As one poster said above, he's had a Stoeger and it has been back to them twice. I've had my Gti (Browning) since 1995. It went to Browning after I messed with, and cracked, the stock. Otherwise, the first real repair came early this year after about 85,000-95,000 rounds. A local gunsmith was able to install new springs and firing pins and tighten the locking back up.
How many Stoegers or other similar quality make it to 95,000 without something breaking?
THAT'S what you need to ask yourself - no matter the brand. No one wants to spend their money and then soon after, have that item need repair. I've been reading here and on other boards about the issues folks are having with their new Remingtons. It's not totally brand specific - but guns built to cheap price points can be done that way because quality labor-intensive hand work isn't being done where it needs to be.
Is my Gti the be-all, end-all? Not at all. I can notice huge differences between it and friends' Perazzis and Kreighoffs, and if I had the cash right now, one of them would be in the safe.
As you climb up the quality (and price) ladder, subtle difference start to become apparent - machining, wood to metal fit and finish, trigger smoothness and crispness, bluing, barrel trueness, quality (and beauty) of the wood, etc.........all those things that can really make a difference in how well the gun shoots and therefore how well you shoot.
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