For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
07-01-2005 | 10:47 AM
#1
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From: Riverside, Ca.
For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
Gentlemen of the jury.
I stand before you and speaktruth!!
I can't believe how well made the Stoeger 2000 is! The craftsmanship is simply fabulous! The machine work is every bit as good as any Browning, Benelli or Beretta I've ever seen.
Look for yourself and see.
Benelli licenses their revolutionary action system ONLY to Stoeger Industries. For all intents and purposesthe Stoeger 2000 isa Benellithat handles only 3"but doesn't have all the accessories of it's big brother.
What's ina name you ask?
The Stoeger name is what throws most people.
It isn't a name that EVERYONE knows so they won't buy it even if it's betterAND less expensive.
A Mossberg is VERY low quality when compaired to this shotgun. (Side by side and stripped down to reveal it's true identity)
Please don't believe me, seefor yourself.
The amazing thing is that the2000 can be had for less than 350 bucks.
Can you get a gas operated 935 for $350.00? (new in box)
As a matter of record,every Gas auto uses 10% of the ammunitions energy to cycle the action. That means that a load leaving the barrel at 1500fps out of a pump/Benelli would chronograph at 1350 fps out of the standard auto.
Allgas automatics get dirty and jam frequently because the barrel is actually part of the action and the ammo residue gums things up. A Benelli's barrel islike a pump gun's and can be replacedjust as easily.
Turkeys and Geese are tough to harvest and giving yourself a handicap is not awise thing. This is exactly why as a serious duck hunter, until Benelli changed the rules, I hunted with a pump.
Tom Knapp holds the worlds record with aBenelli.
The Stoeger 2000 = a 3" Benelli SBE
The ONLY down sideis the 2000 isnot chamber for 3 1/2". SO WHAT!
I rest my case.
Bill
I stand before you and speaktruth!!
I can't believe how well made the Stoeger 2000 is! The craftsmanship is simply fabulous! The machine work is every bit as good as any Browning, Benelli or Beretta I've ever seen.
Look for yourself and see.
Benelli licenses their revolutionary action system ONLY to Stoeger Industries. For all intents and purposesthe Stoeger 2000 isa Benellithat handles only 3"but doesn't have all the accessories of it's big brother.
What's ina name you ask?
The Stoeger name is what throws most people.
It isn't a name that EVERYONE knows so they won't buy it even if it's betterAND less expensive.
A Mossberg is VERY low quality when compaired to this shotgun. (Side by side and stripped down to reveal it's true identity)
Please don't believe me, seefor yourself.
The amazing thing is that the2000 can be had for less than 350 bucks.
Can you get a gas operated 935 for $350.00? (new in box)
As a matter of record,every Gas auto uses 10% of the ammunitions energy to cycle the action. That means that a load leaving the barrel at 1500fps out of a pump/Benelli would chronograph at 1350 fps out of the standard auto.
Allgas automatics get dirty and jam frequently because the barrel is actually part of the action and the ammo residue gums things up. A Benelli's barrel islike a pump gun's and can be replacedjust as easily.
Turkeys and Geese are tough to harvest and giving yourself a handicap is not awise thing. This is exactly why as a serious duck hunter, until Benelli changed the rules, I hunted with a pump.
Tom Knapp holds the worlds record with aBenelli.
The Stoeger 2000 = a 3" Benelli SBE
The ONLY down sideis the 2000 isnot chamber for 3 1/2". SO WHAT!
I rest my case.
Bill
07-08-2005 | 12:19 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Iowa
RE: For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
I have only ever heard good about the stoeger. I thought about getting one before but ended up getting a Remington 11-87. I'm still thinking about trying one out though.
07-08-2005 | 12:43 PM
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Dominant Buck
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From: WC FL
RE: For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
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Model 2000
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The Stoeger Model 2000 is the only shotgun licensed to use Benelli’s inertia-recoil operating system - the heart of the world’s most prestigious and expensive autoloaders. Unlike common gas-operated guns whose fore-ends conceal operating rods, pistons, O-rings, valves and other moving parts, the inertia system is entirely contained inside the receiver. The results? A trimmer fore-end, better balance, more reliable operation and the ability to fire everything from light target ammunition to the heaviest waterfowl loads without adjustments. And because propellant gas isn’t used to cycle the action, inertia guns like the Model 2000 stay cleaner, even after hundreds of shots. Even in the toughest conditions, your new Model 2000 will keep on firing!
Product List
Product Code
Barrel LengthDescription
Gauge
chokes
Type of Sights
Chamber (in)
Model 2000 (with Patented Benelli Inertia System)
31547
26"
MAX 4
38[color=#000080][size=4]39
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31545
28"
MAX 4
52[color=#000080][size=4]53
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31510
30"
Walnut
66[color=#000080][size=4]67
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31515
28"
Walnut
80[color=#000080][size=4]81
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31520
26"
Walnut
94[color=#000080][size=4]95
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31525
28"
Synthetic
108[color=#000080][size=4]109
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31535
26"
Synthetic
122[color=#000080][size=4]123
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31540
24"
Synthetic
136[color=#000080][size=4]137
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31550
28"
Timber HD
150[color=#000080][size=4]151
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31555
26"
Timber HD
164[color=#000080][size=4]165
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"
31560
24"
Timber HD
178[color=#000080][size=4]179
C,IC,M,F,T
White Bar
2.75 or 3"[align=center]
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07-11-2005 | 03:28 PM
#7
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: South Central Wisconsin
RE: For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
I won one at a banquet last year, and it looks to be a great gun!! The only bad thing that I have found with it so far is that to break the gun in, you have to shoot 3 - 5 boxes of 'heavy hunting loads' through it. 75 to 125 shells in the bb size, or in magnum power, ouch. But after I did the break-in, gun shoots great, even with target loads!! With #8 shot, 3 dram eq target loads, I would be surprised if I had a mis-spent sheel more than 1% of the time. GREAT GUN!
07-14-2005 | 11:48 AM
#9
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From: Riverside, Ca.
RE: For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
ORIGINAL: BSTNFREEK
......The only bad thing that I have found with it so far is that to break the gun in, you have to shoot 3 - 5 boxes of 'heavy hunting loads' through it...... GREAT GUN!
......The only bad thing that I have found with it so far is that to break the gun in, you have to shoot 3 - 5 boxes of 'heavy hunting loads' through it...... GREAT GUN!
It performed flawlessly !!!
It also digestedlow base 7 1/2's and everything I put in it!
I did something that I bet you didn't do Bstnfreek.....
As soon as I got it, I completely disassembled it and completely cleaned it with brake cleaner. I removed all the heavy greese that it's shipped with.
Then I coated all the insides and especially the parts that move across each other with MILITEC 1. I let it stand for a day or two and let the Militec soak into the metal.
Get Militec!!! It works!!
The user manual says that you are supposed to use
3 1/4 dram - 1 1/8 oz - at a minimum.
Mine spit out the lightest stuff I put in it and it cycled perfectly RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!!!
Bill
07-15-2005 | 06:43 AM
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From: mississippi by way of Florida
RE: For those looking to buy a new Turkey gun.
I have owned a Stoeger and was very pleased with the shotgun, a double.I have allot of friends that own them as well. The guns are very well made and durable. The one thing that, in my circles of competition shooting, that I continously hear that concerns me about Stoegers is that their customer service is very much lacking.
Others may have different or better experiences.
I have to say though, this does look like a very nice gun.
R
Hank
Others may have different or better experiences.
I have to say though, this does look like a very nice gun.
R
Hank