or that their gauge doesn't go high enough. It does make it difficult to replace choke tubes but there are extended wrenches on the market that will work.ħ) Trigger: So the trigger on these guns is HEAVY. It patterned the same with or without the break just more to the left, so I adjusted my dot. The break did change the point of impact for the gun but didn't effect the actual pattern. It does reduce felt recoil and I am thinking about taking out the Taccom buffer to see if the break works well enough and then not have the issue with locking the bolt back. I actually like the look better without the shroud. It came with the short lock ring that replaces the barrel shroud. Looks good, mounted up easily and does help with getting those awkwardly large mags in the gun.Ħ) Muzzle break: I decided on the RIA small break. Not a big issue but a pain in the butt if you need to lock the bolt back quickly.ĥ) Magwell: I got a RIA factory magwell and it is pretty nice. The issue with the Taccom buffer is that the secondary spring makes it difficult to pull the bolt back the last 1/2 inch or so needed to engage the bolt stop. I installed a Taccom buffer with a cut carbine spring and it does reduce felt recoil. You do get a small amount of gas out the sides where the gas piston sits so getting your grip forward is helpful.Ĥ) Buffer, tube & spring: I replaced the buffer tube with a mil-spec carbine one so I could use a carbine stock I had. The stock spacer ring doesn't fit a mil-spec tube so I used a Dremel tool and opened it up. Helped a lot and I might add a hand stop to the bottom later. Something to work on later.ģ) Handguard: The handguard was a bit sharp up in the front so I put some rail covers on the sides. Not sure if the paint removal will help or just because they curve so much and are pretty light. None of my mags will drop free when empty. (see photo) More testing is needed with the 19 rd. The newer boxes of the same brand has a better rolled edge and when I loaded those the jams were minimal. I later noticed that some of my older shells were flat or almost flared out at the end. I thought it was a case of less spring pressure and allowing the shells to be at a steeper angle to the bore. They were jamming into the top of the chamber. I bought a 19 rd mag also and had a few issues with it not feeding well when it gets down to the last 5 or 6 shells. I highly recommend getting the Amarok mag loader, it really makes things easy. One of the 9 rd ones I chopped the base plate off to hold 10. They are showing wear signs on the paint in some areas so I will probably buff the paint down or off, to smooth things up a bit. of break in.Ģ) Mags: The 5 & 9 rd mags functioned fine right out of the box (after break in) but I still took them apart and deburred the follower a bit. because it ripped a hole in my index finger after the first 10 rds. I also rotated the right side safety lever 180 deg. After that it runs pretty much flawless with the 5 rd and 9 rd mags using the cheap bulk Federal from Walmart. I did take it apart and cleaned it a couple of times during break in and found some minor rough edges to smooth and oiled the bolt. You do have to break it in and it took about 80 rds of highbase 6's and some 3" magnums. The folks that posted in the earlier post were a great help, Thanks!ġ) The shotgun: Overall I am very pleased with it for the price. So I have finally settled on my configuration (at least for now) I thought I would list some things pro and con as to help anyone else making some decisions. I was able to find a VR80 a couple of weeks ago and while I was awaiting shipment I started sorting through the 30+ pages in the Enos posts about the gun and researching online for all the options, mods and problems that have been associated with this shotgun.
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