RIA VR 80 Thoughts

[Charlie1022]

Any one else running one of these? Mine has the 20" hand guard and thumb hole but stock. I put a Holosun 510C sight on mine and really like it. I ran a box of 3" through it yesterday and it ran fine. I need some more rounds trough it as I am still having some cycle issues with some 2 3/4" shells as selection is kind of limited lately. I also got two 9 round mags and 2 Pro Mag MKA 1919 20 round drums for it.
It is a lot of fun to shoot and even my wife is rolling cans in the back yard with it, I need to pattern some buck shot and slugs to see what works best.

 

[mljdeckard]

You don't say,

I just got mine, and took it out. I ran one magazine of Federal premium 00 through it, I had a few failures to feed. I ran two boxed of cheap #8, it had a couple of hiccups, but it seemed to be evening out. This weekend I will get some high-brass, high-velocity stuff, see if it runs better.

But when (if) it levels out and runs well, I think I will use it for everything, I don't care if the purists roll their eyes at me at the range.

 

[mljdeckard]

Oh, and the buckshot was giving me about a 4" spread at about ten yards with the modified choke.

 

[Aim1]

Just watched this video on it.


https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...f0b8727c0686b1d63be89a6cc533a588&action=click


Never heard of this gun until I saw this thread today. Very cool.

 

[Charlie1022]

They say that we need to run about 200 rounds through these to get them to feed and eject properly. Been thinking about using som bore lapping compound on the action. Anyone else try this?

 

[cadet3]

I shoot one in 3-gun competitions. I don't have a lot of time with it but it has proven to be reliable after break in. I've put about 500 rounds through mine so far. Definitely clean it and get that Turkish goo out of the action and mags. I broke mine in with a sleeve of Winchester AA 1300fps loads. It had a few malfunctions under the 100 rd mark. A mag fed shotgun isn't like running a tube fed gun. You have to run stiff hulls especially if you want reliable feeding from the 19rd mags. Don't expect the same reliability if you shoot the cheapest bulk loads you can find. Shotguns weren't meant to have pressure directed on the walls of the shell while loaded in the long mags. Apparently the gas ports diameter on these guns can vary drastically and cause some reliability issues. Drilling them out with a #32 drill bit usually fixes this and gives them a uniform diameter.

 

[Demi-human]

I think, “Awesome.”

And it is!