A recent 'Shooting Sportsman' has a Dickinson review by somebody named Bruce Buck.
It's a remarkable article in many ways. It's easily available online, first pop up on Google search.
The one good takeaway is that the guns supposedly come with a 'lifetime warranty' although the writer did state that as long as a trigger was 'functional' they would not adjust pull weight under warranty. The trigger in question was north of 7 pounds, so one does wonder what 'acceptable' POI might be to this warranty department.
The guns (two 28 gauge samples) got a favorable review in spite of heavy triggers on one of them that 'lightened with use', the need to apply finish oil coats to one gun, and chokes that measured too open in the author's opinion. Never mind the frequent misfires, since that also got better with use.
Just incredible.
In spite of the grousing about chokes that 'measure' too open, the guns were apparently not pattern tested, or if they were the results were not published or mentioned. We have no information from this article how the guns shoot, or where they shoot. Even American Rifleman, as bad as that publication has become, pattern tests shotguns as part of a 'review'.
Bruce Buck apparently has a book for sale with more of these penetrating and critical expert shotgun reviews. Sign me right up.
Further search reveals an American Hunter review from 2013. Guess what... no pattern or POI testing. Same with Field and Stream, and the Dickinson made the author's 'short list'. One wonders what it takes to not make the cut.
They all agree... the guns 'look good and are priced right'.
L. Brown, what has happened to your industry?
Is this payola or true ignorance?
