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

    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-gf12ar...-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!"

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

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    Last edited by Martinjmpr; 02-16-2022 at 13:30.
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