Is there a bigger extension tube for Hatsan Escorts?

[royor]

I've got an Escort PS which is extended to 7+1. Hatsan don't make a bigger tube but does anybody else? Also, if I found one overseas, is it a problem to import it?

 

Thanks

[fluke2]

I've got an Escort PS which is extended to 7+1. Hatsan don't make a bigger tube but does anybody else? Also, if I found one overseas, is it a problem to import it?

 

Thanks

 

Once got a new tube from the states for a browning gold no problem

not sure about now though with all the changes,a lot of them wont post

gun parts to the uk.

[Dazzlin]

Try www.midwayuk.com for a Nordic Tube extension

[royor]

Try www.midwayuk.com for a Nordic Tube extension

 

Thanks Darren. They don't actually mention Hatsan but I'll give them a try anyway. Sees they have most makes covered.

[royor]

Try www.midwayuk.com for a Nordic Tube extension

 

Checked with Midway but none of theirs - Choate, Dave's Metals Works or Nordic - are compatible with Hatsan.

[neil smith]

Checked with Midway but none of theirs - Choate, Dave's Metals Works or Nordic - are compatible with Hatsan.

 

 

royer

 

Have you contacted Midway UK or just lookd on the website ?

 

I know Pete & he has supplied Hatsans to PSG shooters with longer tubes, the thread used on the Hatsan is likely to be the same as one used on one of the more well known makes like Beretta, Benelli or Remington.

 

As an example of what I mean if you look on midway, Nordic dont list a tube for the new Benelli Supernova & you need to order the one for the Beretta to get the correct thread.

 

Contact Midway direct, Im sure one of the Nordic tubes listed will fit, you just need to ask them which one.

 

ATB

N

[royor]

royer

 

Have you contacted Midway UK or just lookd on the website ?

 

I know Pete & he has supplied Hatsans to PSG shooters with longer tubes, the thread used on the Hatsan is likely to be the same as one used on one of the more well known makes like Beretta, Benelli or Remington.

 

As an example of what I mean if you look on midway, Nordic dont list a tube for the new Benelli Supernova & you need to order the one for the Beretta to get the correct thread.

 

Contact Midway direct, Im sure one of the Nordic tubes listed will fit, you just need to ask them which one.

 

ATB

N

 

Hiya Neil. I emailed them with details of the gun, i.e. link to it on Hatsan's website. One of their guys (not a Pete) replied next day. As far as I can gather, it's only the retaining nut that makes the difference. Hopefully I will get the chance to compare it with a couple of other makes. It has crossed my mind that one of the other ones may have the same thread even though the literature doesn't say so for definite.

[Devon Fox]

Hi royor

I have been looking for an extension for my hatsan

if you get a result will you post it up & I will do

the same if I find one!

Cheers for now

mark

[royor]

Hi royor

I have been looking for an extension for my hatsan

if you get a result will you post it up & I will do

the same if I find one!

Cheers for now

mark

 

Will do!

[JonnyR]

This might be daft but have you tried shorter carts? If you can fit 7 3.5" magnum shells in it, as an example then maybe you can get 8 or even 9 65mm carts in the same spout Not sure if the escort will like cycling them though.

 

Just a thought.

[royor]

This might be daft but have you tried shorter carts? If you can fit 7 3.5" magnum shells in it, as an example then maybe you can get 8 or even 9 65mm carts in the same spout Not sure if the escort will like cycling them though.

 

Just a thought.

 

7+1 is based on 3" carts unfortunately.

[adymorris]

didn't see this post - I've just started a new post about the mag extension/replacement

 

I got a plastic tube & spring from Edgar Brothers (via rfd) I stripped mine down last night to see what looks like a crimp mark on the tube - now I'm guessing the non UK version is minus the crimp so is therefore a 4 shot mag, presumably I need to replace the original metal tube ?

 

 

edit: sorted - just spoke to EB and ordered a replacement metal tube

Edited July 17, 2010 by adymorris

[royor]

In the end I got one for a Remington 1100 / 1187 and it fits. I went for a Tacstar - On Midway UK. Only slight problem is that the large nut isn't quite as wide as the standard Hatsan one, so the fore end isn't held on as firmly and moves backwards and forwards a tiny bit. Hopefully I can find a washer of the right internal and external diameter but it shouldn't be too much trouble to bodge one if need be.

