Uh, just bought an NEF Pardner Pump :-|

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Coffee357

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Just bought a Pardner Pump Protector in 12 gauge. Didn't really mean to but saw a sub $200 price tag on a basic, utilitarian, copy of an 870 and before I knew it I felt my hand moving towards my wallet. I haven't fired it yet but I actually think I like the gun. Always liked a parkerized finish and the gun seems to have a shorter reach to the forearm, which I also like when cycling the action. Already ordered a Wolf 10%+ magazine spring for the gun and plan to treat it to (a lot) of oil tomorrow. ... Not sure exacty what happened or why I have this gun... but I think I like it!
 
I was eyeballing one a few weeks ago and Gander Mtn. I ended up playing around with it and it didn't seem like a terrible gun. Good buy fro under $200 I would guess.
 
They are built like a tank and very reliable. They make very good lower cost tactical beater shotguns because they tough as nails and they don't break.

Machine Extractor & Ejector
Thick Steel receiver, thicker than the 870
Very thick solid polymer stock with a nice recoil pad not hollow sounding like comes on more expensive shotguns
All 870 parts fit except barrels
HQ aluminum trigger guard
Reliable with all ammo

Breacher Pardner Protector

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GC
 
Well, NEF (H&R 1871) is owned by Marlin, which is owned by Remington, which is owned by the investment firm, Ceberus. Which is a roundabout way of saying it's not surprising that a shotgun contracted out by NEF is a close clone of the Remington 870.
 
TxGun, The NEF pump has been an 870 clone far longer than there has been a connection to remington or cerebus.
Brent
 
Yes, I'm aware that 870 clones, like the Hawk 982, pre-date the Pardner pump series from NEF. But it still makes NEF's/H&R's marketing of a 870 clone from Norinco very "convenient". IOW, NEF could have picked any design; could have gone Turkish, or Russian...but they picked this one, which is very clone to the iconic shotgun produced by their ownership.
 
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but they picked this one, which is very clone to the iconic shotgun produced by their ownership.
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Funny part is NEF chose this clone design many years before NEF were even bought by Marlin which was years before the remington aquisition...:rolleyes:
Not convenient... coincidence...
Brent
 
I would really like to know how these guns perform. I've seen them and have been tempted before aswell. They seem to have a very tough finish, and the feel very solid when I handle them in the store.

I want to get a new barrel for my 870, but the damn things cost as much as one of these shotguns NIB.
 
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but they picked this one, which is very clone to the iconic shotgun produced by their ownership.

Funny part is NEF chose this clone design many years before NEF were even bought by Marlin which was years before the remington aquisition...
Not convenient... coincidence...
Brent

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OK. You're right. I'm wrong. Thanks for the help.
 
I'll be happy to give that report. Since I plan to change out the magazine spring I'll probably wait until I've done that to do any serious shooting. Just gonna shoot a coupla rounds in the meantime to verify extraction, feeding, and firing. This poor thing is in line for a hard life... low cost and durability probably guarentees it's use as a trunk gun. Figure the new magazine spring is a good idea simply because that seems to be the greatest problem with low cost firearms.
 
The Wolff spring comes 40" long you will have to cut it to size and shape the ends. I would cut it to about 8" past the mag tube, no longer than 28".


GC
 
I bought one and ran a couple of hundred rounds through it. It functioned fine, the short barrel patterned several brands of buckshot plenty good enough for home defense ranges. In the cheap home defense shotgun category, it is better than the Maverick and about the same as the Charles Daly.
 
In the cheap home defense shotgun category, it is better than the Maverick and about the same as the Charles Daly.
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The Pardner Pump is much more durable built than the Charles Daly.

The CD has:

Aluminum receiver
Hollow thin stock & forend
Lighter weight bolt
The Charging arms hook into a plastic slot on the Plastic forend
No reinforcement steel metal forend tube under the Plastic forend, just a plastic forend that rides on the mag tube, not a durable design
Plastic trigger guard

The fit and finish on the CD is very nice.


GC
 
I have two, in walnut and blue, in 12 and 20 gauge.

I have the Pardner 20 gauge Compact and the 28" barrel field gun.

These are well made, nicely machined, tick tight, shotguns.

I have owned Remingtons, Winchesters, Mossbergs, and a few other makes.

The Pardner, compared to the others field grade guns is, to me, and excellent choice.

Max 100 has alot of the details in previous posts and gives a good appraisal of these guns.
 
I bought a NEF Protector last yr to keep as an upstairs house gun @ my camp. I thought I'd try one out as it was on sale and I had a coupon = $140 out the door. I've put some rounds through it but for me it's a hang around gun being a full bore barrel. I was impressed right away so I bought another NEF pump, the 28" field gun for sporting clays. T.A your right, it was $40 cheaper than buying just a 28" choked barrel for my old 870 (+2 extra chokes). I've used this one a lot and it's been a great, reliable gun.

Coffee, I'm sure you'll like it. You can get other barrels for it, a 22' rifled ($110) or a 28" choked ($106, uses Moss accu chokes). Go to H&R 1871's Barrel Accessory Program to check it out. You'll find the scope rail there too. These are still listed as NEF but are now only available from Marlin since Remington bought them both.
 
I wouldn't mind that for under $200. My 12ga was under $200 with no problems..and it was used and in good condition. NEF is a good company, I have shot their single shot .410.
 
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