Local store has this deal tomorrow and I was tempted to get one for the price if they’re worth a dang.
There are several YouTube reviews. Looks to be based on the Remington 870 action.
Atwoods is running a black friday special on Hatsan Shotguns, buy one get one 50% off.I dont know anything about the escorts. I figure theyre like the Hatsans and others, made in turkey, some are good, some are crap. For a $130 870 knock off you can replace a lot of parts with quality aftermarket if you have issues.
Pick one up for me @PanhandleGlocker. Just kidding of course. I think for 130 bucks you couldn’t go wrong.
I bought one off a member here, gave it to one of my grandson's. Was new, kinda gritty and rough but after I tore it down, deep cleaned and lubed with syn 5W-20W it runs like a top. Colby has been busy as a cat with 9 buttholes and no sandbox. 3 weekends plus this week, so far 7 pigs, a doe and a 4pt buck.
JMHO, they ain't fancy but they seem to do their job acceptably.
JMHO, they ain't fancy but they seem to do their job acceptably.
I bought one just like the OP pictured for 149.00 at Dunhams a couple months back. The tactical model. Just couldn’t resist for that price. So far so good. I really don’t keep exact round counts but we’ve probably ran about 50 rounds of buck shot. Probably 40-50 slugs. And probably 3 or 4 boxes of cheap low brass Winchester white box target loads. Cycles, fires and ejected all those shells just fine. Doesn’t eject them as far as my mossberg, but it’s ok.
Other points: stock seems cheap. But not flimsy. It’s a stamped alloy receiver, so it’s not exactly like an 870 copy. Maybe I’m wrong about that. But it seems more like my sons Benelli in some ways IMO. Pretty usable front sight. My receiver wasn’t drilled and tapped. That would’ve been a nice touch, but at 149.00, you can’t really complain.
The shotgun certainly isn’t fancy or anything, but it seems to work ok.
Other points: stock seems cheap. But not flimsy. It’s a stamped alloy receiver, so it’s not exactly like an 870 copy. Maybe I’m wrong about that. But it seems more like my sons Benelli in some ways IMO. Pretty usable front sight. My receiver wasn’t drilled and tapped. That would’ve been a nice touch, but at 149.00, you can’t really complain.
The shotgun certainly isn’t fancy or anything, but it seems to work ok.
Would I run thousands of shells through one? No. But to test fire and then throw in a closet for HD or behind the truck seat for a truck gun? Yes, yes I would.
With the sales going on at this store I can either get this shotgun or 500 rounds of 9mm for around the same price…
Decisions…
Decisions…
