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Escort Extreme magnum shotgun

Posted By: DuckedUp

Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 03:43 PM

Anybody own one? Good and/or bad experiences? I shouldered one the other day at Academy and liked it, but there is very little info on the internet about them. Would love some input from someone who has owned or owns one. Thanks in advance fellas.

Posted By: StoegerM3500

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 04:34 PM

My dad has the black synthetic 3 inch escort magnum. It has never jammed and he has had it for 4 years. It shoots great.

Posted By: brock2013

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 06:43 PM

I have an escort 3" and its a pretty good gun. Ive had it for 2 years and it has never jammed

Posted By: BOBO the Clown

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 06:49 PM

My dad bought one for the coast he didn't want to take his ou down there.

I took it apart and clean the hell out of it. Never had an issue it is basically a Turkish made 1100 clone since the patent is up.

Change the orings out yearly and you should be good





Posted By: Farvafire

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 07:14 PM

Buddy bought one last year as he wanted an inexpensive shotgun for hunting. He never had a problem with it and he rarely cleaned it. It was a little rough on the manufacture side but that is what you get for a cheap shotgun.

Posted By: Marcstar

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 07:20 PM

Sounds like the porn star of shotguns.

Posted By: David Maas

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 07:54 PM

Look up Hatsan, I believe they are the very same gun. The Brits, Aussies and Kiwis have high regards of them.

Does it have the funky Franchi style recoil pad?

Posted By: Featherduster

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 08:13 PM

Chad Belding shoots em, so you know they're good

Posted By: Charlito

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 09:24 PM

Originally Posted By: Featherduster
Chad Belding shoots em, so you know they're good


Posted By: #Hayraker

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 09:28 PM

I think some other douchebag is shooting one this season also

Posted By: Crews

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/02/12 11:02 PM

O-rings? I'm out.

Posted By: Featherduster

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/03/12 03:35 AM

Originally Posted By: Crews
O-rings? I'm out.


lol

Posted By: DuckedUp

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 08/04/12 03:00 AM

Thanks for all the replies guys

Posted By: DuckedUp

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/09/12 02:33 PM

I ended up ordering one of the Extreme Magnums for the 3.5" chamber and it came in yesterday. I'll be breaking her down tonight to clean and relube before taking it out on it's maiden voyage Saturday. As far as being a 1100 clone, there are very few differences between the two guns. I'll let everyone know how it performs once I get some rounds through it.
Posted By: wolvz11

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/09/12 03:20 PM

Looking forward to hearing how it performs.
Posted By: dadof5girls

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/16/12 07:46 AM

So how did it shoot? Very interested I am think of he youth models for two of the girls for Christmas.
Posted By: beaversnipe

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/16/12 12:32 PM

Re: Escort Extreme Magnum Semi-Auto
by DUCKINout » Tue May 08, 2012 5:11 pm

I had the right hand version and it was terrible! I had to send it to the factory 3 times in less then 2 months for various different reasons, the first reason was the action bar sheared off and jammed the gun, secound was that the front sight post fell off witch wasnt a big deal but the gun was less then a month old and the third and final was that the butt stock cracked from the triger gaurd back about 4 inches. they fixxed it everytime i sent it back but i asked for my money back the third time and was told it a good thing i live in the US because i could sell it when they returned it!
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Re: Escort Extreme Magnum Semi-Auto
by sx2 » Wed May 09, 2012 7:31 am

I had one, awfull. Broke 4 times on me, sold it after 11 months of troubles. 2 friends of mine had similar problems with there`s. Trash from turkey. keep clear.
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Re: Escort Extreme Magnum Semi-Auto
by Duck_Popper » Thu May 10, 2012 11:32 am

Made a post about this gun last week. Finally settled with the Franchi Affinity. I know that the price was unbeatable, but I heard the gun was cheap, plasticy, and fragile. I know that Chad Belding endorses the Sh*t out of this gun, but I don't see it getting any good reviews other than what he says.

