I purchased this firearm through Davidson's Gallery of Guns. When it arrived I finished breaking it down the rest of the way when I unboxed it. I noticed that on the action rails where the bolt rode that some of the lack had been worn off and it was bare metal. Very small areas. I used Shooter's Grease on these areas as well as where the action bars attached to the action sleeve. There was no packing grease. It looked like the gun may have been broken down and oiled prior to shipping. Everything fit together jsut fine.
I had ordered some Carlson extended sporting clays tubes (SK and LM). The gun will be used primarily for skeet and sub-gauge sporting.
I was not going to spend money on 3 inch mags to break-in this gun. Instead I bought some high speed hunting loads (1425 fps) and some 1 oz loads at 1225 fps. Both were Federals. The high speed is a 3/4 oz load of #7 steel shot. The one ounce loads are #7.5 lead shot.
I put the skeet tube in and headed out to my club. I was alone on the sporting clays course so I had to use the solo feature. Push the button, it beeps three times and throws the birds. I am a premount shooter as the bulk of my shooting is trap. So, the first few stations it threw me off a little pushing the button, feeling like I was rushing to mount the gun. I did recover enough to break 22 of the last 26 targets I shot at.
The first ten shots were the high speed steel loads. The next fifty (for a total of 60 rounds) were the one ounce lead loads. The gun functioned flawlessly. This gun seems to point very naturally for me. If I had to speculate at this moment I would say that I will not change the shims. However, I do want to shoot a couple of hundred skeet targets before I make that final call. I have the G2 in 28 gauge in the 30" sporting model with extended tubes. This gun shoots very well. I have had it for three years and have not changed the shims.
This gun will get a workout through the season. I shoot registered in all three disciplines (trap, skeet, sporting) and wanted to get a 20 gauge for skeet since I had gotten rid of my SKB 85TSS skeet gun (also 20 gauge). I will use this gun for skeet and sporting. I will most likely keep a round count and will report any issues I have with the gun. I will periodically post an update.
I had ordered some Carlson extended sporting clays tubes (SK and LM). The gun will be used primarily for skeet and sub-gauge sporting.
I was not going to spend money on 3 inch mags to break-in this gun. Instead I bought some high speed hunting loads (1425 fps) and some 1 oz loads at 1225 fps. Both were Federals. The high speed is a 3/4 oz load of #7 steel shot. The one ounce loads are #7.5 lead shot.
I put the skeet tube in and headed out to my club. I was alone on the sporting clays course so I had to use the solo feature. Push the button, it beeps three times and throws the birds. I am a premount shooter as the bulk of my shooting is trap. So, the first few stations it threw me off a little pushing the button, feeling like I was rushing to mount the gun. I did recover enough to break 22 of the last 26 targets I shot at.
The first ten shots were the high speed steel loads. The next fifty (for a total of 60 rounds) were the one ounce lead loads. The gun functioned flawlessly. This gun seems to point very naturally for me. If I had to speculate at this moment I would say that I will not change the shims. However, I do want to shoot a couple of hundred skeet targets before I make that final call. I have the G2 in 28 gauge in the 30" sporting model with extended tubes. This gun shoots very well. I have had it for three years and have not changed the shims.
This gun will get a workout through the season. I shoot registered in all three disciplines (trap, skeet, sporting) and wanted to get a 20 gauge for skeet since I had gotten rid of my SKB 85TSS skeet gun (also 20 gauge). I will use this gun for skeet and sporting. I will most likely keep a round count and will report any issues I have with the gun. I will periodically post an update.