I picked up a Yildiz TK-36 at Academy Sports a couple of days ago. At $129.99 plus tax it was a decent deal especially since, as far as I know, that was the same as the pre-pandemic price. I have not shot it yet, planning to do so tomorrow of the next day but wanted to point out some rather surprising features of it for the price. Those feature are listed on the tag in the pic:
I never would have expected he wood to have been walnut (of any grade or variety) but so it is or so they say. I also was happy to see it takes 3" shells (I guess maybe that's something more or less standard in shotguns now) and was also surprised to see it supposedly has an ejector. I say supposedly because when doing a function check of the gun, it did not eject the shell but only partially extracted it, maybe 1/4", out of the chamber. I don't know much about single shot shotguns, so I am not sure if that means it's malfunctioning or just that it does not have an ejector as claimed on the tag. I am not going to worry about it as long as I can easily pull out spent shells after firing it. Otherwise, it seems like a nice little gun. Speaking of little, while the buttstock fits me okay, the foregrip is really quite small but sine it's only a 410 with little recoil, I imagine maintaining a hold on it during recoil won't be a problem. I think it going to be quite the fun gun. I'll post a range report after I shoot it. Have to go to the sheriff's office to renew my range pass first.
I never would have expected he wood to have been walnut (of any grade or variety) but so it is or so they say. I also was happy to see it takes 3" shells (I guess maybe that's something more or less standard in shotguns now) and was also surprised to see it supposedly has an ejector. I say supposedly because when doing a function check of the gun, it did not eject the shell but only partially extracted it, maybe 1/4", out of the chamber. I don't know much about single shot shotguns, so I am not sure if that means it's malfunctioning or just that it does not have an ejector as claimed on the tag. I am not going to worry about it as long as I can easily pull out spent shells after firing it. Otherwise, it seems like a nice little gun. Speaking of little, while the buttstock fits me okay, the foregrip is really quite small but sine it's only a 410 with little recoil, I imagine maintaining a hold on it during recoil won't be a problem. I think it going to be quite the fun gun. I'll post a range report after I shoot it. Have to go to the sheriff's office to renew my range pass first.