as some might have read I was asking if the IZH-94 combo gun was any good. The following is what I have so far on it after 1 month of having it and shooting it.
The Gun: The gun is a shotgun over a .223. the 12ga can handle 2 3/4" and 3" shells. The 12ga barrel has interchangable chokes, chokes are as follows IC, MOD, FULL. The barrels are 24" long and the gun comes equipped with iron sights and a scope rail which is a 3/8 dovetail. The scope is a simmons prodiamond shotgun scope with a ill reticule. This is nice for range estimation and being able to hunt at night. It just so happen the diamond from corner to corner is about 8" on the lowest magnification at normal shotgun range which I have determined to be about 35yds.(will get back to that later)
At the range: The .223 load I used through the gun was a black hills 50gr v-max. I have also used both the 55gr soft points, and the 52 gr match hp. But the 50gr v-maxs is what I have been using so this is what I shot out of it the most. The gun is capable of better groups but at 75yds it will put 5 shots into a quarter. The trigger on my gun was not as bad as some I have heard. I would estimate it to be around 6-7 pounds. But it has no creep at all but some slop side to side. The two shotgun loads I used were a 3" federal with 2oz of copperplated bb and a 2 3/4" whinchester #4 buck. Both loads preformed well. the BB load I would not venture any farther the 40yds with a fox sized critter. Just not enough pellets in the kill zone. with the #4 buck there is 27 pellets and in a 8" round circle the pattern was in the bottom half with appx 14 pellets in the circle at 35 yds. 45 yds would be max I would take this load For a fox sized animal. coytoes a little farther but not much maybe 5-10 yds more. Both loads preformed the best through a full choke.
The good the bad and the ugly.
the good about this gun was it offers two guns for one shooter that hunts by themselfs. The bad is you only have two shots if the chance multipule comes in. Another good is the price. I paid 430 dollars which is about 150 dollars cheaper then the savage. The finish does not look that bad but the checkering is deep and not as good looking as a remington or other rifle. Another good is the two triggers. I cannot feel my thumb and I cannot find the selector switch for the barrels on the savage. but the bakial I have no problem. The only grief I would have for the gun is not a good variety of chokes compared to other guns. Also the sling is not removable unless you unthread it from the loops.
Whole cost for the schbang: gun $430. $25. registration fee. $30.00 rings(steel), $15.00 sling and $109.00 for the scope. all in all I am very happy with the gun and feel it will serve me well. I will include pictures then after I can download them I am having technical difficultys.
The Gun: The gun is a shotgun over a .223. the 12ga can handle 2 3/4" and 3" shells. The 12ga barrel has interchangable chokes, chokes are as follows IC, MOD, FULL. The barrels are 24" long and the gun comes equipped with iron sights and a scope rail which is a 3/8 dovetail. The scope is a simmons prodiamond shotgun scope with a ill reticule. This is nice for range estimation and being able to hunt at night. It just so happen the diamond from corner to corner is about 8" on the lowest magnification at normal shotgun range which I have determined to be about 35yds.(will get back to that later)
At the range: The .223 load I used through the gun was a black hills 50gr v-max. I have also used both the 55gr soft points, and the 52 gr match hp. But the 50gr v-maxs is what I have been using so this is what I shot out of it the most. The gun is capable of better groups but at 75yds it will put 5 shots into a quarter. The trigger on my gun was not as bad as some I have heard. I would estimate it to be around 6-7 pounds. But it has no creep at all but some slop side to side. The two shotgun loads I used were a 3" federal with 2oz of copperplated bb and a 2 3/4" whinchester #4 buck. Both loads preformed well. the BB load I would not venture any farther the 40yds with a fox sized critter. Just not enough pellets in the kill zone. with the #4 buck there is 27 pellets and in a 8" round circle the pattern was in the bottom half with appx 14 pellets in the circle at 35 yds. 45 yds would be max I would take this load For a fox sized animal. coytoes a little farther but not much maybe 5-10 yds more. Both loads preformed the best through a full choke.
The good the bad and the ugly.
the good about this gun was it offers two guns for one shooter that hunts by themselfs. The bad is you only have two shots if the chance multipule comes in. Another good is the price. I paid 430 dollars which is about 150 dollars cheaper then the savage. The finish does not look that bad but the checkering is deep and not as good looking as a remington or other rifle. Another good is the two triggers. I cannot feel my thumb and I cannot find the selector switch for the barrels on the savage. but the bakial I have no problem. The only grief I would have for the gun is not a good variety of chokes compared to other guns. Also the sling is not removable unless you unthread it from the loops.
Whole cost for the schbang: gun $430. $25. registration fee. $30.00 rings(steel), $15.00 sling and $109.00 for the scope. all in all I am very happy with the gun and feel it will serve me well. I will include pictures then after I can download them I am having technical difficultys.
