I don’t get the Turkish gun hate on this sub. I’ve shot ~2K flawless shots with my Canuck and TNA VR-66, both bought for <$550. Most folks I see at the range don’t have issues with them.
It’s not because every single gun they make is a lemon, you might get ones that work perfectly fine. However the chance of getting one that is a piece of shit is way higher, and if you do there might not be any after purchase support.
If you buy something like a 500 or Nova, the chance that it will be defective is far lower, and in the event that it is you can actually count on those companies to deal with it. Plus, if it’s your problem to fix it, you can actually get spare parts relatively easily.
It's a lot like KelTec hate; they have some neat designs and are fairly cheap, but the single digit percentage of people who get that bad QC draw are very vocal about it
There are brands that do them well. And there are brands that cut corners to save money.
I'm not surprised to see the TNA VR 66 doing well. Having it built for TNA and warranties here in Canada, they have every incentive to make it reliable enough that they don't need to ever fix it.
Same with Canuck. With O'Dell Engineering handling all the warranty here, and picking and choosing which products make the cut, you know they are going to chose the most reliable of the Turkish makers for their guns. And again, less failures means less time with warranty claims so it's to their benefit to pick the best guns to import and rebrand.
Same with makers like Winchestor and Weatherby and CZ who sell Turkish shotguns under their name. They have massive incentive to pick good makers in order to keep their reputation.
My Canuck Pump action has been flawless for the past 5 years. Though it's pretty hard to mess up a pump shotgun.
"RARARA I've SHOT 6 BAZILLION ROUNDS OF CHEAP AMMO OUT OF MY TURKISH GUN WITHH 0 FLAWS." Bro people have access to the internet where there are countless videos of turk guns being shit. We don't believe you.
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u/Grouchy-Lemon2350 Apr 19 '26
I don’t get the Turkish gun hate on this sub. I’ve shot ~2K flawless shots with my Canuck and TNA VR-66, both bought for <$550. Most folks I see at the range don’t have issues with them.