Stoeger M3000 12 Gauge
Model: 31830
Stoeger M3000 12 Gauge
Model: 31830
Full Specifications
About This Firearm
The Stoeger M3000 is an inertia-driven semi-automatic 12 gauge built for field hunting. It has an MSRP of $649. The bolt carries an inertia spring and a rotating locking head, the same arrangement Benelli builds its guns around, and it handles loads up to three-inch magnums with nothing to adjust.
Three chokes come with it in improved cylinder, modified and extra-full turkey, plus a wrench and a shim kit for drop and cast. The receiver is drilled and tapped from the factory. The front sight is a red bar and there is nothing at the rear. Stoeger names a three-dram field shell as the minimum recommended load, so the promotional target ammunition sold by the flat sits under what the action wants.
If you're cross-shopping, the Stoeger M3500 has an MSRP of $849 and takes shells up to three and a half inches, at 122.4 oz against this gun's 118.4 oz. A Benelli M2 runs the same operating system at 108.8 oz and holds three rounds where this one holds five, at an MSRP of $1,499, $850 more.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Nothing in the action changes between a light field load and a magnum, so the gun does not need setting up for the day's ammunition.
- The bolt has no gas piston, gas tube or barrel ports, so stripping it after a wet hunt is a quicker job than on a gas gun.
- The shim kit means stock fit is a factory adjustment, which usually costs extra at this money.
- The minimum recommended load makes this a poor choice for anyone whose shooting is mostly cheap practice ammunition.
- The receiver is blued aluminum instead of anodized and there is no recoil damper in the stock.
- Nothing changes the length of pull, so a smaller shooter is buying furniture.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the shim kit change?
Drop and cast, which is where the comb sits under the cheek and how far the stock is offset from the bore. Length of pull stays as it is.
Where is it made, and whose action is it?
Turkey. Stoeger sits in the same group as Benelli, and the Inertia Driven bolt in this gun is that group's design.
What is the extra-full turkey tube for?
Tightening the pattern down for a head-and-neck shot at a turkey. It is the tightest of the three tubes in the box, and the improved cylinder is the most open.
