Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotOriginally Posted By: Foxpro.223Originally Posted By: ZBought one two years ago for my coyote calling shotgun. First one I called in surprised me 15 yards. Missed him standing at 10 yards. Duh, go figure. He never even knew I was there. First shot stove piped and I was on him for the second shot and kept pulling the trigger and nothing was happening. Don't know the reason for the stove pipe. I have had gas guns all my life and didn't think much when I bought this inertia gun. Holy smokes, it kicks the stuffing out of me with my coyote loads. No big deal when I am hunting but wouldn't buy another inertia gun. Never had trouble with gas guns except in really cold weather. And then I just figured it was a lube problem.
Recently I've read a bunch of reviews about the turkish made inertia autoloaders, Girsan, Stoeger and even the older Franchi I-12s and it seems like to general consensus is that there is a break in period and it's not uncommon to have some malfunctions when the guns are new. Considering that, there are a lot of positive reviews on these shotguns, some negative of course, but mostly positive.
I know of a shop that has a couple of the Girsans on the shelf. I was thinking about picking one up to see how it would hold up to the coming waterfowl season.
curious about the price of those girsans?
Buds Gun Shop has them listed as
Camo $424
Black synthetic $369
Turkey model $532
Sport 3 Gun $386
Tac version $501
Looks like the sport, tac and the turkey come with some cheesy red dot sight.
Gun Broker has a bunch listed for different prices also.