I just got one a few weeks ago, really have not shot it much though. I ran a few turkey loads thru it to see what it was like since that is what I bought it for.
Here is a pic of it.
Mine has pretty nice wood for what I paid (190 with tax at a local gun shop). It is walnut I think. The gun is not very heavy, so it kicks pretty good, especially with 3 inch turkey loads that have 2 oz of #4 shot :wink: . It kicks much harder than the mossberg bantam I used have. It had a ported barrel though. I didn't think it made that big of a difference until I shot this sucker with the same shells.
The gun is big for me, If I keep it I will have to trim the stock down. I am pretty little though, so if you are of normal size it should fit you. I thought it had a pretty decent trigger for the price. Much better than my mossberg had. Fit and finnish seems to be very nice, especially for the price. And it is all steel, no alloy or aluminum reciever and other parts. I took a magnet to the whole gun and everything is steel except for the trigger gaurd which is plastic.
The action is a little stiff, but it's new and I haven't taken it apart to clean it or oil it. I'm sure after this and some use it will be smoother.
Like said above, they take remington stocks and mossberg chokes. My browning invector chokes fit as well. The down side is I don't think you can get different barrels for them. NEF may sell a few different ones, but a remington or mossberg replacement barrel will not work. So they are not as versitile as either of those.
I don't know if a reciever mount will work or not, I have never been a big fan of them. If you use one and take the barrel off to clean it you will most likely throw your zero off. Same goes for a reciever that is tapped for scope mounts (mine is not). I see they make a slug version and combo, and you can buy the slug barrel seperately for 128 bucks. Unfortunately no cantilever barrel, just one with open sights. A good cantilever scope mount barrel would be the best way to go, but they don't offer one yet.
Like I said I originally got mine to turkey hunt with. However a week after getting it I got a used A5 browning stalker light that I think I will use instead. I can only shoot 2 3/4 inch loads out of it, but it isn't near as voilent to shoot :shock: .
I don't think they are bad guns for the money, I think a mossberg or 870 would be a bit more versitile though, I would opt for the mossberg again if I had it to do over.
Paul
