New Shotguns

[Charlies.Contingency]

Tri-star and Yildiz are both reputable in my opinion. I bought the Tri-star Viper in the camo turkey gun set-up with the pistol grip, and it has been a favorite of mine for years now. I also have a Yildiz, which has had been as reliable as an over&under can be, with no problems. My only complaint is that the Yildiz is so light, it makes for an amazing skeet/pheasant gun, but it kicks like a mule. Being that I am cross-eye dominate, It favors me to use a Over/Under or a Semi-automatic, and the pistol grip on the tri-star really helps me support that gun with me weak arm.

All-in-all, both great guns. I have no reason to specifically dislike guns made in turkey, they have been quite good in my book.

I would like to play with that Tri-star Redhead, but I'm mainly for semi-automatics now. It's nice to have that light yildiz for skeet or hunting that involves walking great distances.

The Redhead is a CZ Deluxe, THe Tristar is the Hunter Ex model. I did a month of research on Turkey made guns and talked to both manufactures, believe it or not the gun are made in 3 factories in turkey all 3 are located within a few blocks of each other, Tristar factories are right across the strret from each other.
I could not afford one of the B guns $2000 + for those so I got 2 for less and I am very happy with both. The CZ is heavier than the other and the kick is about the same on both.

For anybody thinking about getting a Yildiz, I would like to suggest looking at these: http://www.pachmayr.com/home/recoil-pads.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pick them up for?

[Gunner4640]

Tri-star and Yildiz are both reputable in my opinion. I bought the Tri-star Viper in the camo turkey gun set-up with the pistol grip, and it has been a favorite of mine for years now. I also have a Yildiz, which has had been as reliable as an over&under can be, with no problems. My only complaint is that the Yildiz is so light, it makes for an amazing skeet/pheasant gun, but it kicks like a mule. Being that I am cross-eye dominate, It favors me to use a Over/Under or a Semi-automatic, and the pistol grip on the tri-star really helps me support that gun with me weak arm.

All-in-all, both great guns. I have no reason to specifically dislike guns made in turkey, they have been quite good in my book.

I would like to play with that Tri-star Redhead, but I'm mainly for semi-automatics now. It's nice to have that light yildiz for skeet or hunting that involves walking great distances.

The Redhead is a CZ Deluxe, THe Tristar is the Hunter Ex model. I did a month of research on Turkey made guns and talked to both manufactures, believe it or not the gun are made in 3 factories in turkey all 3 are located within a few blocks of each other, Tristar factories are right across the strret from each other.
I could not afford one of the B guns $2000 + for those so I got 2 for less and I am very happy with both. The CZ is heavier than the other and the kick is about the same on both.

For anybody thinking about getting a Yildiz, I would like to suggest looking at these: http://www.pachmayr.com/home/recoil-pads.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you don't mind my asking, how much did you pick them up for?

That goes for CZ shotguns to, the recoil pads are really bad. I had my wife make one for me and velcroed in my shoot vest. works great. There is not a pre-fit pad for cz anywhere on the market. Kickezze #109 is the cloest one for the cz but I did not buy it
I got them both at different times over 4 weeks 1375 plus tax for both

[Right2Carry]

I've always been reluctant to buy a Turkish-made shotgun just on principle, but got myself a Yildiz .410 SxS about 6 months ago. I'm an enthusiastic skeet and sporting clays shooter (and bird-hunter), and I've been delighted with this little thing so far.

Can you give an update? I am thinking about getting a .410 O/U so I can shoot sub gage at my club. Would you still recommend the Yildiz as a reliable shotgun?