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Discussion starter · #582 ·
StealthyBlagga said:
OK gentlemen - you sold me on this gun. I just ordered a 26" model. If I can do it, I will end up with the worlds first tacticool Versa Max :lol:
You darn well better keep us in the loop with lots of pictures {hs#
 
[/quote]Hey duckmander, glad your back!
The VM "pistons" ride in two very short chambers. High pressure gas from behind the shot charge pass thru the ports into the chambers and expends its energy on the twin "pistons" aka...short stroke tappets. They in turn cycle the action. The gas ports are self cleaning....they get burned out every time you shoot:)
The recall was do to about 200 VM leaving the factory with suspected "out of specification" hammers in the trigger group. At the time the recall was to get them all back so they could be checked. Corrective action was taken where necessary and the guns were re issued. If you get one that was part of the recall it will have a "V" stamped on the hammer indicating it was fixed. On Remington s website you can enter your serial number and it will let you know if yours was part of the recall as well.[/quote]

Well thank you 2J I didnt know anyone knew I was here. Glad to be back.

That is why I was thinking about trying one. I also remember something about them being slightly over bored. Actually I have not seen one thing that makes me think this would not be a great gun. even the recall was just a minor glitch. but fixed now apperently. I think this will be a gun I can give to my grand son. And when he thinks its wore out he can give it to his grandson. I have not shot handled or even seen one in person but It will happen eventually.
 
Just typed a nice review of my 2nd day out with the VM, but it logged me out and I lost it. :(

I shot a round of sporting clays this morning, then headed to the skeet field for a few rounds there. After I was done shooting, I let a few of my friends have a go with it. A total of 250 shells was put through it today without so much as a hiccup. It digested everything it was fed from 3/4 oz reloads to 1 1/8 factory loads.

I know two weeks and 400 shells is not nearly enough time to make an opinion on the gun. While there are a few minor things that I'm not a huge fan of, my initial impression is positive. It's a soft shooter that mounts and swings easily for me. I think it will be a nice replacement for my recently deceased 1100.
 
Got my Versa Max muddy and bloody today. Foggy day on the river, so if you could see them they were shooters. Six shots for three geese, one pair got by without a scratch after two shots. Of the three there was only one shot hole in one breast. Saw no teal but had three pintails land in the decoys and stay for five minutes (I have been hunting the river for over thirty years and have only killed three pintails total). So it was a good day, going to have goosebugers for supper next weekend.
 
Discussion starter · #586 ·
dhunter777 said:
Got my Versa Max muddy and bloody today. Foggy day on the river, so if you could see them they were shooters. Six shots for three geese, one pair got by without a scratch after two shots. Of the three there was only one shot hole in one breast. Saw no teal but had three pintails land in the decoys and stay for five minutes (I have been hunting the river for over thirty years and have only killed three pintails total). So it was a good day, going to have goosebugers for supper next weekend.
That's what I'm talking about {hs#
Take it to em brother!
 
Hey TuJays,

How many rounds would you day have run through your versamax so far, any problems or malfunctions yet? I am very interested in this gun, I handled one at bass pro the other day and it fit me great and the bead was there every tome I shouldered it. The only and I mean the only thing I did not like was when I was working the action it felt a little rough and seemed very "springy/clingy" to me.
 
Discussion starter · #588 ·
LA SPECKLEBELLY said:
Hey TuJays,

How many rounds would you day have run through your versamax so far, any problems or malfunctions yet? I am very interested in this gun, I handled one at bass pro the other day and it fit me great and the bead was there every tome I shouldered it. The only and I mean the only thing I did not like was when I was working the action it felt a little rough and seemed very "springy/clingy" to me.
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TuJays said:
LA SPECKLEBELLY said:
Hey TuJays,

How many rounds would you day have run through your versamax so far, any problems or malfunctions yet? I am very interested in this gun, I handled one at bass pro the other day and it fit me great and the bead was there every tome I shouldered it. The only and I mean the only thing I did not like was when I was working the action it felt a little rough and seemed very "springy/clingy" to me.
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Any problems or malfunctions, good, bad, ugly?? Is what i said about the "slightly rough, clingy action" a normal thing for the versamax? My use for the shotgun would be goose/duck hunting, teal hunting, the ocassional dove hunt, and a few rounds of skeet during the off season when i feel like shooting. I would say no more than 5 or 6 cases per year. Now the majority of these will be 3'' and a 3 1/2", oz 1 3/8 to 1/9/16 load. would these larger loads being the primary shell shot through it make up for 5 or 6 cases per year being equivalent to lets say 15 cases per year just on the skeet range?
 
Discussion starter · #590 ·
LA SPECKLEBELLY said:
TuJays said:
LA SPECKLEBELLY said:
Hey TuJays,

How many rounds would you day have run through your versamax so far, any problems or malfunctions yet? I am very interested in this gun, I handled one at bass pro the other day and it fit me great and the bead was there every tome I shouldered it. The only and I mean the only thing I did not like was when I was working the action it felt a little rough and seemed very "springy/clingy" to me.
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Any problems or malfunctions, good, bad, ugly?? Is what i said about the "slightly rough, clingy action" a normal thing for the versamax? My use for the shotgun would be goose/duck hunting, teal hunting, the ocassional dove hunt, and a few rounds of skeet during the off season when i feel like shooting. I would say no more than 5 or 6 cases per year. Now the majority of these will be 3'' and a 3 1/2", oz 1 3/8 to 1/9/16 load. would these larger loads being the primary shell shot through it make up for 5 or 6 cases per year being equivalent to lets say 15 cases per year just on the skeet range?
No problems. Only thing as stated before in this 30 page topic is that I wish the bolt release button was bigger and that the soft rubber inserts are hard to get gumbo mud out of.

