Originally Posted By: Bluestem
If he plans on putting only a few boxes of shells per year through it than some of the Turkish guns may suffice.


I would not suggest a Turkish O/U for anybody, regardless the shell count. I have seen too many of them that had trigger issues, bought new.

I do not understand why some brands Turkish S X Ss are so reliable, and the same brand O/U is not, but that's been my experience. Take it for what it's worth, but it's firsthand info. It's been several years since I encountered those, and I hope the issues have been addressed since then by the manufacturer, but have no personal evidence of that.

I would give a kid the extra $400 myself to see him have a good, used Italian O/U rather than see him saddled with a cheap Turk O/U.

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