How's it going guys welcome back to the pilot Patriot channel we've got another fun
gun review for you guys to look at today today we're looking at the Stoeger 3500
shoots three-and-a-half-inch down to two and three-quarters, one problem most
people have with a duck gun like this is it cycles the heavy loads great when
you move down to the lighter loads like Target loads for dove hunting it's not
going to cycle them as good you have trouble kicking them out just because
it's made specifically for duck hunting but you're not going to have that
problem with the Stoeger, i have heard that if you have the recoil reducer in
the butt stock that it takes longer to break in
I don't have the recoil reducer in today because I'm probably not going to
use it
one thing they do recommend to break in the gun is you want to cycle about a
hundred rounds through it just to make sure you get everything loosened up and
broke in good after that you shouldn't have a problem cycling any load that
you want to put in the gun we're going to do is we're going to load two two and
three-quarter target loads and 1 - 3 and a half inch number two duck load and i'm
just going to show that it'll cycle three of those back to back. all right here
we go
and you can see the difference on that last one now we're just going to try all
light loads...looks good
alright guys know if you're paying attention this is gonna be a little
sneak peek of what the gun looks like when i'm done with it
this gun is built primarily for waterfowl hunting so if you do a lot of
waterfowl hunting like I do especially in swamps and stuff like that
your gun is likely to get wet so just to show that you guys
oh ..that's tough to do right there but shake her out
works like a charm this things made like a tank
alright guys were going to a little bit more shooting have a little fun shooting
magnum waterfowl gun and from my research this probably one of the best
semi-automatic shotgun options out there especially if you're a budget-minded
hunter like I'm this gun retails for 699 i was able to get it on arms list for
525 so that's a really hard deal to beat especially if you're a duck hunter you
know that it's really hard to find a quality hunting shotgun for under a
thousand dollars but with this Stoeger now we have that option if you guys want
to stick around to the end i'm gonna show you some really simple upgrade you
can do this gun that are going to make it even better and even closer to those
higher end models that you're going to pay two thousand dollars for the shotgun
is made in Turkey and if you don't know
stoeger is owned by benelli so you're getting a lot of the same quality and
features that you see in those higher end benelli shotguns this is the 28 inch
barrel version comes in and right around 50 inches in total length so its a pretty
long shotgun but for you duck hunters and your bird hunters out there that
just gives you a couple extra inches to really reach out there and get those
birds now if you don't want something quite this long they do have it in a
26-inch and 24 inch version it weighs in right around 7.8 pounds and this
particular one is in the new realtree max5 camo. I think it's a really good
look it's a little bit darker tone than the max4, I think it looks awesome
now we're gonna get into some other features of the gun one of the most
important features of this stoeger is inertia driven bolt system and this is
the same Bolt assembly that you're going to find on the the Benelli and the way
this works is instead of using the gases from the round to cycle the action and
uses the recoil from firing the round paired with a really heavy inertia
spring that's in there to push the bolt back
unlike the gas systems all the gases and powder goes out the barrel instead of
going back into the bolt and into the gun and
getting it dirty so because it uses this inertia system that has fewer moving
parts has no gas cylinders no O rings no other complicated parts so that makes
for really clean firing gun and it's going to be a lot more reliable over the
long term because of that now coming over here to the stock 3500 has a really
nice recoil pad and one thing you'll find the Stoegers that you don't see
many other shotguns is It has a 13-ounce recoil reducer that goes back here in
the stock and that's meant to lighten some of that real heavy recoil that you
get from those three-and-a-half-inch magnum loads i have heard that the
recoil reducer works really good for those heavy loads but they say with that
in it doesn't cycle the light loads is good i can't really tell you for sure
because I've did buy this gun used and it didn't come with one so i wasn't able
to test that for you guys
it has a molded sling attachment . back here in the back
I do kind of wish this was metal but that's nice to have some shotguns don't
have that it does have some pretty nice checkering on the grips definitely good
enough for what you need it for
I do have an upgrade planed for that so make sure you stick around to end the
video for that I has your standard simple crossbolt safety and it is drilled
and tapped on the top of the receiver for a weaver rail if you want to put an
optic on here for turkey hunting or something like that it also has a nice
vent rib going all the way up the barrel and it does have a steel sling
swivel here on the front it does have a red fiber optic front sight that come
stock on there that's pretty nice to have it's definitely going to pick up
some light and it's going to make it a little easier to pick up that front
sight when you're hunting i'm just not a big fan of the red so i'm probably gonna
swap that out but I thought you guys want to stick around to the end of the
video you can see that
and last but not least another thing in the win column for the stoker is it does
come with four choke tubes
that's right for that's just another way that Stoeger is going to save you some
money you want to go out there and buy a bunch of extra choke tubes unless you
want to
it comes with improved cylinder, modified, full, and an extra full extended turkey
choke that's what's in there right now this guy is going to be a good buy for
anybody and i'm not even just saying it's a it's a great gun
for the money because that kind of means that it's good for a cheap gun
this is a great all-around good especially with that clean benelli
inertia system and as awesome as this gun is out-of-the-box because you save
so much money on this gun you can afford a few little upgrades that are just
going to make it even that much better
so stick around I'll show you what I have planned for this gun alright guys
now I've done some really cool upgrades to the shotgun and most everything you
can find on amazon can find a link in the description below the first thing
you probably heard me say before but I believe every shotgun should have a good
sling this is just a max five camo sling from outdoor connection
another thing you'll see on a lot of higher-end shotguns is they'll have
upgraded grips and I got a really simple upgrade to show you guys for that I just
got some black rubber grip tape online and cut it to size following the same
shape that i was already molded into the grips and did the same thing up here on
the forend you can see on the sides and the bottom they're both of those are
just going to give you a little bit better grip on the shotgun and also
gives it a really cool look if any of you are familiar with like the remington
versa max or some of the higher-end Bennelli's you'll see this type of grip
on all those and then not only improves your grip especially if you're waterfowl
hunting your gun is likely to get wet as you saw earlier in the video but it also
really improves the looks of the gun and down here on the barrel like i said
earlier in the video i didn't like that red fiber optic that was on here because
if you're doing waterfowl hunting like I am you're going to be in a lot of low
light situations and our feel like you can pick up this green better you can
probably even tell right now let's go and pretty good
I in the sunlight and I like i said the shotgun does come with choke tubes but
if you want something just a little bit better i went with the Carlsons
waterfowl choke tubes they came in a packet 2, one mid-range and one long range
those are really great chokes i probably will do a video on this and make sure
you look for that to take a look at this guy got the shotgun for 500 bucks and to
look at it to feel it to shoot it especially after the upgrades it really
competes with those higher
models and I think what you end up with is a really high quality reliable
shotgun and I wouldn't hesitate to put the stoker 3500 up against any
two-thousand-dollar shotgun on the market especially in the swamps i hope
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