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jvlip3 · June 12, 2005, 02:46 PM

I have the Coachgun which I use for skeet and birds. No problems at all with it but I have heard nice and not so nice things about Stoeger's O/U guns. But I hear the same things about all guns- you either love em or hate em. In this case I would buy from the store off the rack- no ordering- and check out it out first before buying. Also check out estate sales- it happens more often than not that a widow or family sells really nice stuff without knowing it's real value. A friend of mine did some renovation work for a rich old lady years back. While he was working in the attic he knocked over a box with two handguns in it. The lady sold them to him for a hundred dollars. The guns- a WW1 Colt 1911A1 and a WW1 Luger! A lot of O/U Italian shotguns can be found this way and were used very little. Good luck!

June 12, 2005, 02:46 PM	#8
jvlip3 Senior Member Join Date: April 24, 2005 Location: Third Rock from the Sun Posts: 312	Stoegers and estate sales I have the Coachgun which I use for skeet and birds. No problems at all with it but I have heard nice and not so nice things about Stoeger's O/U guns. But I hear the same things about all guns- you either love em or hate em. In this case I would buy from the store off the rack- no ordering- and check out it out first before buying. Also check out estate sales- it happens more often than not that a widow or family sells really nice stuff without knowing it's real value. A friend of mine did some renovation work for a rich old lady years back. While he was working in the attic he knocked over a box with two handguns in it. The lady sold them to him for a hundred dollars. The guns- a WW1 Colt 1911A1 and a WW1 Luger! A lot of O/U Italian shotguns can be found this way and were used very little. Good luck!