Picked up a 12ga. Stoeger STF 3000 from DICKS in Princeton today. I had been wanting a double barrel forever and had been looking at a lot of used older guns. In my price range though all of the older guns where pretty beat up and or didn't look like they could be beat on much more. When I was in Cheyenne last week they had a Stoeger Condor combo O/U with a 12ga. barrel and a 20ga. barrel. It looked really nice, but I couldn't justify the need for 2 sets of barrels for an O/U. Then I heard of the STF 3000 and the $50 mail-in rebate at DICKS and had to check it out.

 

 

It seems to be well made and worth the money. Hopefully I won't have any issues with it. It's also very attractive with the scrollwork.

It's a nice gun. I picked up the same one a couple of months ago.

 

Give it a good cleaning.

 

Have fun with it.

I am really tempted to get one. How much was it?

It's a nice gun. I picked up the same one a couple of months ago.

 

Give it a good cleaning.

 

Have fun with it.

 

Thanks Ken. I saw last night that you have one too. I gave it a cleaning and oiling when I got home. I didn't check out the trigger area though. Have you had any issues?

 

I am really tempted to get one. How much was it?

 

$399.99 with a $50 dollar mail-in rebate from DICKS. :handgestures-thumbup:

When I first took it out, I was getting a high percentage of light hits. Some research on the interwebs, and it turns out to be a fairly common thing. Some people said that a stripdown cleaning fixed it just fine for them. I'm not ready to disassemble a brand new gun, so I pulled the stock, sprayed gunscrubber into the innards, blew it out with some canned air and reoiled the rub points that I could identify. I also sprayed scrubber into the firing pin holes where they exit to hit the primer and blew it out with air. Thought maybe the pin springs were gunked up.

 

Some oil on the moving parts, some general purpose grease on the hinges and contact surfaces, and I've since only had a soft hit about one in 50 times. I can live with that.

 

The issue seems to be sporadic, so YMMV.

 

To pull the stock, a small phillips screwdriver to take out the 2 buttplate screws, and an 11mm socket with an extension for the main bolt. Don't overtighten it when reassembling. Maybe just a quarter turn or so from finger tight should do it.

 

Ken

I did a lot of research on this very topic. Keep an eye on the strikes. Apparently the firing pin has a nasty habit of breaking within the first 500 rounds, and every 500 after that. There are [probably fixes for it, but I moved on after reading how many problems people had. I hope it was just the Internet echo chamber magnifying problems. I wish you well with yours.

After fishing with my dad yesterday, we tested out the Stoeger as well as my new Mosin.

 

I went through 50 rounds shooting clays with the Stoeger. I really like it. I had one light strike, but I almost feel like I hesitated and didn't follow through with my trigger pull after fumbling with the automatic safety. :oops: Overall though I really like it and had a great time shooting it. I'll see how it holds up.

If the automatic safety bothers you, there's a simple, 2 minute fix that eliminates it. I've sort of gotten used to the safety, so I haven't done it, but if you have the stock off, you'll see that there's a long, L-shaped rod that sits in the safety and runs forward towards the barrel. Just remove the rod and replace it with an appropriately sized pin to hold the safety lever in place, and the safety won't engage when you open the gun.

Wow, that looks very nice! $399 is a steal. I would love a beginners gun to get into clays and that shotgun looks awesome.

Wow, that looks very nice! $399 is a steal. I would love a beginners gun to get into clays and that shotgun looks awesome.

 

I haven't shot many rounds through it, but I'm very happy with it so far. I'm used to shooting clays with an 870 Express. Now with the O/U the follow-up shots (if necessary ) are so quick and easy. Just point and shoot.

 

Don't forget the $50 mail-in rebate through DICKS! :handgestures-thumbup:

Wow, that looks very nice! $399 is a steal. I would love a beginners gun to get into clays and that shotgun looks awesome.

That's exactly why I bought one - was using my 590A1 for clays, and while it's amusing to use a gun like that for clays, I decided I wanted a gun just for clays but didn't want to spend a boat load of money. Went with the STF 3000, and so far so good!

was using my 590A1 for clays, and while it's amusing to use a gun like that for clays,

 

You NEVER know what kind of conditions you will encounter while stalking the deadly clay bird. Your weapon should be robust and durable, your life depends on it!

was using my 590A1 for clays, and while it's amusing to use a gun like that for clays,

 

You NEVER know what kind of conditions you will encounter while stalking the deadly clay bird. Your weapon should be robust and durable, your life depends on it!

 

 

plus it pisses off the old trap guys.

plus it pisses off the old trap guys.

 

You should see what some guys on the Saiga boards do. One guy goes so far as to bring his 8" barreled Saiga-12 with a drum mag and suppressor to the club and shoots a round or two once in a while, just for the Fudd's

plus it pisses off the old trap guys.

 

You should see what some guys on the Saiga boards do. One guy goes so far as to bring his 8" barreled Saiga-12 with a drum mag and suppressor to the club and shoots a round or two once in a while, just for the Fudd's

 

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