Chally
Member
Is there / are there any members who own a IWI TS12 - preferably a recently acquired one - who can fill me in on its reliability and functioning with low brass as well as buckshot and slugs?
Ive been scouring the interweb for reviews and watching videos until my head hurts
and I’m at the point where I need to hear from some folks other than “full time bloggers“ or “semi-pro reviewers” whose reviews may not be 100% objective ...
I am pretty convinced IWI released a bunch of prototype TS12’s to the aforementioned bloggers, etc. back in 2018 / 2019 before A LOT (too many!) bugs had been ironed out of the system (am guessing those early TS12’s were possibly the ones I noticed places like CDNN had on sale in late 2019 - early 2020?)
On the other hand, the vast majority of reviews from 2020 on are very, very favorable (thats assuming 100% objectivity on the part of the reviewers, though ...
). And then I came across one from just last month where the reviewer had a TS12 choking on 3” but not 2-3/4” shells. But, he mentions it is not his and for all I know the one he reviews is one of the ones from 2018-19 ...
DID I MENTION MY HEAD HURTS?
That’s when I decided to ask here - hoping to hear a THR member actually owns one and can fill me in on their hands on experiences ...
I’d like to “pull the trigger“ on one so to speak but, am not up for making a $1300 regret ....
thanks in advance!
Post-script: I realize this may not be a lot of folks’ “ideer” of a shotgun but, while I own and enjoy plenty of pump, semi, o/u and SxS actions, I have an affinity for and appreciation of IWI products!!! (And that is all I have to say about that.)
Ive been scouring the interweb for reviews and watching videos until my head hurts
and I’m at the point where I need to hear from some folks other than “full time bloggers“ or “semi-pro reviewers” whose reviews may not be 100% objective ...I am pretty convinced IWI released a bunch of prototype TS12’s to the aforementioned bloggers, etc. back in 2018 / 2019 before A LOT (too many!) bugs had been ironed out of the system (am guessing those early TS12’s were possibly the ones I noticed places like CDNN had on sale in late 2019 - early 2020?)
On the other hand, the vast majority of reviews from 2020 on are very, very favorable (thats assuming 100% objectivity on the part of the reviewers, though ...
). And then I came across one from just last month where the reviewer had a TS12 choking on 3” but not 2-3/4” shells. But, he mentions it is not his and for all I know the one he reviews is one of the ones from 2018-19 ...DID I MENTION MY HEAD HURTS?
That’s when I decided to ask here - hoping to hear a THR member actually owns one and can fill me in on their hands on experiences ...
I’d like to “pull the trigger“ on one so to speak but, am not up for making a $1300 regret ....
thanks in advance!
Post-script: I realize this may not be a lot of folks’ “ideer” of a shotgun but, while I own and enjoy plenty of pump, semi, o/u and SxS actions, I have an affinity for and appreciation of IWI products!!! (And that is all I have to say about that.)
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