yildiz reviews?

baikal1417 · 03-12-2014 8:48pm #1

I have just traded in my o/u baikal for a brand new Yildiz and by some of the things people are saying about yildiz I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Anybody know anything about them eg reliability, what they're like to shoot etc. thanks

deeksofdoom · 03-12-2014 9:03pm

Why would you trade in your gun for a pile of scrap in the middle of the season?

baikal1417 · 03-12-2014 9:09pm

traded it in because it started giving trouble and already had to spend €75 to get the ejectors fixed in september. I can only go shooting at the weekends these days and I have a single barrel to use while I'm waiting

dodderangler · 03-12-2014 9:24pm

Change your username so:)
My baikel isn't worth anything but does to me and holds sentimental value to me and it shoots better than half the other guns I've shot and it's bombproof in the field

Bogwoppit · 03-12-2014 9:28pm

How much was the Yildiz?

baikal1417 · 03-12-2014 9:31pm

750 i think, havent paid for it yet. got 550 for the baikal

Glenbulldog · 03-12-2014 9:34pm

I've one no problems at all .

snipe49 · 03-12-2014 9:49pm

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Why would you trade in your gun for a pile of scrap in the middle of the season?

What do you base your comment on. ?

deeksofdoom · 03-12-2014 11:18pm

snipe49 wrote: »

What do you base your comment on. ?

Anyone that has I know that's ever had a Turkish gun has had nothing but trouble with them.

They are scrap.

Glenbulldog · 03-12-2014 11:33pm

baikal1417 wrote: »

I have just traded in my o/u baikal for a brand new Yildiz and by some of the things people are saying about yildiz I'm wondering if I made the right decision. Anybody know anything about them eg reliability, what they're like to shoot etc. thanks

Like I said I've one I was like yourself reading reviews listening to opinions but I chanced my arm honestly couldn't fault the gun ...well the fact I miss a few birds but I'm sure that can happen with any gun

snipe49 · 03-12-2014 11:39pm

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Anyone that has I know that's ever had a Turkish gun has had nothing but trouble with them.

They are scrap.

I have a side by side La sorda what do u think ?

deeksofdoom · 03-12-2014 11:48pm

snipe49 wrote: »

I have a side by side La sorda what do u think ?

So what!

La Sorda is Spanish.

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 12:08am

My Father had a new Yildiz side by side, pure dirt .firing pin broke after two weeks, repaired.A few weeks later the other pin broke so the gun went back and he was given another new one(side by side).First day out safety wouldnt come off ,went back to the car and sprayed the **** out of it with oil just to get through the day ,we got movement but it was rough as ****. Went back out and bird got up ...click gun would not fire .We went home and i stripped it down the quality of the finishing on the internal parts was dog rough ,no nice shinny machine finishing just file marks like like a lad chancing his arm in a shed would do.The striker for the pins was nowhere near them so the gun would not fire.
After seeing how ****e it was he brought it back and got a second hand semi auto fabram that has not let him down now in 3 years.

Plenty of good second hand guns that will last you a life time going for small money these days
I would rather send a few hundred more on one of them than buy any turkish ****e

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 12:24am

deeksofdoom wrote: »

So what!

La Sorda is Spanish.

Just wounder what u think of them ?

deeksofdoom · 04-12-2014 9:25am

snipe49 wrote: »

Just wounder what u think of them ?

Found out they were Spanish from google, never heard of them before that.

HW100S · 04-12-2014 10:48am

I have my Yildiz O/U for 8-9 years now. Its a basic model, non-ejector.
Never had any issues. Dropped plenty of pheasants with it.
Lightweight gun, great for rough shooting.
Not so good for clays tho, due to being so light.

Jimy1971 · 04-12-2014 7:10pm

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Anyone that has I know that's ever had a Turkish gun has had nothing but trouble with them.

They are scrap.

I've had 1 for years and never had a problem with it. I've heard the semi autos can be troublesome but my o/u never let me down.

