided to move onto the 5 rounds 00 shot, great groupings at 7, 10 and 15 yards. Everything went smooth so I advanced to the slugs. Having never fired slugs from a 12ga., my shoulder didn't know what hit it.
Learning is fun.
the 5 I did shoot off were pretty tight at 25 yards.
Overall it's a decent pumper for the price. No failure to load, and only that odd jam on the opening/ejection stroke in 25 rounds. I'll be taking it apart sometime this week to check out the internals and take better pictures.
The receiver looks an awful lot like a Mossy 500/590 not sure if the pins line up. The top of the receiver has a grooved, level(ish) surface but no machine screws or options for a rail. The mag tube doesn't have the option of extensions, but one could possibly order the longer 7 round tube I suppose. If they do I'll probably look at what accessory options will fit. Looking into snagging a magpul stock kit to try. Possibly a full rail (rhino, Mesa or Aim possibly) to test fit.
So far I'm happy with it. It'll be a decent range toy and rape deterrent system for the time being.
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