Without me standing side by side with you I will not comment on the action as descriptions as you give them are personal opinions based on past experiences. I will say that the action seems long, but it is a 3.5" gun.....and the recoil spring is one mean sob.

NO....The VM does not care one bit about the length of shell!

I just received pictures of my VM in action at Linn Creek in the Fall Classic this week end. "A" Team took 3rd. "B" team 7th and "C" team 9th. Pretty good way to finish out the season for these young men and women :D

This is what it's all about folks, this is our future!

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The young man in the following pictures had all of his wisdom teeth removed just three weeks ago, with major bleeding complications...poor sap looked like he had just come out of hockey game. The recoil of his own gun was really hurting his cheek in practice so he asked to borrow my VM leading up to the competition and shot it at the match.

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Discussion starter · #592 ·
LA SPECKLEBELLY said:
Thanks for the great thread and honest updates and reports. I will be picking one up on the way home from work today. I shoot a pattermaster, which one do I need to fit this gun?
Not sure, but i do know that they are "Pro Bore" and not regular "Rem Chokes".
The Black version comes with 5 chokes and the Camo versions come with 4 chokes....no i don't know why, but you may want to give them a try first before you spend more money on another choke?
 
Tujays have you patterned your gun with big steel shot? I have 5 boxes of 3 1/2 expert 1 1/4 BB at1625 fps, and the imp mod tube throws a very good pattern at forty yards. Just wondering if you or someone else has patterned BB, BBB or T shot. All three geese I got Sunday had multiple hits to the head and neck, at 25 to 35 yards. So I have a good combo but always looking for better. The full tube had a denser center but had holes on the edges.
The Federal speed shocks patterned better in my browning but they sold out just before I went to Mound City for snows, so I got a case of Winchester Experts.
 
Discussion starter · #594 ·
dhunter777 said:
Tujays have you patterned your gun with big steel shot? I have 5 boxes of 3 1/2 expert 1 1/4 BB at1625 fps, and the imp mod tube throws a very good pattern at forty yards. Just wondering if you or someone else has patterned BB, BBB or T shot. All three geese I got Sunday had multiple hits to the head and neck, at 25 to 35 yards. So I have a good combo but always looking for better. The full tube had a denser center but had holes on the edges.
The Federal speed shocks patterned better in my browning but they sold out just before I went to Mound City for snows, so I got a case of Winchester Experts.
d....I shot the heck out of it with BBB & T shot in 3.5" using the "Pass Shooting" choke, late winter/early spring with great results on white geese. My time on the pattern board was spent shooting steel #2, 3 & 4's with the #2 patterning better with the Pass choke.....so I just left it in and kept shooting :mrgreen:
 
Discussion starter · #595 ·
I will be gone for many days, ya'll work it out for me!
 
I was able to take the Versamax for it's inaugural hunt this past weekend for early teal. I am more than pleased with the gun so far. I was shooting 3in #2 Kents and I was amazed at how soft shooting it was. I was able to pull the trigger a dozen times and had no problems what so ever. It felt great to get the gun a little dirt as it has only seen the action of the single shot trap field so far. Now if only I didn't have to wait for the open season to start in a couple of months.
 
Well guys, I stopped at academy on the way home today and brought me a synthetic black versamax. I did some homework on this gun before I made my purchase and I feel like I have a solid gun. Read alot of reviews with very little negative, and the little bit of negative was either personal preferences, "remington haters", or minor issues. Having shot an 870 all my life up until 2 years ago I decided to get on the automatic band wagon, I set out in search of the 870 of auto's. Brought the extrema ll, not being able to connect on everything with it, I turned to the eagle ll. Now my eagle ll has been one hell of a machine, I guided all but 3 days of the 10-11 season and I bet I sprayed oil on it 2 or 3 times bc the action was getting a little dry and "slow". But I never broke it down until the season was over. I have no reason to stop shooting my benelli, but I'm partial to Remington and this versamax leads me to believe they might be on to something good. When I got home awhile ago I broke the gun completely down, sprayed everything with gun scrubber, and oiled it back up with rem oil and put it back together. The vm was extremely easy to break down, basically like a 870. Upon me re-assembling the vm I figured out what the "clingy/springy" sound was that I asked about in one of my earlier post. It's the 2 little piston rods on the gas system, it looks like they are designed to move freely about 1/2" forwards or backwards, and when you are holding the gun with the barrel pointed up they are hanging down and when you close the action when it slams forward it hits them and knocks them up and bc they move freely they fall back down bc your gun is still pointed up and when they fall back down they make that little cling/spring sound. No big deal, I'm sure they have their reason to work the way they do. Now if you hold the gun with the barrel pointed to the floor and the 2 little pistons are slid to the front of the gun, and close the action this way and you get a more solid sound when the action closes with no cling. Just my discovery, I just wanted to share this to see if it was the same in all the vm guns. You can actually shake the shotgun up and down with the breech open and hear the pistons cling back and forth. So first impression is good so far, the only thing is the clingy noise but if that's how it is designed then I will look past it. Everything else is good, it fits me like a glove when I throw it up. Now we have to run some shells through it, and I will not baby it believe me, it probably won't see oil again until it fails or I say enough is enough and it has proven it's self to me and deserves to get cleaned. I will keep y'all posted.
 
I will let you know as soon as I shoot it, I'm working 7-14's now for the next couple of weeks. So as soon as I get a chance I will go shoot it and report back, but I can tell you now the recoil on the vm will be less than the eagle ll, how much I don't know. I can tell you that the recoil of the beretta will be hard to beat.
 
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