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I would sooner buy a russian baikal than one of the aluminium actioned yildiz guns. Having owned one before, and knowing plenty of people with them (farmers mainly, who don't baby their guns) , they are very tough and good value for money.
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I would sooner buy a russian baikal than one of the aluminium actioned yildiz guns. Having owned one before, and knowing plenty of people with them (farmers mainly, who don't baby their guns) , they are very tough and good value for money. Have you ever owned an "aluminium (sp.) actioned yildiz gun" ? The alloy receiver is lightweight ...... that, combined with the man-sized buttstock and the 28" barrels, puts the weight where it should be on a little gun like the Elegante 4 ..... on each end, and not in the middle. This gives it much better than expected handling characteristics. Rocketman spun mine and said it was almost identical to a 12 bore English game gun. SRH
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So far, the Dickenson warranty seems very good. After only a few hundred rounds, my 12 gauge Dickinson SxS (Cabela's)broke a trigger part. Their west coast warranty facility quickly repaired the gun at zero cost.
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I would sooner buy a russian baikal than one of the aluminium actioned yildiz guns. Having owned one before, and knowing plenty of people with them (farmers mainly, who don't baby their guns) , they are very tough and good value for money. Have you ever owned an "aluminium (sp.) actioned yildiz gun" ? The alloy receiver is lightweight ...... that, combined with the man-sized buttstock and the 28" barrels, puts the weight where it should be on a little gun like the Elegante 4 ..... on each end, and not in the middle. This gives it much better than expected handling characteristics. Rocketman spun mine and said it was almost identical to a 12 bore English game gun. SRH No, thankfully i don't have to as i have an english and an irish 12 bore game gun. I don't doubt the yildiz are good, but my one and only experience with them was bad. First impressions last.
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Adam, are these catalog pictures or your own?
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Pretty wood but am I the only one questioning grain layout through the wrists in some of those photos...
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Adam, are these catalog pictures or your own? These photos we taken from Akus's social media pages (Facebook and Instagram).
I agree with Adam. The AKUS guns are getting better and better. I cannot imagine getting rid of my 30" Dickinson .410. I can envision, however, a higher grade 32" 20 gauge at some time.
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Stan, I agree... a nice long barreled small bore sounds good. But I think I would save the money on the engraving and spring for their exhibition grade Turkish walnut! I REALLY like the look of the first guns I posted. Yeah it's a lot like watching a comercial for Burger King. The burger looks so good on TV but the one you get at the drive thru sucks.
I do agree that The Dickinsons are somewhat nice and I am budgeting a 410 hopefully in the next year.
Hey Adam, maybe you need one in 28 gauge and sell me that 100 Garbi of yours. Mike, I haven't gotten tired of that Garbi yet! Perugini & Visini purchased, one time only, Qty 10 AKUS barreled actions in the white in 2013 and completed in Italy. I purchased a 20Ga, 30", semi beavertail, prince of wales grip, with interchangeable chokes, and very nice Turkish walnut. The overall workmanship is excellent. My P&V model is similar to the ARKUS Estate Lux SXS. I shoot sporting clays and 5 stand - the 7 1/4 lbs works great for me.
I remember these P&V/AKUS guns.... the fact that they worked with AKUS to build guns really impressed me considering the standard P&V works to. That's a good testimony of AKUS especially when you consider P&V builds guns for Purdey! Watch the sale section....Adam will be selling one shortly. Not a chance jOe... I love my Turk 410. It aint going anywhere!  
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Pretty wood but am I the only one questioning grain layout through the wrists in some of those photos... No. I saw one photo with very serious runout. It is just waiting to break through the wrist. I hope whoever is shooting that gun when it breaks doesn't get poked in the eye.
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Which model Purdey does P&V build?
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Hi, I have 2 Turk guns, a 16ga Dickinson (which there has been a ton of written about on this and other forums, so we'll pass on this one). The other is a 20ga Yildiz SxS. I was skeptical about this gun at first, but decided to pull the pin on one. For a $400 SxS, with ejectors, a SST (that works very well BTW)and choke tubes, I thought ....to good to be true. However, it's turned out to be a very good gun. Lightweight at 5-13, well balanced, decent wood, no issues with the ejectors, SST and bbl regulation is spot on. Very impressive for the price. It's been thru two seasons now and as I said not one problem. My son has a 12ga Yildiz O/U that he uses for ducks, upland and clays. Again, not one problem. He's put a lot of rounds thru it, and it's stood the test of time. I think they are a better quality gun than the Mossberg SR series, cheaper and IMO more reliable. Just my take on Yildiz guns.
Best!
Greg
Gregory J. Westberg
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