Stoeger Industries M3500 Complete Specs and Full Gun Specifications

Shoots great

after a box of shells it started to cycle field loads it will handle 3.5" magnums to 23/4" dove loads i have not had a problem. and it eats up most of the recoil.the best semi autounder a $1000.00

great shot gun

work like a champ. it was 5 degrees outside this weekend . hunting crane, this shot gun did not miss a beat . i could not be happier. It was very easy to put to together once i got it home

Worth the money

I bought this gun about three years ago. It has been a good gun for the time spent. Got it before that years duck season and now on to this duck season still shoots when I pull the trigger for the most part. I give it four stars due to two reasons. The fi

Do not buy this piece of junk

I bought this gun 3 years ago and it has never shot how it is supposed to. I have sent it back to stoeger three different times and it still will not cycle dove loads or duck loads right. Do not waste your money.

Great value

I have owned this gun for 2 years. I shoot everything from 2 3/4 to 3 1/2 and only had one hang up on a light sporting load. In the field this gun has been great from a 85 degree turnkey hunt in spring to a -2 degree goose hunt in January. It is a bit hea

The Hammer

So I have had this guns for close to 5 years have put more than 10000 rounds through it of all sizes. With the recoil reducer in it will shoot 78 trap loads or 3.5 1 12 oz. At about 9000 rounds I had to replace the recoil spring but they sent one to me fo

A beast!

If you're in the market for a semi-auto 12 gauge, do yourself a favor and pick up the Stoeger 3500. I did research over the course of 6 months to find the best shotgun for upland and waterfowl hunting. I needed a gun that could shoot up to 3 1/2 shells fo

The Perfect Turkey Gun

This gun has exceeded my every expectation. Felt recoil is minimal, pattern is superb, action is perfect, excellent feel. Purchased it last year mid spring Gobbler season. Have hit the trigger 3 times. Have 3 beards to show for it. Gun patterns insanely a

Great Gun in Max 5

I bought this gun after a long time looking for a semi-auto. I wanted a 3.5” gun willing to spend the money on a top tier gun like the SB2 or the Berreta A400. After talking to gun shops, reading reviews and watching videos on the web I settled on the M35

Buy it!!!

Flawless for 2 years after hundreds of rounds in all conditions, could be bad ones out there but I doubt the people trashing these guns even own one. Gun shares the same inertia system as those costing hundreds more.. BUY IT!!

Great shotgun

This gun is the best gun I have purchased for the money . It is a great price point for upgrading to the semi auto lineup instead of spending 800$ on a high quality pump gun . I mainly use this gun for waterfowl hunting and have hunted through snow , heav

Great gun so far!

Spent about a month researching this gun and finally decided that I should call Stoeger and ask them if I should buy a M3500 this year or wait until next year when I could afford a Benelli.

Great Shotgun

Take it home and remove the thick factory grease, spray it down with some synthetic oil, and go to town. I hunt in Ohio, it gets cold, sometimes it get's dang cold. I was shooting yesterday out back in 20 degree weather. Two and three quarter, one and one

2 week decision

I spent 2 weeks researching and talking to people about duck guns and never came to definite conclussion. I was deciding bw an A300, A350, Remington VM, and Stoeger 3500. My ideal gun was the SB Eagle but couldn't justify the price. Decided that I wanted

Well worth it

I have had this Stoeger for about 2 years now. I have shot every load I have needed from sporting clay to duck and turkey loads. Most of the time I go out with friends that have Benelli SBE II and Browning Gold, While their guns are more than twice the pr

Great Gun

I bought this shotgun over the summer with the anticipation that this would change my hunting experience from my previously used (but still owned) Remington 887. Stoeger did not disappoint in the slightest! I couldn't be happier with the performance of th

worst purchase ever

does not eject 3 1/2" shells ever and rarely ejects 3" shells. safety sticks all the time. bought this gun for duck and goose hunting and i regret it. spend the extra money and get a benelli.

Amazing shotgun

By far the best shotgun I have ever purchased. Best bang for your buck why waste your money on a gun twice the price to get the same results. The 3-1/2 inch shells have great reach the recoil isn't that bad even without recoil reducer. Stoeger says to bre

Workhorse of Magnum Shotguns

Ive had a Black 30" 3500 w/ recoil reducer installed for 3 years. It looks like its been to h3ll and back, but I have never had one problem with it. Ive probably shot 30 boxes of 3.5" bbb & T out of this thing and have never had cycling issu

Worth The Money!

Wasn't expecting the gun to be as enjoyable as it is! Cycled all shells, 3.5" - 2 3/4" Without a problem straight from the box. I shot trap a long time and shot a few semi-auto trap guns and the thing that distracted me the most back then was th

Nice shotgun

This is a nice gun, handles anything I can throw down its throat without a jam or misfire. The only thing is you have to check the plug, mine moved on me and almost cost me a big fine and confiscated gun. The game warden told me he had seen these guns do

M3500

Had the gun for about a year now primarily for waterfowl and it has been flawless... fires anything from 1 1/8 ounce loads up to 3.5" steel shot. Got some hunting partners that spent way more for their higher end guns that often fail to cycle all rou

Best Shotgun for the Money

Overall this shotgun has been by far for the best shotgun that have ever bought. It handles very smoothly and is very easy to breakdown and clean. For my first semiautomatic shotgun it has out performed any other shotgun that I have used so far and I will

Best bang for your buck

Mine cycles 2-3/4" to 3-1/2 " mag no problem with the recoil reducer installed in my gun. Shot deer slugs target loads goose loads turkey loads the gun just eats ammo up. Never Jams just thoroughly clean and keep going.

