doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com $700 Target gun

No question, the Japan-built guns will be superior in a number of ways. But....the reviews are either wonderful or crap over on the trapgun forum. My Turkish Dickenson has been a fine gun to this point so they can do it right when they want to. It's not like I'm planning to become a major competitor with this thing anyway. With shells at $18 box locally at the moment, I'll be lucky to get it function tested. Like I said earlier, time will tell.

I do not have any first hand experience with that gun, Lloyd. but, going on my past experiences with Turkish guns the main issue I have seen with them are faulty single triggers on their O/U guns. Why that is, when my experiences with single triggers on their S X Ss have been so good, I do not know. The barrel regulation issue isn't a Turkish thing, either. I have seen horrible regulation on Beretta O/U target guns. Beretta's reply is that if the two barrels print within 8" of each other they're within their specs. I don't recall at what distance, but 8" ? ............that's horrible.

Appreciate that Stan. I'd read about the Beretta problem as well. The CZ target gun that started all this had a fairly decent single trigger so...who knows? I realize that I'm sticking my neck out here just a bit, but what the heck? It's not like it's a bunch of money (and mostly paid for by moving guns I just wasn't using). If it works as advertised, hooray! If it doesn't....I guess I'll be able to testify as to the abilities of the SKB service folks in Omaha and the honesty of this dealer up in Vermont. These are all first world problems which I actually feel quite blessed to have.

Perfection is where you find it. I was given a new Yildiz S X S .410 years ago as a gift for planting food plots for a friend. I think it is called the Elegante 4. He caught it on sale and paid $449 for the gun, new in box. The trigger was clean but too hard. I took it apart and stoned the surfaces to a higher polish and it got the pull down to around 3 1/2# (single trigger). The innards of that little cheapo were polished beautifully. Over the years since, that trigger has never failed once. Regulation of the barrels is perfect with 11/16 oz. loads, and it has man sized dimensions.



Here's hoping the SKB is all you want it to be. There's a saying that goes "some days you get the bear ......... some days the bear gets you". Hope you get the bear.

Stan:

It would appear that I got the bear this time.



Took it out and shot it. The patterning board that used to be there is gone, so....couldn't confirm that part of it, but it breaks clays very nicely. At 9 lbs you don't really feel much recoil, even with the older 1 1/8 oz semi-warm Remington target loads I was using. The trigger was fine and it fits me like it was made for me (because as a true lefty-gun, it really was). Wouldn't want to tote this thing over hill & dale all day, but for a target gun (and for my rather simple needs) it should be fine. Couldn't fault the build quality in any way. Most of the newer SKBs I've seen have a bright receiver (which I'm not a big fan of) but this one doesn't, thankfully (& probably why I bought it). The wood and bluing are very respectable, the balance is about 1/2 of an inch ahead of the hinge-pin (which seems about right for me), and the fit and finish is quite decent. The Turks have come far, at least here it would seem. The comb and the LOP are massively adjustable but I don't really see a need. It is also very-much like a new gun (no dings or bangs, no worn finishes) so the dealer was accurate in his description of it (nice when that happens). In it's original packaging (with all of the accessories), it was smudged with fingerprints and over-lubed, but that cleaned up easily. I'll shoot it a full round with it tomorrow with some friends to confirm everything but....it looks like bear for dinner here.

Good deal, Lloyd. For a target gun, I like the looks of it. And, with good triggers, you're ahead of the game.

Here's hoping it has few misses in it.

You done real good, Lloyd.
JR

Thank you John. Now all i have to do is find enough ammo to feed it w/o going bankrupt.

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