chris1961 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) I have a fabarm falconetti and a yildiz a71 both great guns the yildiz Will cycle anything from 21 to 50 gram even 65mill carts Edited September 6, 2016 by chris1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPCarter Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) I have a Browning Maxus Premium Grade 3 and love it. Never had a jam and I don't strip it down very often. Always used it with 28g plus cartridges though as I've no need to use any less in it for pigeons, crows, rabbits etc which is all it's used for. It stands in on the sporting clays if my MK38 is away being serviced etc and I do quite well with it. I do shoot better with my pair of Miroku O/U's but they are both nice grade 5 guns and I don't want them getting knocked about. In some ways I wish I had got a composite or camo version so I can do just that but this gun looks the part wherever I shoot it. A semi auto is so much easier to reload in a hide and the extra shot is handy if you have a couple of birds come in at once, although my issue seems to be wasting 3 cartridges on one bird that's got away! Must learn to have more self control when I know I've missed. I was out last night and arrived a bit late at my permission but managed 4 crows with it. Browning Maxus Premium Grade 3 by Chris Carter Edited September 7, 2016 by ChrisPCarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry136 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Quick question for the Maxus users, is anyones gun able to cycle Eley 28g subsonics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPCarter Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Quick question for the Maxus users, is anyones gun able to cycle Eley 28g subsonics? I haven't tried those but I might pick up a box when I see some subsonics. Are they a lot quieter or just less kick? I've only used 410 subsonics in my hushpower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITCHF Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 A400 Excel new addition to the cabinet. Very impressed 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry136 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 They are a lot quieter, I if used with a hushpower its quieter than an air rifle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPCarter Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I found a potential issue with my Maxus Premium that others may want to be aware of. It's a standard 2+1 (3 shot) 3" chamber version and with the more common 70mm cartridges all is fine but if you use 65 or 67mm ones and try to push a fourth in by mistake it won't go right in the magazine but it can slip back past the carrier to the left and sit there ready to load making it a 3+1 (4 shot). I've heard of 3.5" chamber guns taking more cartridges and "ghost loading" which is a quite deliberate way of forcing another cartridge in but with the above sizes it's far too easy to do just by pushing them in as normal. This would make it an S1 shotgun that needs to be on a firearms certificate I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry136 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 For most semi autos to do ghost loading, the bolt requires a bit of work. its a grey area in regards to the licencing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPCarter Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Yes I was surprised when some 32g 5 cartridges just popped straight in. I must have only ever used 70mm ones before in this gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry136 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 At renewal, i'm going to try and get mine on FAC. No problems then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 One for the semi auto fans out there, of which i am a fan i have a fair few semi autos and love them. First let me make it clear this gun is not mine but its interesting and i am not rulling it out. Take a look its a piece of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) Gorgeous , looks a bit like an american Ingram But Cyrillic script , Russian? .I am in love with my Ithaca mag ten. Edited September 11, 2016 by guzzicat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Had a mag ten in the 1980s roto forged barrel the real deal before Renmington did their conversion on it. Well Conversion attacked it with a milling machine. Ithaca was better made and functioned better but Remington did get the Multi choke part right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver pig Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hi all, new member here. I got my first s/a a few months ago, a Benelli supersport 12g that I use on the clays. I have become smitten with the handling and and have just added a 26" Escort magnum to the cabinet for hide shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I found a potential issue with my Maxus Premium that others may want to be aware of. It's a standard 2+1 (3 shot) 3" chamber version and with the more common 70mm cartridges all is fine but if you use 65 or 67mm ones and try to push a fourth in by mistake it won't go right in the magazine but it can slip back past the carrier to the left and sit there ready to load making it a 3+1 (4 shot). I've heard of 3.5" chamber guns taking more cartridges and "ghost loading" which is a quite deliberate way of forcing another cartridge in but with the above sizes it's far too easy to do just by pushing them in as normal. This would make it an S1 shotgun that needs to be on a firearms certificate I believe. i`ve got to chime in here. whilst you are partially correct, but wrong. theoretically i can manufacture 1.75" / 2" hulls (whaterver) and can stuff a good few in any semi auto. meaning all semi autos are illegal if they fall into your catagory. reguardless of the "more common chamber length." the 3.5" semis are designed to take 2 in the mag of the maximum chamber, and can fit 3x 65mm tight fold crimp. ghost loading is a non issue because the 2 shells are stored in the tubular magazine, the 3rd is not stored in the magazine. an s1 shotgun is a shotgun that conforms to the s1 catagories without modification, an s2 shotgun is a shotgun that conforms to the s2 catagories, usually an s1 with a magazine plug. it is a slight grey area, s1 gun is an s1 gun because it is registered as an s1, its what its registered / classified for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDS Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Photos of the shotgun... thats Scandinavian script not cyrillic Is it a Pedersen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraivi Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Thought it was a Valmet, they built something like this, only recollection from pictures. A Walther Automat shotgun is definitely one I'd like to try, never seen one in the flesh, only pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Photos of the shotgun... thats Scandinavian script not cyrillic Is it a Pedersen ? It's Danish- the last part is the old local name for what we know as Copenhagen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Bit better shots of the writing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 According to my wife ( speaks fluent Danish) the inscriptions say Hand weapon company - Copenhagen. This has sparked some Intrest so a bit of digging required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impala59 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 New Toy/Project.................. Ithaca Model 51 Got it from an auction house for next to nothing after a brief inspection showed it to have a cracked slide (common on this model if the nylon buffers and mainspring are not maintained etc) I am awaiting an estimate for laser welding (recommended by wabbitbosher) and also will be ordering spring/buffer repair kit from US. I must admit I have been looking for one of these for a while and I fell for this one. The wood is lovely and the gun just feels right. Its a three shot as manufactured so no crimp and they apparently are really soft shooters. Just intend to get this one back from the brink of extinction and out on the clays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impala59 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 And then the bad stuff...................... the cracked slide the guilty parties Internal bolt buffer Receiver buffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDF Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) Nice thread (only just found it), thinking of getting a 20g auto for my missus who has had back surgery but fancies getting into shooting. Edited March 10, 2017 by PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggsy Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Great reading... thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) Got a yildiz a71 magnum parts are fragile but cheep to buy less anything I have put thru it even 21 gram 67mm up to 50 gram magnum no 4 shot and it's steel proof Edited March 11, 2017 by chris1961 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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