TRI-STAR SPORTING ARMS Viper G2 Wood Semi-Automatic 28 Gauge 26" 2.75" Turkish Walnut Stock S

This is such a cool shotgun. I put a turkey scope on it and it is super accurate out to 60 yards.

This TriStar Viper 28 Ga shotgun, seems just about perfect. I don't know the exact weight, but it is a light one. I have shot it maybe 50 times, with no problems. It came with 5 choke tubes so there is one for any purpose. perfect for shooting clays because it points so quickly. It also came with a shim kit to change the angle of the stock. For me that was not needed. It has a deep blue finish on the barrel and the receiver is machined from aluminum, and anodized. The stock is high grade walnut, finished to semi gloss. I am looking forward to squirrel season so I can see if it is my favorite gun. I recommend it highly.

WOW. This is a Great Shotgun . always wanted a 28ga. everything is well thought out and I can find nothing "cheap" about it. the wood is plain but well stained , the checkering excellent , barrel is well polished inside and out , the stock fit's me to a T. the florescent front bead is small but a nice touch. I see another Tri-Star in My future . Buds ordering was easy and on time. Thank You.

The Viper G2 is made by Armsan (Turkey), imported and sold by Tristar (Kansas City). I have owned a 20 GA Raptor by Tristar and my first 28 GA shotgun was the Weatherby SA-08 (also made by Armsan), which was an earlier version of this Viper (G1?). I bought the Viper because the Beretta A400 I usually shoot was down for repair (part on backorder). After 3 weeks and 300 shells, we repaired the Beretta and had a shootout. The Viper patterned low right with the stock full choke, so I replaced it with a Carlson extended (full). The Carlson improved and tightened the pattern, but still a bit low right. The A400 has the stock Beretta choke, which patterns almost dead-on, with some SW-NE emphasis, and not as tight as the Carlson. My partner and I shot the Viper for one round (50 shells) and the Beretta for the next. I shot the Beretta slightly better; he shot the Viper considerably better. So much for shootouts. The Viper has the most rational trigger group of current semi-auto shotguns. We disassembled it entirely (including the safety) after the first shooting. Nothing much needed smoothing; just did it to see if we could. The bolt is an improvement over my old SA-08. The extractor pin and firing pin retaining pin are retained from below (must be driven out upwards), and cannot walk when shooting. They are solid, not roll, pins, but still very well done. The firing pin return spring is now very strong (a result of the Weatherby recall?). The recoil spring is tightly wound about the magazine, with no plastic retainer or other gadget, and works perfectly so far. The magazine cap uses the magazine spring for tension, so no extra spring and detent. Yes, it loosens while shooting, but so does the A400 with its fancy detent system. We had to replace the no-tools-needed firing pin retaining pin on the A400 with a 3x14 mm roll pin (same as H&K and Sigsauer), because it started walking during shooting. The A400 bolt is more troublesome to clean, but it is a rotating head (not the old Browning lockup as on the Viper). The Viper has no ejector, saving 3 or 4 parts over the A400, but ejects about 3 feet away instead of 20 feet away like the A400. The Viper came with 3 drop shims and a cast shim. The stock screw (bolt) is standard, and we installed the largest drop shim, giving almost perfect fit. The A400 came with combination drop-cast shims. To drop the stock, we had to cast it right or left. Technically, the only question is parts supply from Turkey, with its continuing (and increasing) political problems. For the difference in money, the Viper is an easy choice. But the A400 is somewhat lighter and more fun to shoot and looks better, even though the wood on the Viper is very nice (chequering very aggressive, but we shoot with gloves). Ran 25 high velocity shells through the Viper first, then our usual Fiocchi nr 8's. No problems of any kind. Of the half dozen Turkish shotguns I have owned, this is easily the best.