Originally Posted By: MarkOue

- Stay away from the lower end guns like Savage 311, and the slew of Turkish imports. Their first weakness will soon be found in the trigger parts which are not hardened as they should be. When they fail, and if shot much they will, you will have a heck of a time getting them fixed.


Mark,

Lots of well-represented info, but I must take exception to the above statement. While it may be true of the Turkish guns - with which I have no experience - it certainly is not true of the Stevens guns, which are among the more robust out there; I've seen many that were rode hard and put up wet that are still functioning as intended. And even if they're not, they're easily fixed.

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