NEF Pardner

[SomeDay]

Anyone have any experience with Pardner shotguns? I hear they kick like a mule, but how are they for HD?

[gruntmedik]

Better than a stick, but there are many more desirable choices.

[SomeDay]

They're cheaper than the Mossberg. Thanks for the feedback.

[gruntmedik]

Forgive me, I didn't mean to sound snobbish.

If it's all you have to work with, make it work. Practice reloading til you got it down cold. With an unloaded shotgun, double check it, then see how manueverable it is in your home. It's like the old saying, "Beware the man with only 1 gun, as he probabaly knows how to use it." Then save your money til you can get something more suitable to your needs.

:thumbsup:

[9mmMike]

I recall a fellow over on TFL or THR who was using similar singleshot, external hammer, SG's as HD guns for elderly folks who did not want to mess with a lot of controls. He was, I think, using 20 ga. guns and trimming them to legal limits.
They are easy to use and hide and quite cheap.

[LabTech]

I buy the H&R's or the NEF's for my kids as their first shotgun to teach them to make the shot count, then I buy them a Remington.

[SomeDay]

Originally posted by gruntmedik
Forgive me, I didn't mean to sound snobbish.

If it's all you have to work with, make it work. Practice reloading til you got it down cold. With an unloaded shotgun, double check it, then see how manueverable it is in your home. It's like the old saying, "Beware the man with only 1 gun, as he probabaly knows how to use it." Then save your money til you can get something more suitable to your needs.

:thumbsup:
Didn't sound snobish at all, but in rereading my post, I see how you could think I thought that - sorry.

[ElevatedThreat]

Originally posted by 9mmMike
I recall a fellow over on TFL or THR who was using similar singleshot, external hammer, SG's as HD guns for elderly folks who did not want to mess with a lot of controls. He was, I think, using 20 ga. guns and trimming them to legal limits.
They are easy to use and hide and quite cheap.

NEF has both single-shot and pump guns named "Pardner" I believe. I thought the OP was talking about the cheap NEF pumps, rather than the traditional single-shot...?

(By the way, I like the minimum-dimension break-open single shot shotgun, for any role that such a single-shot gun can play. A single-shot 20-gauge can be a most devestating weapon, if you are the one who takes a round of #2 or #3 buckshot from it at close range! The simplicity and reliability of such a gun are appealing. A hammer extension is often a must for some older folks to get enough leverage for theri aged hands and fingers to cock the hammer, though.....)

-ET

[SomeDay]

Originally posted by ElevatedThreat
NEF has both single-shot and pump guns named "Pardner" I believe. I thought the OP was talking about the cheap NEF pumps, rather than the traditional single-shot...?

(By the way, I like the minimum-dimension break-open single shot shotgun, for any role that such a single-shot gun can play. A single-shot 20-gauge can be a most devestating weapon, if you are the one who takes a round of #2 or #3 buckshot from it at close range! The simplicity and reliability of such a gun are appealing. A hammer extension is often a must for some older folks to get enough leverage for theri aged hands and fingers to cock the hammer, though.....)

-ET

Yes, I was talking about the pumps. I think I will save up a little and get a better one and just use the hand guns for now.

[wonderwolf]

They work...watch how much you cut off. the weight of the barrel serves to lever it open when you hit the lever. I cut one of mine down for rabbits and I have to work the barrel by hand to open it...not to mention the gun weighs 5 pounds..it recoils about as much as my .458 win mag with slugs...Percival has shot it one handed with express loads and lost some skin while doing it but managed to catch the shotgun in the other hand as it flew out of the first....:banana:


and then I saw you were not talking about single shots

[gruntmedik]

Originally posted by SomeDay
Yes, I was talking about the pumps. I think I will save up a little and get a better one and just use the hand guns for now.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about the single shots.

[SomeDay]

Originally posted by gruntmedik
Sorry, I thought you were talking about the single shots.
No problem.

[Blitzer]

http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Shotguns/pardnerPump.aspx

[FourXFour]

Now that ATI is making stocks and forends for the single shots, what do you guys think about keeping one as a truck gun??? At least in CA, you can't keep the gun loaded while in a vehicle, but you can have the gun with buck/slugs on a side saddle. Seems pretty interesting and easy to load in hurry.

[Blitzer]

Originally posted by FourXFour
Now that ATI is making stocks and forends for the single shots, what do you guys think about keeping one as a truck gun??? At least in CA, you can't keep the gun loaded while in a vehicle, but you can have the gun with buck/slugs on a side saddle. Seems pretty interesting and easy to load in hurry.

I like the older Choate stocks and have had converted two NEF/HR actions with them. The new web site is a poor upgrade of thier old one. The search feature is kind of funcky.

:shocked:

Storage stock:

http://www.riflestock.com/images/Products/Survivor_Stock_Forend.jpg
http://www.riflestock.com/catalog_page_detail.cfm?recordno=1&Product_CatalogID=2870&ProductNumber=19%2D02%2D02&ProductCode=33&ProductSubCodeID=198&NewProduct=0

I prefere this one:

http://www.riflestock.com/images/Products/H-R_TAMMER.jpg
http://www.riflestock.com/catalog_page_detail.cfm?recordno=1&Product_CatalogID=2875&ProductNumber=19%2D02%2D06&ProductCode=33&ProductSubCodeID=199&NewProduct=0

[wonderwolf]

I have thought about getting one of those survival stocks for a while now. Havnt felt one to see if I like it or not. I'm afraid to put it on my 5 pound gun. I think the gun would way about 3.5 pounds after you put the stock set on it. It would make for a nice survival gun though. Some buck and slug a little bird shot and a few 12ga flares.