Stoeger 2000 series

[dantiff2]

How about these guns? Are they worth the value. I am looking for something strictly for dove shooting.

[bigborehnd]

I purchased one last year, took a turkey with it in the fall, I like it. It has a Benelli action in it. The only thing is, if you need parts , nobody stock anything for them. I didn't insert the bolt handle fully when I had the bolt apart for cleaning and it fell out while turkey hunting this spring. The factory website gave me a distributor to contact for replacement and they didn't have any in stock. Told me to check back in 30 days, season would have been over by then, so I fabricated my own.

[eightshot627]

I bought one 4 years ago. It choked on dove loads. I took it to the range and ran it wet with oil and burned 100 rounds. Cleaned it up and it hasn’t even hiccupped since. It just took some break in. I use it for dove, small game, duck and goose. I have carried it for turkey. It’s much lighter than my 23” barreled, 3 ½”, 870 Super Mag turkey gun.

I would say it's worth it.
Walt

[Poonie]

Not familiar with the 2000 series, but I bought a Stoeger Condor O/U last year and really like this gun. I took it dove hunting in the latter part of the season, then pheasant, and took it out once during turkey season back in the spring. It patterned pretty well with Winchester 3" # 6 loads. Have the imp and mod chokes back in it awaiting the dove opener this year. I realize this is not the same type of gun, but I have no complaints about Stoeger so far. Decent gun for a working man's budget.

[BUCKMARK]

A guy I know shoots sporting clays with one. I shot ten rounds or so through it. He has had it for 3 years now, and it seems to run fine.


Benelli and Stoeger both call for 1 1/8 oz 3 dram loads minimum in their guns. I found that they will shoot 1 oz loads after they break in a few hundred rounds. But since you are looking for a good deal on a gun, you will prolly be looking at Wal-Mart dove ammo too. Federal and Winchester Value Packs are both 1 1/8 oz 3 dram loads....so you are good to go.

All the 2000 needs imho is a softer recoil pad like the X-coil or Simms. They kick a tad harder than a gas gun.

[JIMMYC308]

I have one in synthetic and for the money you can't beat it. I ran 100rds. of heavy loads through it to break it in and it has run like a top ever since. I put a Simms recoil pad on mine and a fiberoptic front bead. It's my clay buster and waterfowl gun.

[Torch]

No issues with mine yet. There's probably been only 3 or 400 through it so far, all of them were the No.8 "Bulk Pack" shells from walmart or whoever had the best price at the time.

I haven't tried to deal with getting parts or service yet, so I can't comment there.

[BUCKMARK]

Stoeger uses the Benelli warranty center in MD.

Gun Parts Corp has 90% of the factory parts in stock if you like to repair stuff yourself.

[dantiff2]

Thanks for all the replies it sounds like they are worth it. I was concerned weather it would run on low brass dove loads reliably with no problem.

Dan