lee wales Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Right guys looking to buy one of these in the new year... Can i have your thoughts please!! Many thanks lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 nice gun, reliable, comes with a **** choke selection new. i had a kick off which i liked but a lot of people rate the non kick off version better. depends what your coing to be putting through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I know of two that have been returned because of problems, personally I would buy a 391, which I actually did last week. Brand new £850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I know of two that have been returned because of problems, You wrote this before, but I couldn't find any reference to problems anywhere else, do you have any more details ? It might help owners if there is a specific problem to watch out for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I understand that there is a failure to fire, due to the firing pin being incorrectly hardened and the other one would not feed the cartridge from the magazine to the chamber. This was also a fault on some 391's. Customers should not be subject to any malfunctions in my view, you buy a gun and expect it to work. I know a friend who bought a new Remington and that's turned into a load of hassle, instead of enjoying using the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee wales Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Ive found a secondhand one for £1150... Do they all have the cartridge counter on or is it a certain model? Thanks for your views keep them coming guys.. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Do you really need to buy an auto? For that sort of money you could buy a decent Miroku/Beretta O/U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I understand that there is a failure to fire, due to the firing pin being incorrectly hardened and the other one would not feed the cartridge from the magazine to the chamber. This was also a fault on some 391's. Customers should not be subject to any malfunctions in my view, you buy a gun and expect it to work. I know a friend who bought a new Remington and that's turned into a load of hassle, instead of enjoying using the gun. Thanks, I'll keep an eye on the firing pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Ive found a secondhand one for £1150... Do they all have the cartridge counter on or is it a certain model? Thanks for your views keep them coming guys.. Cheers. I think you'll find one cheaper than that, I paid less than £1k for a near minter with two extra extended chokes. Edited December 23, 2011 by Catweazle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee wales Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Do you really need to buy an auto? For that sort of money you could buy a decent Miroku/Beretta O/U. i have a decent o/u just fancy a semi auto...saying that i may find after trying one out there not for me...ill find out next week when we try the a400 out at the ground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 My bro in law bought the sporter model with the blue action, non kick off. (im not struck on the blue action) swapped a shim in the stock to make it fit him better and loves it, fired everything from 21g to 42g and never missed a beat apart from it doesnt like comp x 21g but i dont know any auto that does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 i have a decent o/u just fancy a semi auto...saying that i may find after trying one out there not for me...ill find out next week when we try the a400 out at the ground! I think you find the difference like chalk and cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrown Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 hi there i brought a a400 xplor umico a couple of months ago i love it it shoots well and has not jammed once, however the only reason i brought this over a 391 urika 2 is because the 3 1/2 inch chamber if you dont need the longer chamber go for the urika it felt lovely and cheaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike525steel Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Urika is a much more time tested gun. You see loads of them about and don't hear bad reports. And for that kind of cash. Who can argue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officerdibble777 Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Iv'e got the A400 light with the 3" chamber and it's a great gun.I don't need the 3 1/2 " There are 3 things I felt were a bit negetive ,poor selection of included chokes,cost of additional chokes and the gas piston tends to drop out quite easy.But the good bit,it's a bleeding good shotgun.Iv'e shot sporting, skeet and trap quite sucessfully with it,I'm a lefty and using the shims I get a great fit and the kick off ? you either like it or you dont,personally I like it and think it's very effective for what I shoot. Like all guns ,try one first and not just a handful of cartridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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