So I recently had a spot on a good deal for a stoeger model 2000, which was exactly what I had been looking for. A cheap, skeet ready, reliable autoloader just for playing around with.
After seeing the deal, I decided to do some research on the gun. Looked around on the internet, and found all kinds of reviews. Nothing was in the middle. Either people loved them and said they never had a hiccup, or hated them and said it was a cheap piece of junk that misfired all the time.
Well, I decided to just go for it.
Not a cheap piece of junk. It is lightweight, handles very well, and works.
When I say works I mean it. The first time we had it out, last month, we were in Seward, my hometown in Alaska. So during the winter it gets warm (relative to alaska) and wet. 36 degrees with mixed rain and snow and poor visibility. We say screw it, we are going shooting anyways.
My buddy grabs his browning golden clays, and me with my stoeger. So we get about a box in when he starts having problems. Obvoiusly gas guns dont like wet... especially really wet with snow mixed into it. And he has a nice shotgun, I've never seen it have a huckup. We were just in some nasty conditions. So after his starts to jam every shot becasue the action is soaked, we just start taking turns with the stoeger.
A couple hundred shells later, soaking wet and still smoking, not a problem with the stoeger. I am definitely sold on the inertia drive. I'm not sure where people come from with all of their problems with this gun. I think the biggest problem I saw was people trying 15 different kinds of oils and getting jams.... well, its an autoloading shotgun. You dont cover it in oil, or it sticks, I thought that was common knowledge....
So brand new you are talking a $400 gun. Buy one.
