r/canadaguns • u/BeerGunsMusicFood • Mar 29 '26

Gun and gear reviews Today I learned…

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The 1301 ghost ring sight housing is plastic. Mine came over torqued and cracked from the factory. Hairline crack through the housing in front of the front mounting screw. Haven’t even used it yet. Here’s hoping Stoeger can work quickly to replace this!

Unreal for a $2k+ firearm…

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Mar 29 '26

just as good as an M4 tho, amirite?

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u/ASpacebornVagabond Mar 30 '26

Better than by miles, a plastic sight can be replaced. Being literally slower firing and having feeding issues with low powered loads is worse imo. But to each their own I guess

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Mar 30 '26

everyone i've shot eats low recoil birdshot no problem, and in terms of "slower" realistically no one is outrunning them ever.

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u/ASpacebornVagabond Mar 30 '26

I literally outshoot the m4 everytime I touch it, even after my arms are tired. It's not even that hard to do it once you can use push pull properly. My point was the 1301 is faster than the m4. That's just a fact. My point about my buddies having issues is that anecdotes happen (mentioned in another comment). Shit happens. When you make thousands of something there is bound to be issues even with the best QC. I beat the tar out of my 1301 and my rear sight is fine, some scratches on the side of the guard but the ghost ring is perfect.

1301>m4 literally no contest, price and performance wise. Quality being equal more or less.

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

Quality being equal really is stretching it when the whole gun was made to be light and less expensive in large part due to all the plastic used, the forearm spacer in the gas system, barrel clamp, magazine tube cover, ect. all break. The 1301 was a decent proposition when the cost cutting heavy usage of plastic was reflected in the price when first released, they were a great value at $900 USD new. Since they became popular Beretta has repeatedly jacked up the price to where they are often more than double that now. They're still a dressed up low end sporting clays gun quality wise.

They do have a faster cyclic speed i'll give them that, and they do point really nice because they are so light, but are absolutely nowhere near as well built.

Also straight out lmao at "literally outshoot the M4 everytime I touch it", documented split times put the cyclic rate is under .15 sec. So everytime you shoot it you're dumping off 6+ shots in a second? Literally every time? lel, ok Jerry. If that happens to be true post a video.

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u/ASpacebornVagabond Mar 30 '26

Also, beating relentlessly is shooting 50 rounds of buckshot and similar amounts of slugs, and at least 150 rounds of birdshot every Sunday for over a year now actually. And 150 rounds is the low end, I usually shoot a flat or more every weekend. Thank fuck for ramakos bringing in tons of cheap flats