 

I should add I've only screwed it on, I've not shot with it yet so I might be back on here soon saying "Don't use this one"!

[oinkster77]

In the end I got one for a Remington 1100 / 1187 and it fits. I went for a Tacstar - On Midway UK. Only slight problem is that the large nut isn't quite as wide as the standard Hatsan one, so the fore end isn't held on as firmly and moves backwards and forwards a tiny bit. Hopefully I can find a washer of the right internal and external diameter but it shouldn't be too much trouble to bodge one if need be.

 

I should add I've only screwed it on, I've not shot with it yet so I might be back on here soon saying "Don't use this one"!

 

Hi there,

 

Did you get chance to test fire the gun with the new tube on yet? am interested in the results

[neil smith]

I have had a chance to talk with some of the guys & the 870/1187 extension tubes will fit.

 

If you buy the cheaper tacstar or choate mag extensions the nut which holds the tube on is welded (fixed) onto the tube, this means that when the tube butts up to your existing tube internally on the gun you may be left with a loose forend.

 

The Nordic tube is top quality & the nut is a separate part, this allows for some adjustment in the area where the tube butts up to the existing magazine tube internally & still be tightened down onto the forend, you then simply fit a magazine clamp to secure the whole thing in place.

 

Another bonus to using a Nordic tube is the ability to completely unscrew the end cap for cleaning, trying to clean a dead end piece of tube means some moisture or crud is always left down in the end to go rusty, with the Nordic you can run a patch through it just like cleaning a barrel.

 

 

 

N

[royor]

Hi there,

 

Did you get chance to test fire the gun with the new tube on yet? am interested in the results

 

Give it until after this Sunday!

[royor]

Yes! I did need to add a thickish rubber o-ring as the nut on the Tacstar tube isn't as long as the Hatsan one, so there was a bit of movement of the fore end and barrel without it.

 

To be honest though, I wish I'd spent the extra £30 - £35 and got a Nordic tube as suggested by Neil Smith and a couple of other people I spoke to. The largest Tacstar tube holds 5 shots - only 2 more than the standard Hatsan, whereas Nordic make several different, longer sizes. With the Tacstar I now get 9+1 which is enough for practical shotgun, but it would have been nice to have gone to maybe 11+1.

Edited November 7, 2010 by royor

[bongo321]

did you have to change the standard mag with them having crimps in the mag tube , before you fitted the ext tube

[royor]

did you have to change the standard mag with them having crimps in the mag tube , before you fitted the ext tube

 

I bought it as a 7+1 so there weren't any crimps to deal with.

[oinkster77]

I have had a chance to talk with some of the guys & the 870/1187 extension tubes will fit.

 

If you buy the cheaper tacstar or choate mag extensions the nut which holds the tube on is welded (fixed) onto the tube, this means that when the tube butts up to your existing tube internally on the gun you may be left with a loose forend.

 

The Nordic tube is top quality & the nut is a separate part, this allows for some adjustment in the area where the tube butts up to the existing magazine tube internally & still be tightened down onto the forend, you then simply fit a magazine clamp to secure the whole thing in place.

 

Another bonus to using a Nordic tube is the ability to completely unscrew the end cap for cleaning, trying to clean a dead end piece of tube means some moisture or crud is always left down in the end to go rusty, with the Nordic you can run a patch through it just like cleaning a barrel.

 

 

 

N

 

 

I completely agree, have just fitted a Nordic tube, it is the best quality/look. Only issue is that the thread is not exaclty identical in pitch (at least not on my gun), so it only screws down so far before binding on itself. However it is far enough onto the original tube to be secure and solid. It does leave a 5 - 5.5mm gap between itself and the forend, allowing the forend to slide forwards, as per a previous post. I got my local machinist to cut the top off my original Hatsan end cap, basically creating a threaded spacer 5mm thick which can be screwed down in between the forend and the Nordic part. This has the added bonus of still being able to utilise the detents at the base of the modified cap to locate with the sprung ball in the forend. Its a little bit fiddly to screw down the spacer as there is not much to grab on to, but other than that it works perfectly and looks the business !