Tikkahunter,
I had a fabarm years ago. Now there was a ball of s#*the. You can be unlucky enough to get a bad gun from any manufacturer but you can't tar them all with the same brush. There's a gunshop in the Midlands that can't keep ATA guns in stock. A Turkish brand, part owned by Beretta

PDAhunter · 04-12-2014 7:15pm

snipe49 wrote: »

I have a side by side La sorda what do u think ?

A friend has one it's a nice gun never gives him any trouble and in fairness he gives it some abuse

blackpearl · 04-12-2014 7:27pm

Friend of mine had one from new, after 2 weeks out shooting loaded the gun closed it it went off killed his pointer who was beside him never mention Turkish guns to him, every 3 or 4 times closing the gun went of someone else told him the same thing happen with a dog down the country same make of gun.

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 8:06pm

Jimy1971 wrote: »

I've had 1 for years and never had a problem with it. I've heard the semi autos can be troublesome but my o/u never let me down.

Tikkahunter,
I had a fabarm years ago. Now there was a ball of s#*the. You can be unlucky enough to get a bad gun from any manufacturer but you can't tar them all with the same brush. There's a gunshop in the Midlands that can't keep ATA guns in stock. A Turkish brand, part owned by Beretta

Well said it seem a lot of lads on here get there kicks from picking holes in things. :cool:

thepoacher · 04-12-2014 8:08pm

yildiz.what are they like.ihave a magnum pump about 8 years now nd use it for pigeons a lot.cheap n light.it doesnt like ammo with the narrow brass as it wouldnt eject em.wide brass nd she..l fire all day.no problems.love it nd a great killer

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 8:33pm

snipe49 wrote: »

Well said it seem a lot of lads on here get there kicks from picking holes in things. :cool:

Picking holes.Giving my experience you clown.In my line of work I come across verious brands of machines , anything turkish or Chinese break you're heart.Buy cheap buy buy twice and that is proven throughout history, pick holes in things maybe some lads just don't except mediocre

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 8:37pm

tikkahunter wrote: »

Picking holes.Giving my experience you clown.In my line of work I come across verious brands of machines , anything turkish or Chinese break you're heart.Buy cheap buy buy twice and that is proven throughout history, pick holes in things maybe some lads just don't except mediocre

U just picked holes again call me a clown. U know as much about me as u do that gun so if u know nothing say nothing. :cool:

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 8:40pm

Jimy1971 wrote: »

I've had 1 for years and never had a problem with it. I've heard the semi autos can be troublesome but my o/u never let me down.

Tikkahunter,
I had a fabarm years ago. Now there was a ball of s#*the. You can be unlucky enough to get a bad gun from any manufacturer but you can't tar them all with the same brush. There's a gunshop in the Midlands that can't keep ATA guns in stock. A Turkish brand, part owned by Beretta

And Ferrari own Fiat so what is your point?cheap berreta are made in Turkey and they are dirt as well. That dealer in the Midlands are also selling ridgeline clothing passing off as quality and charging top prices for it, when in fact it is muck and will leave you soaked in heavy rain .You tell enough lies then people be leave them

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 8:43pm

snipe49 wrote: »

U just picked holes again call me a clown. U know as much about me as u do that gun so if u know nothing say nothing. :cool:

Again giving my experience, I was trying to steer the op in the right direction by giving good advice something that is Inn short supply in the forum these days

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 8:50pm

tikkahunter wrote: »

Again giving my experience, I was trying to steer the op in the right direction by giving good advice something that is Inn short supply in the forum these days

That is fine but did u ever own that gun. ?

dodderangler · 04-12-2014 8:55pm

Get a room you two

Jimy1971 · 04-12-2014 8:59pm

tikkahunter wrote: »

