Heard of a tristar?

[frabillfisher]

Anyone heard anything about this gun?..i picked up an auto for 260 and traded my nova in on it and only had to pay 100 havent got to shoot it at any ducks yet but nice feeling and looking gun...better then that nova with the huge bead

[ortonville]

ya i have and if i remember correctly it is a spin off of benilli. i think a coulpe of guys left the company and started it. other than that have not shot one good luck sounds like a good price

[frabillfisher]

Yea and it has the same exact chokes as benelli so could be...hope i hear more good reaports about these guns

[eyepatrol]

frabillfisher-

I just bought one a few weeks ago because the barrel on my Winchester SX2 bulged out on me. I've shot it a few times at ducks and geese now. Shoots well. I'm not a big fan of the loading procedure and the owner's manual is a bit lacking of info, but overall it's been a good gun for me so far. Nice light weight to it and very affordable. The gun shoots the 3 1/2" shells and although it's lighter than my SX2, I don't notice any more kick to it than the SX2.

So far everything has been going good. Using it for deer hunting this weekend, and am interested on how it will shoot slugs. Hoping to take it out to get an idea of how it shoots the slugs before we go deer hunting and figure out how/where I need to aim with it.

My report on the gun....good so far. No problems.

[frabillfisher]

Do you have the diana series?...also wat did it cost you new i couldnt find it on their HSOforum...weird i know someone who just recently had there barrel buldge on a sx2

[eyepatrol]

Yep, I have the Diana series. The gun shop had it for sale at $300. He gave me $100 for a parts trade-in on my SX2, so I bought the gun for $200 when it was all said and done.

I can't get myself to buy another Winchester gun because of what happened and their lack to back their product. My plan is to get a Browning or Benelli next year and have the Tristar as my backup gun.

[frabillfisher]

was it new when you bought it?...thats my plan to get a browning gold and keep this as my backup sometime soon hopefully,man the brownings are nice!

[eyepatrol]

Yep, it was new. Was pretty surprised at the price. Thought it must be used for the price advertised, but the gun shop told me it was new.

I used to own a Browning A-500 before I went to the SX2. Not sure why I switched, probably was because of cost. I'm going back to Browning or Benelli. I haven't really looked at either of them yet because I know if I do, I'll be REAL tempted to get one and I just don't have the cash for that right now. My cousin just got himself a Benelli. Spent like $1200 for it. I'm going to see him this weekend and am interested to take a look at it. Browining may be a little less expense though and if it is, I may just go with that. I think my Tristar will be a good backup gun though. Haven't had any problems and it seems to work just fine.

Good luck with yours!

[Bushwacker]

Where did you guys find the tristars? I have a Browning Gold 3.5" as my primary gun, but it would be nice to have a semi-auto as a backup instead of my Benelli Nova.

[Nova]

You boys that don't like your Novas can box them up and send them to me. I'll be happy to take them off your hands.

[Hookmaster]

I agree with Nova. I have a Benelli M1 Super 90 that was acting up a little in North Dakota and I switched to my Nova that I won at the Big Ducks Chapter's Banquet of the MWA last March. I didn't miss a beat. I am going to sell my old 870 and buy another Nova.

[delta hunter]

Just bought my Nova earlier today. hopefully it will get a work out on sunday!

[frabillfisher]

The novas werent that bad it was just the bead on the end holy dump thats a big bead it covers the hole bird...anyways i thought for 100 bucks it would be better to have an auto....they do have some even nicer lookin guns on there HSOforum...

[eyepatrol]

Took my Tristar deer hunting this weekend. Got my 2 deer. Used Brenneke Rottweils and the gun shot them exactly where I was aiming. Couldn't have asked for a better gun for slug hunting deer. I may buy a Browning or Benelli for waterfowl hunting, but I'll always use my Tristar for deer hunting. It performed flawlessly!!!

[frabillfisher]

Turns out your luck was better then mine with slugs...brought it the first weekend and couldnt hit a dang thing,missed a nice doe and a really nice buck..took it behind my house and shot a few slugs in it and turns out its shot low and too the left...used a browning second weekend and shot 3 deer so i know its not me

[eyepatrol]

frabillfisher

Congrats on the deer! I never got a chance to sight my gun in, so I was shooting "in the dark" on my first shots. Don't know why my Tristar would have shot differently than yours. What brand of slugs did you shoot?

Unfortunately, I never had a chance at a buck, so I ended up taking 2 does. One was 3 1/2 years and the other was 2 1/2 years. Wish I could have hunted today and tomorrow as I planned to hunt a spot where we had seen a couple bucks, but the kids got sick and I had to come home yesterday, so I ended up taking whatever opportunities I had and got the 2 does.

[frabillfisher]

Basscatcher-Have you fully dissasembled you tristar yet?...if not i still have a question for you maybe you can answer for me out of the manual

[eyepatrol]

I've only disassembled it enough to give it a few cleanings. What's up?

[frabillfisher]

Well hopin you could tell me how I got all the way down to nothing left in it except the bolt and the little arm that comes out of it that you put your finger on to pull it back, all i need to do is find out how to get that last piece out to get the bolt out?

[frabillfisher]

Basscatcher-

Its been awhile since i asked but i called and got a book for mine..it says alls you do is stick a screwdriver in the notch and pull up?to get the piece i mentioned before out,its in there good any suggestions?