Loyalist Dave
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So the only thread that I found on the TPS M6 "survival rifle" was from four years ago, I just bought one that's .357 Magnum over .410. The .410 barrel is fitted with a screw-in choke matching a standard Invector choke, and the rifle came with a choke wrench. Sights were a flip, peep and V notch , the peep is for the upper barrel, the V for the shotgun barrel. I bought an Invector .410 skeet choke tube to try .410 slugs. I didn't care for the idea of shooting the slugs down the full choke tube.
I have been very pleased with the .357 barrel out to 75 yards with 180 grain soft tip jacketed bullets as well as jacketed 158 grain hollow points. I chose the .357 Mag option as straight walled cartridge rifles are legal all through my state for deer, when in the past where I hunted it was BP or shotgun only. I Also tried .38 special ammo out to fifty yards, just plinking, and they shot well too.
The .410 barrel with a skeet choke didn't shoot slugs well at all, so I went back to the full choke tube. Five pellet 000 buck then shot very well at 20 yards, and 11/16 ounce #6 shot shells at 30 yards also did well on a paper turkey target. This spring I will likely test out the the shotgun barrel on a turkey.
The trigger is still a large paddle for the folks wanting to wear a mitten covered hand, but the back end of the trigger-paddle has what I'd describe as a half-finger notch, and works quite well as a trigger. There is a manual safety bar in the stock, as well as the barrel selector knob having a half-way position where the hammer will not strike the firing pin of either barrel when that position is chosen. Otherwise the selector knob when fully pulled upwards fires the upper barrel, then two clicks downwards, and the lower barrel is selected. The stock holds six shotshells, and seven .357 cartridges, enclosed by a plastic cover.
I'm rather pleased with the rifle/shotgun, so far. I admit the purchase was more of a curiosity thing at the time, but the firearm has turned out to be rather fun.
LD
I have been very pleased with the .357 barrel out to 75 yards with 180 grain soft tip jacketed bullets as well as jacketed 158 grain hollow points. I chose the .357 Mag option as straight walled cartridge rifles are legal all through my state for deer, when in the past where I hunted it was BP or shotgun only. I Also tried .38 special ammo out to fifty yards, just plinking, and they shot well too.
The .410 barrel with a skeet choke didn't shoot slugs well at all, so I went back to the full choke tube. Five pellet 000 buck then shot very well at 20 yards, and 11/16 ounce #6 shot shells at 30 yards also did well on a paper turkey target. This spring I will likely test out the the shotgun barrel on a turkey.
The trigger is still a large paddle for the folks wanting to wear a mitten covered hand, but the back end of the trigger-paddle has what I'd describe as a half-finger notch, and works quite well as a trigger. There is a manual safety bar in the stock, as well as the barrel selector knob having a half-way position where the hammer will not strike the firing pin of either barrel when that position is chosen. Otherwise the selector knob when fully pulled upwards fires the upper barrel, then two clicks downwards, and the lower barrel is selected. The stock holds six shotshells, and seven .357 cartridges, enclosed by a plastic cover.
I'm rather pleased with the rifle/shotgun, so far. I admit the purchase was more of a curiosity thing at the time, but the firearm has turned out to be rather fun.
LD