What a waste of good looking wood....
Why? Turkey was part of Byzantine Empire when Englishmen lived in "mud huts". There is no reason why Turks can't make fine shotguns if they really want to. They have good military industry and their "CZ75" with forged slide and frame is at least as good as the Czech CZ75. It is sold commercially in USA as AR 24 pistol and it is one solid piece of "steel brick".
It's surprising to me how the Turks can make guns like the sxs Yildiz, send them all the way to the USA, and then sell them for $486 and still apparently make a profit. I'm certainly not gonna argue that these are high quality guns, but they are very functional and mine have been 100% reliable. I've posted pics of the one I had cut up to make a turkey gun, but I liked that one so much that I bought another one to keep in the truck every trip to my farm. I don't worry about scratching it up and it will shoot any kind of shell and accomplish most anything I need from a shotgun.
I don't see much evidence of hand fitting on it. Apparently they have figured out how to make the parts with machines and fit them together with minimal labor. The barrels and forearms on mine will interchange; I suspect all the parts would. Barrel regulation on both guns is excellent, and I can't say that about all my sxs guns.
It makes me wonder why if Yildiz can mass produce an entry level sxs, why can't it be done in other countries? I would assume that it's mainly that they don't believe there is a market for them, but I think it might be to some extent a lack of knowledge by gun companies. Ruger couldn't seem to build a decent sxs. If they couldn't, maybe the others can't either.
Seems to me that the Turks may be a lot smarter than some think.
