TRISTAR SPORTING ARMS

[Jerbear]

I watched a pheasant hunt in Nebraska tonight on the HUNT channel.  They were all shooting various shotguns, and all made by TRISTAR.  They had some guys there from Turkey and from the sounds of things, that is where the guns are made.  Anyone had any experience with them?

[jackelope]

i think they're junk.

[follow maggie]

I've read a lot of reviews on them, none positive.  No personal experience, though.

[bearpaw]

I have not owned any due to what I have heard about them as being low quality.

[addicted]

i thought i saw some good reviews........ must have been my imagination.

[Shootmoore]

Pulled from another site, I have heard positive things about Tristars for there price range.

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I was reading through this post today while board at work and figured I would put out some information on my experience with tri-star shotguns.

Last October (2008) I was invited to Garden City, KS for a Pheasant hunt that was put on by a local guide their and was sponsored by several associations including Pheasants Forever,Tri-Star, Native Dog Foods, Beaver Game Farm, Tall Grass Outfitters just to name a few. There were around 30 of us wounded Soldiers that were invited for the hunt. All of us received free Tri-star shotguns that ranged from 12-20 gauge semi autos, and one individual received a 12 ga. O/U and another a 20 ga. O/U. We hunted with these guns for two days the second day being a controlled bird hunt were they placed some 200 pheasants and we shot 105. We used an assortment of brands of ammo but most all of it was 2 3/4 in. 7 or 8 shot. We had only one issue and I believe it was operator error as they managed to pull the charging stud from the bolt and lost it in the grass. But all of the guns fired flawlessly that those two days. I went on to use the 20 ga. I received for bird hunting that year and plan on using it again this year. I have already put several hundred rounds through it and with the exception of normal cleaning after a day in the field I havnt had to do anything special to it. So I would say that for the price of these guns they are worth well more than what you will pay for one. "

I am actually thinking about trying one of there side by's.

Shootmoore

[Gutpile]

Gun tests gave them a good review on an over and under. I'd be leary about a cheap autoloader though.

[Jekemi]

As with everything else; there are good and bad. The gun is made in Turkey in a very modern, computer controlled factory. The standard Tristar is low end but the mechanism is fairly reliable. go to www.gunblast.com for review and video.
Tristar also has a high-end line that isn't available in the US. They use 3 star Turkish walnut and they are beautiful guns. All the Tristars have chrome lined barrels, and fairly reliable trigger mechanisms - on a par with the Remington 870 Express; some plastic parts, and the receivers are milled out of one solid piece of metal. 
Weatherby has contracted Tristar to manufacture its SA-08 and it is a very nice, dual valve, semi-auto shotgun. I just purchased one and have used it duck hunting a couple of times now. The reviews are terrific. I don't think there is better value in a semi-auto at $489.