So... I jumped up the ladder and got the Franchi, which comes with 7 year warranty and made under the Benelli name.
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Re: Escort Extreme Magnum Semi-Auto
by flight control » Thu May 10, 2012 12:42 pm

Ive heard nothing but bad stuff about this gun, like the receiver being full of metal shavings after an afternoon shootin clays
Posted By: lakewaydr50

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/16/12 01:25 PM

Do they make this in a youth model?........I have an 11 year old daughter that has expressed some interest in duck hunting with her dad next year and I'm going to need a 20 gauge youth shotgun. The BPS sale paper came this week and they had almost and entire page of youth guns. She was really talking it up while she was looking at it....... so hopefully??????
Posted By: DuckedUp

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/16/12 02:35 PM

I actually haven't gotten to take it out yet, been busy building crane silhouettes and not many birds. Tomorrow morning will be the first rattle out of the bag. The Escort has a 5yr warranty and I can assure you, if its going to break, I'll have it broke within the first year. The customer service was top notch as well, i spoke with the territory rep many times and he was the one who placed my order at the factory and set up shipment to the gun dealer. The fit and finish is as good as a B gun on this model and I actually have a buddy who is thinking about ditching his B gun for an escort already. It is almost identical to the 1100 I have shot for the last 18yrs, so making the switch was a no brainer. The main reason I went with the Escort over the Franchi was that I wanted a 3.5" chamber, which Franchi doesnt offer. I know Escort makes youth model guns, but I don't know if they make them in camo or not. I guess as with anything, only time will tell.
Posted By: tuf-duc

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/17/12 01:17 AM

Yes they make it in a youth model.

Originally Posted By: lakewaydr50
Do they make this in a youth model?........I have an 11 year old daughter that has expressed some interest in duck hunting with her dad next year and I'm going to need a 20 gauge youth shotgun. The BPS sale paper came this week and they had almost and entire page of youth guns. She was really talking it up while she was looking at it....... so hopefully??????
Posted By: Youngin'

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/17/12 01:22 AM

Originally Posted By: Featherduster
Chad Belding shoots em, so you know they're good

Don't forget the HiViz sights too lmao
Posted By: Houston Wildcat

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/17/12 10:31 PM

I bought mine right before dove season. I've went dove hunting 6-7 times. Done sporting clays of 100 rds or more 4 times. And have been duck hunting 6 times this year. I love it. Has been a great gun. Gun jammed once out of all those this year. I keep it very clean. Great gun so far.
Posted By: chilled shot

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/18/12 02:56 AM

[quote= I keep it very clean.[/quote]


That never hurts. wink
Posted By: DuckedUp

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/29/12 01:51 AM

Well, finally got to run some 3.5s through the Escort last week and it performed well. The felt recoil on the 3.5s is almost nonexistent, but thats to be expected with a gas gun. Although I haven't run a high volume of shells through it yet, I'm pleased with it so far.
Posted By: brock2013

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/29/12 02:02 AM

Well mine finally jammed the other day after about a year without being cleaned. I cleaned it up and it's back to running like a top now. For how I treat my shotgun jamming only once in a year is pretty good. Mine don't get babied at all. It gets thrown in the bottom of the boat in the mud and got dropped in the lake the other day.
Posted By: KYBLUEFAN

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/29/12 04:43 AM

Originally Posted By: lakewaydr50
Do they make this in a youth model?........I have an 11 year old daughter that has expressed some interest in duck hunting with her dad next year and I'm going to need a 20 gauge youth shotgun. The BPS sale paper came this week and they had almost and entire page of youth guns. She was really talking it up while she was looking at it....... so hopefully??????


I bought one for my at the time 11 yo daughter to use turkey hunting and it worked flawless up until this past dove season which I believe was due to me not cleaning and lubing it up before hand and the extremely dry and dusty conditions we encountered. Sometimes it wouldn't fire when the trigger was pulled on a live round. I'd cycle the action and it would then fire. It only did this when my daughter did the reloading so it may have been her not letting the bolt slam forward or the previous mentioned reasons. Shoots 2 3/4 and 3" back to back with no adjustments as fast as I can pull the trigger. I love it.
Posted By: beaversnipe

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/29/12 01:48 PM

I would never buy a gun that starts with escort
Thats asking ror trouble
What were they thinking?
Posted By: DuckedUp

Re: Escort Extreme magnum shotgun - 11/29/12 02:22 PM

I can't speak for the others, but I was thinking I didn't want to pay more money for the name that's stamped on the gun. The birds haven't seemed to mind either.
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