And Ferrari own Fiat so what is your point?cheap berreta are made in Turkey and they are dirt as well. That dealer in the Midlands are also selling ridgeline clothing passing off as quality and charging top prices for it, when in fact it is muck and will leave you soaked in heavy rain .You tell enough lies then people be leave them

What make of gun do you own seeing as how everyone else's are ****e. It's not only that dealer that claim that ridge line are good. You're saying buy cheap and buy twice. I paid €850 for my Yildiz 5 years ago and it's never let me down once. If you don't like a brand fair enough. Don't rUn a man down for buying the brand. Calling it experience is nonsense as is saying good advise is in short supply on this forum. A lot of lads have moved and are chatting on facebook now because of the know it all on here. Was a great place for a novice hunter to get advise. Now its a great place to be run down.

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 9:11pm

snipe49 wrote: »

That is fine but did u ever own that gun. ?

If you read my post you would see my father did and I was posting what happened to it

tikkahunter · 04-12-2014 9:13pm

Jimy1971 wrote: »

What make of gun do you own seeing as how everyone else's are ****e. It's not only that dealer that claim that ridge line are good. You're saying buy cheap and buy twice. I paid €850 for my Yildiz 5 years ago and it's never let me down once. If you don't like a brand fair enough. Don't rUn a man down for buying the brand. Calling it experience is nonsense as is saying good advise is in short supply on this forum. A lot of lads have moved and are chatting on facebook now because of the know it all on here. Was a great place for a novice hunter to get advise. Now its a great place to be run down.

berreta silver hawk side by side.gamba Montreal o/u.sako quad .17 hmm. Tikka t3 hunter.243. Air arms 510 .22 pcp

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 9:22pm

Jimy1971 wrote: »

What make of gun do you own seeing as how everyone else's are ****e. It's not only that dealer that claim that ridge line are good. You're saying buy cheap and buy twice. I paid €850 for my Yildiz 5 years ago and it's never let me down once. If you don't like a brand fair enough. Don't rUn a man down for buying the brand. Calling it experience is nonsense as is saying good advise is in short supply on this forum. A lot of lads have moved and are chatting on facebook now because of the know it all on here. Was a great place for a novice hunter to get advise. Now its a great place to be run down.

Well said there Jimy1971 all we can do is pass on what we know but never knock a lad for something simple.

snipe49 · 04-12-2014 9:25pm

PDAhunter wrote: »

A friend has one it's a nice gun never gives him any trouble and in fairness he gives it some abuse

I love mine got it cheap its the best killing gun i ever had nice and light to. And been as i payed so little not worried if it gets a knock.

Jimy1971 · 04-12-2014 9:31pm

Friend of mine bought a Beretta Silver Mallard semi auto and a Silver Pigeon 1 before the season started. Hasn't used either huniting yet because he's afraid he'll damage or mark them
. I have a Beretta 391 and a Bettinsoli Diamond too and vary what I bring out. That's the whole point in having a gun, using it.

Buggs · 04-12-2014 9:41pm

Had a yildiz non ejector fixed choke for a year or two, never had a problem with it and shot a good few pheasants, pigeons etc with it. Very light and could carry it all day conversely clay pigeon shhooting was like torture.

tikkahunter · 05-12-2014 9:17am

Jimy1971 wrote: »

What make of gun do you own seeing as how everyone else's are ****e. It's not only that dealer that claim that ridge line are good. You're saying buy cheap and buy twice. I paid €850 for my Yildiz 5 years ago and it's never let me down once. If you don't like a brand fair enough. Don't rUn a man down for buying the brand. Calling it experience is nonsense as is saying good advise is in short supply on this forum. A lot of lads have moved and are chatting on facebook now because of the know it all on here. Was a great place for a novice hunter to get advise. Now its a great place to be run down.

