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Stever

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  1. Thanks Falcon73, I hadn't seen that yet. But then, like you, I also don't have all day to cruise the saiga-12 forums. Now why anyone would want an AR shotgun is another story altogether...
  2. Cobra, that may be my problem as well. As the mag is loaded with more shells the cant of the shell is less "nose up".
  3. I haven't tried the Federal yet, but the Winchester 000 is great in the 15-rounders. unfortunately Golden Bear #4 buck was a big disappointment. It jammed every time if I loaded more than 7 shells. I'm going to load/unload them several times to see if they "loosen up".
  4. I didn't know what my Saiga-410 would do with Winchester 3" 000 so wifey and I took a trip to the farm. Standing at 25yds we both fired 15 shells (1 mag) at a Birchwood "Shoot N C" 8" target. The 9 ring and 8 ring disappeared with a few 'flyers' in the remainder of the paper. Basically we had a fist-and-a-half-sized hole in the target. For giggles we also blew a cinder block into dust and splintered an 8" cherry log. I never expected a .410 shotgun with buckshot to shoot like this. Unfortunately, I'm probably never going to get it back, as my wife seems to have laid permanent claim to
  5. Agreed, even after the screws are out, the stock doesn't want to move. I used BFI (brute force and ignorance - my SOP ) but a BFH would also work.
  6. Hopefully, when mine comes back from repair for the second time, it will fire more than 5 rounds without a malf. It's never done that before. But hey, I'm hopeful.
  7. Complete and utter BS. There is not an ounce of truth to this statement, for even the worst quality firearms. I have 25 years of shooting experience and have fire dozens of different pistols and only one has ever had chronic, repeat failures. It was defective out of the box (a Bersa) and I sent it back for repair. The experiences you describe (over and over and over) do not happen...ever, to anyone. It could have happened with ONE firearm, that had a defect, period. Sorry, but you need to stop exaggerating and misrepresenting the truth.
  8. The "unsupported" chamber thing has always perplexed me. Ive checked my .40 Glock chambers and they are in fact very slightly less supported than other pistols, but I believe that was part of the design to feed more reliably. My local Sheriffs dept has been shooting hot .40 through their G22s for many years, thats 100s of THOUSANDS of rounds through per year with no Kbs, same with the county next to ours. The Armorer claims that trigger return springs are the biggest failure in the Glocks. Kbs do happen rarely with every firearm - I do not pretend that they dont. I just think that when one ou
  9. I own two Glocks. I have 7000 rounds through a Glock 26 and about 4000 through a Glock 36. I have never modified either pistol. (Almost every time I've heard of a Glock Malf. it is a modified pistol). I have never had a single failure. Ever. 100% reliable. Between myself and my friends we have seven Glocks. All of us have the same experience, not a single failure, and we don't exactly feed them top quality ammo. It's too expensive for as much as wee shoot. Now our Rugers, Colts, S&W, Sigs and Walthers are also very reliable (and all are great pistols), but we don't modify t
  10. Its really odd, my 15 mag just doesn't like the Federal. They just don't load correctly and sit at an angle that prevents me from even latching the magazine in place. If I do jam it in and latch it, the bolt won't close. The Winchester work great though. I shot some Federal birdshot today, no slugs or buck. I did have some trouble latching the mag in place with any ammo, but only when the bolt was closed. I was going to compare the feed angle and pressure against a stock mag and see what was the cause. I'll let you know what I find.
  11. I just put 200 rounds through my two new Surefire 15s. #6 shot, #7.5 shot, 000 buck and slugs. All functioned 100%. No failures. All were US-manufactured 3" plastic shells. The slugs did put on a show with quite a bit of muzzle flash. It is a royal pain to load the mag on a closed bolt, but it works fine if you open the bolt, lock in the mag, then release the bolt.
  12. Well, in the interest of fairness, I'd like to say that it is possible that Michael T, the administrator at Bersa Talk may try to intervene and get this situation resolved. I am awaiting his reply to see if his offer still applies. But it is something positive out of a completely negative situation.
  13. Racegal, for another $100 you can buy a used/recertified Glock that will fire every time and never fail you. My new Bersa failed to fire 20-25% of the time, new out of the box. Do NOT bet your life on a Bersa. You are worth more than that. Read every Glock review you can find, or a S&W M&P, or any other first tier manufacturer. A small pistol has only one use, to defend your life...don't ever trust a Bersa to do that, you may not get a second chance.
  14. Sound advice. I carry Glocks and Colts. This was to be a small pistol for my wife to carry, but it's complete trash. I love her too much to risk her life with such unreliable garbage. Thanks for you comments, Steve
  15. I have a factory "massaged" (by the "best'" factory recomended smith Colorado Gun Works) Bersa Thunder .380 DLX that I'll let go for my purchase price...no charge for the 'custom' smithing. It won't fire a quarter of the time and you can't lock the magazine in after Colorado Gun Works broke it, but hell, for $295 it's yours. It IS a new pistol except for the 100 round of "recommended break in". SO you won't need to break it in. Absolute worst piece ot trash I've ever fired...and I've shot some worn out ex-armory garbage in my life. Do NOT buy a Bersa. You'd be better off carrying a
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