Tri Star Shotgun

My son had a youth model 20 gauge during his 8th grade year of skeet shooting. He wasn't ready for a full-size gun, and I didn't want to spend a bunch of money knowing he would outgrow it quickly.

He put a BUNCH of shells through that gun that year, and it didn't miss a beat. I sold it to a friend, and his son used it for bird hunting after that.

I won one at a DU banquet. It was the camo 3.5” version. Looks damn near like a Beretta A400 which is what I thought I actually won. After doing some research on it, it is a Turkish gun. Reviews were mixed. It retails pretty cheap compared to the Big 3 B shotguns but figured what the heck I’ll try it since it was free. The gun literally jammed right out of the box and I actually cleaned and lubed it pretty damn good multiple times. I actually have a Beretta A400 as my main gun with a Benelli Vinci as my backup so I just gave it to my buddies son as a gift since he was 16 and just starting to hunt. I told him the issues and said if it is just a lemon you can do whatever with it and he had nothing but problems with it as well. Maybe it was built on a Friday at quitting time but I wouldn’t buy one if it was me.

Son has a left handed model. Bought 7 or 8 years ago used. He shot it for 3 or 4 duck/dove seasons with no issues. Shot skeet with also. Probably put 700-800 shells through it.

Got my son the Raptor 2. Here in Hattiesburg there is a feed store that gets all the Walmart rejects. These shotguns are like brand new and half price of Walmart. It was I a bitch to brake in but since then works great. It’s a little heavy and don’t think it like Winchester Clay loads but those suck anyway. Important take away is we have shot nothing but light loads through it.