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Went to the range this week and the first two shells failed to eject. Didn't have any issues after that.

I got a call from Academy saying it was back and ready to be picked up. The guy couldn't tell me what they had to do to it, so I guess I'll need to call Briley to figure that out. I'll let everyone know how it is working once I get a chance to get out to the range. Unfortunately, that might be a while because of my work schedule for the next few months.

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't you (in the general) sign a piece of paper saying that you will send firearms off to the manufacturer once you leave Academy? Every purchase I've made there says that if there are any issues, I have to deal with the manufacturer.

With Yildiz, you're supposed to bring it back to them. I asked them where to send it for warranty work and all they would say is to bring it back in to any Academy. I thought it was weird too, but they act like it is an Academy brand.

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I took it back to Academy today to have it sent off for repair under warranty. I took it to the same Academy I bought the gun from (75 and Royal), and was just as disappointed with the service from the guys behind the gun counter. The store manager and the guy working the front were great, but the gun counter supervisor was a bit of a jackwagon.

First, he told me the gun does not have "ejectors" but that it has "extractors." He swore up and down that this gun was not designed to eject anything, but that it was designed to push the spent shells up so I could take them out with my hands. After a few minutes of me explaining that it does have ejectors, and those ejectors work most of the time, he finally relented, just to accuse me of not choosing the correct loads. According to him, anything less than 1 1/8 oz is insufficient to "fire the ejectors." I looked at him like he was crazy and just told him to send it off so that an actual gunsmith could take a look. After all that, he decided I needed to go home and figure out exactly what brand, shot size, and shot weight I had used in it before he could send it for repair. I think he could sense my frustration (at least I hope he could) when I told him everything I put in it failed at some point. He finally agreed to just send it off and let the gunsmiths deal with it.

It should not have taken that much effort to get the gun repaired. This is the second time in two tries that I have had a bad experience with that particular Academy's gun counter. What a shame. Every other Academy has been great.

I'll keep everyone posted on the progress of the repairs.

Well, I think I may have spoken a little too soon. I went out this morning for a quick dove hunt and had 4 shells fail to eject. The ejector on the bottom barrel got stuck 3 times and the top barrel got stuck once. That's a little concerning since I only went through 1 box of shells. I guess I'll let y'all know how well the company deals with the problem.

I will get pics up soon, but until I can get those up, I thought I'd share my thoughts with everyone. I went to Elm Fork on Sunday after church with my girlfriend. I was thinking about eventually getting the 20 gauge for her to use when we dove hunt (and I needed someone to push the button to send those clays flying). She was a good sport about it, but really wanted to shoot the new LCP instead of a shotgun. I guess I'll have to take her to the pistol range next weekend.

Wood to metal fit was amazing. The engraving was more detailed than I would expect from a $400 gun. It took some work to open and close the action. I had no problem, but the girlfriend couldn't close it easily. I imagine it will loosen up as a use it more.

I honestly didn't find the recoil much worse than my Benelli pump. I'm sure some of the nicer, more expensive O/U guns out there probably handle the 12 gauge loads a little better than the Yildiz, but I have never experienced those and have no frame of reference.

It ate everything I fed it. I didn't have any shells not fire, and I shot 4 boxes of different brands. The one complaint I had was the ejectors. On 3 different occasions, the spent shells did not eject. The ejectors did not come out of the barrels. If this continues to happen after cleaning and oiling, I might have to send the gun back to the manufacturer to fix it.

So, overall I was pretty impressed with the gun. It will definitely be my primary dove gun this year, but it's much too nice to carry into the pond come duck season.

I went ahead bought the 12 gauge last night. The guy at the gun counter got a little annoyed when I asked him to open up some of the boxes so I could pick my favorite one. He rudely informed me they were all the same. He was pretty embarrassed when he realized even the engraving on each was different, but didn't apologize or even admit he was wrong. I won't be going back to the Academy on Forest & 75 again, but at least I got the gun I wanted.

I'll let everyone know how it does the first time out. Hopefully that will be this weekend.

I saw Academy has a Yildiz O/U for $400, and the guy behind the counter couldn't stop telling me how good a gun it is. He said it is made in Turkey exclusively for Academy. The only thing I thought might get annoying is that it is extremely light and recoil may be pretty bad. Does anyone have any experience with these guns? Any opinions either way? Are they worth the $400?