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Gents, Ive been looking for a 'fun', NY legal gun for some time now. The SKS is the closest Ive come, and even that is a gray area with our bullsit SAFE act. My criteria was 1) NY legal 2) easily obtained ammo, store bought and cheap and 3) under 600 bucks.
Enter the Century Catamount Fury. Its a Siaga clone, 12 ga, takes its own magazines (cheap and available) and has met mixed reviews. Heres my findings so far. The gun is robust, heavier than hell and feels like its about 9 feet long. The action feels like a typical AK, moderate effort to charge, gives a nice reassuring 'kachunk' when the bolt goes home. The trigger is a mushy pull, almost too light for what it is.....as if they are BEGGING the gun to be bump fired. I took it apart tonight, cleaned off the shipping oil, polished the rails with 400 grit for about 5 minutes and added some tacticool stuff. If this gun fires reliably, I may have just found the BEST bargain in NY. Ive read a few online reports of poor cycling, but they also complain of a extremely stiff action. I cycled the action about 100 times and with some CLP, it gives me the same feel as loading a PSL. I cant wait to vaporize some paper with this thing!
The gun came with 3 chokes, 2 five round magazines and a great cleaning kit. (seriously, when was the last time you were impressed with a cleaning kit. 3 rod sections, a beefy handle, patch eye, 12 ga brush and a choke tool)
I just had some arm surgery and expect Ill be able to shoot in maybe 4 weeks. Let me know if you want to meet me at the range and run this thing through its paces.
Enter the Century Catamount Fury. Its a Siaga clone, 12 ga, takes its own magazines (cheap and available) and has met mixed reviews. Heres my findings so far. The gun is robust, heavier than hell and feels like its about 9 feet long. The action feels like a typical AK, moderate effort to charge, gives a nice reassuring 'kachunk' when the bolt goes home. The trigger is a mushy pull, almost too light for what it is.....as if they are BEGGING the gun to be bump fired. I took it apart tonight, cleaned off the shipping oil, polished the rails with 400 grit for about 5 minutes and added some tacticool stuff. If this gun fires reliably, I may have just found the BEST bargain in NY. Ive read a few online reports of poor cycling, but they also complain of a extremely stiff action. I cycled the action about 100 times and with some CLP, it gives me the same feel as loading a PSL. I cant wait to vaporize some paper with this thing!
The gun came with 3 chokes, 2 five round magazines and a great cleaning kit. (seriously, when was the last time you were impressed with a cleaning kit. 3 rod sections, a beefy handle, patch eye, 12 ga brush and a choke tool)
I just had some arm surgery and expect Ill be able to shoot in maybe 4 weeks. Let me know if you want to meet me at the range and run this thing through its paces.