You obviously have a problem reading, go back and read my initial post nobody was being run down, i gave the lad an example of what happened with my fathers Yildiz and gave the lad some advice on how he exchanged it for an older second hand gun and had no problems with it ,so how is that running someone down?
Go on the any shooting forum and you will see that the majority of turkish guns give the same problems over and over again .
Why are the best guns more expensive? because they are built better and have better reliability and stand the test of time.
My Gamba montreal was my fathers gun initially and is now 35 years old ,it has never miss fired and bar the few scratches is as good as the day it came out of the work shop, try telling me a yildiz or any turkish gun will be still not missing a beat with no problems 35 years on.
Before you or snipe go accusing me of anything in future actually go and read my post properly ,he just jumped in and accused me of running someone down when that was never the case and you just piggybacked on his post without even reading mine.

deeksofdoom · 05-12-2014 11:15am

tikkahunter wrote: »

You obviously have a problem reading, go back and read my initial post nobody was being run down, i gave the lad an example of what happened with my fathers Yildiz and gave the lad some advice on how he exchanged it for an older second hand gun and had no problems with it ,so how is that running someone down?
Go on the any shooting forum and you will see that the majority of turkish guns give the same problems over and over again .
Why are the best guns more expensive? because they are built better and have better reliability and stand the test of time.
My Gamba montreal was my fathers gun initially and is now 35 years old ,it has never miss fired and bar the few scratches is as good as the day it came out of the work shop, try telling me a yildiz or any turkish gun will be still not missing a beat with no problems 35 years on.
Before you or snipe go accusing me of anything in future actually go and read my post properly ,he just jumped in and accused me of running someone down when that was never the case and you just piggybacked on his post without even reading mine.

Will you stop feeding the trolls like a good chap.:)

Remember me? · 05-12-2014 11:45am

On a side note are the new ata not a silver pigeon replica . Action and barells can transfer straight over to a beretta. In other words it's a beretta design without the fancy finish and price.woukd still love to own an ultra lite if funds allowed. As for the yildiz I know a lad that had one for game shooting very casual shooter and seldom used it outside of November to January period but never had an issue with it. It felt cheap to hold but he shot away with it. Seldom you here of horror stories like a gun going off and killin g someone or something .These manufactorers have to meet a standard a would think.

rsole1 · 05-12-2014 12:46pm

Remember me? wrote: »

On a side note are the new ata not a silver pigeon replica . Action and barells can transfer straight over to a beretta. In other words it's a beretta design without the fancy finish and price.woukd still love to own an ultra lite if funds allowed. As for the yildiz I know a lad that had one for game shooting very casual shooter and seldom used it outside of November to January period but never had an issue with it. It felt cheap to hold but he shot away with it. Seldom you here of horror stories like a gun going off and killin g someone or something .These manufactorers have to meet a standard a would think.

The ATA o/u is a copy of Beretta's 686. They have them in Wildhunter as they are the distributors in ROI. Don't much like the feel of the ATA myself, but I am of course biased having a Beretta 686 myself.

RICKYD · 05-12-2014 12:55pm

On a side note has any1 seen a price 4an ultralite lately?id love 1aswel.id trade in my bettinsoli as its a fair lump 2b carryin around after wcock.sorry 4 derailin

Remember me? · 05-12-2014 2:57pm

RICKYD wrote: »

On a side note has any1 seen a price 4an ultralite lately?id love 1aswel.id trade in my bettinsoli as its a fair lump 2b carryin around after wcock.sorry 4 derailin

1100 or so is it ?

RICKYD · 05-12-2014 2:59pm

Dat wudnt b so bad.iwas expectin 2pay around 2grand 4a new 1.

Jimy1971 · 05-12-2014 4:07pm

Tikka, I have no problem reading at all. Look back yourself. I joined the discussion with you about a fabarm, and saying that wildhunter ae doing a great trade in ATAs which are made by Beretta and you went off on 1 about Ridgeline clothing. Read back yourself.

The OP asked a question to the forum when in fact he just should have asked you seeing as you know it all. No need for Google with you around.

Good luck and thanks. Enough is enough.

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