I won a shotgun I've never heard of: Gforce Arms?

[Martinjmpr]

I'm not really a shotgun guy. When I was in law school I belonged to the Laramie gun club and sometimes after classes we'd go skeet shooting at the range. At the time I had a 12g Remington 870 with a slug barrel. Over time I've acquired a Mossberg 500 and when my dad passed away I inherited his Ithaca Model 37 featherweight or featherlight (can't remember exactly what it's called.) I went skeet shooting in 2019 with a borrowed shotgun when my stepson got married (he and his wife run a shooting program for high school kids in a small town in Wyoming) but I haven't fired a shotgun that I owned since probably 2003.

But last weekend wife and I went to a fundraising charity dinner in Wyoming and they did a drawing for the veterans in the group. Since I'm a veteran I was automatically entered and to my surprise (because I never win anything), I won the prize. It is a Gforce Arms 12 gauge shotgun, based on an AR-type platform.

As I said, I'm not a shotgun guy so I have to confess I've never heard of this brand or this gun. Here's a link to pretty much the exact gun I won, right down to the Cerakoted US flag finish:

https://www.rkguns.com/gforce-gf12ar12-12-gauge-semi-auto-shotgun-gf12ar-usa-usa-flag-finish-5rd-18-5.html

So can anyone tell me anything about this gun? I did the usual internet searches but I'm not finding much. It appears to be very similar to other AR-type shotguns sold under the names Panzer Arms AR-12 and the Citadel Boss (in fact, it looks pretty much identical to both of those.)

I know the Panzer Arms and Citadel are both imported from Turkey. Am I right in thinking the GForce 12AR is likely the same gun with a different stamp on it? I do know that Turkey is a huge manufacturer of shotguns.

So can anyone tell me anything about these guns? I know they're not expensive so I'm not expecting Benelli-level craftsmanship.

At this point I don't know if I'll keep it (or even fire it.) As I said, I last went skeet shooting in 2019 using someone else's gun, and I haven't fired my own shotguns in 19 years so I don't know why I would want to keep it except that it is kind of cool.

I sent a photo of it to my brother and said "this is the most 'Merica thing ever!" and his reply was "F**k Yeah!" :D

EDITED TO ADD: I guess I should check my own links, huh? It says right there:

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[ray1970]

I sent a photo of it to my brother and said "this is the most 'Merica thing ever!" and his reply was "F**k Yeah!" :D


Lol. Turkish shotguns are probably pretty far from the most ?Merica thing ever.

I don?t have any useful information for you. There have been so many Turkish shotguns flooding the market in recent years it would be overwhelming to try and keep up with all of them.

I?m not sure how many factories they have cranking these things out but I imagine a lot of them are all the same identical guns imported under different names. The AR style and the bullpups seem to be everywhere right now.

Might try some YouTube videos. I bet there?s at least a handful out there.

[bellavite1]

GForce...
We used a pump from them as a rental at work.
It lasted about two weeks.
Very soft steel.
We returned it to the distributor along with the ones we had for sale.
For a while the distributor had all kinds of crazy deals trying to get rid of their inventory.
That was for the pump ones, though, semis may be different.

[.455_Hunter]

Put it on consignment at the LGS of your choice and use the money for something you want, like a nice used older US made gun.

[Little Dutch]

I have no knowledge of that manufacturer or make of shotgun, but Congratulations on winning a shotgun!

[Martinjmpr]

Put it on consignment at the LGS of your choice and use the money for something you want, like a nice used older US made gun.

Yeah, like I said I never win anything so I was surprised!

[ray1970]

Yeah, like I said I never win anything so I was surprised!

Better cherish that thing and love it then.

If you do end up running some rounds through it be sure to let us know what you think.

[Great-Kazoo]

First off, yea! Veteran for winning.

Well............. Ro'ing the local range. We see lots of those AR style 12 ga, lots.

Have yet to see 1 make it thru 1/2 box of shells, part of that is the owner cheaps out, ammo wise. It seems to be a younger demographic who buys it more for looks, than having a clue about them or shotguns in general.

Rarely, if ever have i, or anyone else, seen 1 of them that doesn't have issues. Short stroking, bolt over, jams when feeding a round. failure to extract, ftf, etc. . I did witness 1 work, after about 2 mags were tried. Nice pattern, but he was running slugs, after the other (buck, bird) had issues ^^


Find some 12ga with at least 1300 fps, try a few different brands to see what works. Then buy 3-4 boxes and run them, next trip, or two, at the range.
Make it 4x since 25 rds should be enough, to remind you your shoulder / body isn't what it use to be :)

If you don't feel like doing that, keep it unfired and sell it. You can get one of the benelli semi-auto copies for $400ish and they work. OR stick with a pump action.