Great Shotgun for Tap and Skeet

I really like this shot gun for Trap, Skeet, and Hunting Turkey. It is a much improvement over my older pump shot guns. It is a blast to shoot with it being a semi vs. a pump. The first thing I did after buying this gun was took it out for a test drive at

Amazing shotgun for the price

I bought this shotgun hunting all of the above. We hunt everything form bear to squirrel hunting. I shot my first rabbit and bobcat with it hoping to get a Coyote with it but the gun itself is amazing I cleaned out the Magazine tube with the factory greas

A workhorse even in the mud.

I've run a few hundred rounds through the gun both with and without the recoil reducer both light and magnum loads.

Great gun

I was Worried I made a mistake buying this due to reading some bad reviews. My first semi auto. Didn't always load it in the correct sequence and yes sometimes it would not pick up the next shell. But if loaded correctly fires every time. Have been on 5 C

Not perfect, but WOW!

First of all, this is my first semi-auto shotgun. Read all the reviews on all the different guns and decided this was indeed the best gun to money out there. I shot 5 rounds in the backyard, then took it sporting clay shooting a few days later. Same round

absolutely recommend

I bought this gun more than 3 years ago to go on a goose hunt. It cycles so smoothly compared to my other autoloader I had to check to ensure it had ejected the spent shell. I have hunted in all kinds of weather from freezing rain, sleet, snow, to sunshin

You get what you pay for

I purchased a new stoeger m3500 in July to use as my new duck gun. After reading many many many reviews and looking at other semi auto as well as pumps i decided to take a gamble with the stoeger. I read the manual and broke the gun in EXACTLY the way sto

Clean off the factory grease first on magazine tub

Didnt cleaning at first, I took the gun out to the skeet range. Shooting 2 3/4" heavy field loads, I ended up having the gun double fire 3 times on my first box of shells. It did it to my friend twice when he shot it. The next box of Winchester 3Dram

Up there with the best!

Bought this gun (max-4) in about mid-may. Went and cycled 100 3 1/2 2 shot through it and let me tell you I have used 2 3/4 trap loads and 3 inch loads and even with the recoil reducer installed I have never had an issue with the gun cycling. I also shoot

Bought another one

I bought a M3500 in black three years ago. I hunt waterfowl and upland birds with it. It performs so well and I shoot so well with it I just bought another M3500 in camo. Easy to clean and maintain. Great performance for the price.

great gun

Just shot my first 50 rounds with this gun and not a single problem with it..besides my shoulder being numb. I was advised to shoot upwards of 200 rounds of 3.5inch 2 shot…this gun has some serious kick but I would recommend this gun to anyone. Feels grea

Very nice semi for the price

Bought this gun after lots of reading up on it and shooting a m3000. It is a very nice working mans gun. Priced right, and does everything advertised. I installed the recoil reducer right away and it did not shoot the light load 2 3/4 but did shoot heavie

Had it for 2-3 years.

Man you could not ask for a better gun. I've shot every thing from small upland birds to magratorry geese and ducks. It puts a slaying on turkey's. I waded in water up to my chest and gun killed a turkey not five secondes after I got out of the river onto

Absolutely satisfied

I received this gun as a gift from some avid dove, duck and geese hunters. This gun covers the entire spread of shells from 2 3/4 to 3 1/2. Have shot is in the rain and 11 degree weather in West Texas hunting Geese. Never a problem, easy to clean, and exc

Outstanding shotgun

I purchased this shotgun 2 years ago. I have probably shot upwards of 2000 rounds through it and never had a problem. I used 3 1/2 loads to break it in as suggested, and have had no problems shooting anything from 2 3/4 target loads up to 3 1/2 turkey loa

Sweet autoloader!

I bought this used after reading all the good feedback from cabelas. This is a nice autoloader. Seems like it weighs less than what the specs list. It was already broke in but had no issue for my light reloads Managed a couple chukars on my 1st hunt.It's

Piece of JUNK

I have had this gun for 2yrs. Works fine in temperatures above 45 degrees. Temperatures below that the firing pin will not strike the prime with enough force to fire. It is headed back to Stoeger for the second time for repairs.

best bang for the buck

Bought gun to use goose and turkey hunt performs flawless break it in right and it will cycle 23/4 aa targetloads to 3/12 steel waterfoul loads very happy with firearm gun performs as well as the B guns

Two Years - Flawless

I have owned the M3500 for two years. Fired every shell from 2 and 3/4 inch to 3 and 1/2 inch flawlessly in all types of weather. Easy to clean. I put an oversize safety on it (same as Benelli M1) -otherwise perfect. Best gun I have owned in 45 years of h

Great Gun for Price

Had mine for 2 seasons now. Great performing gun with no problems at all. Don't let the price dictate quality of gun. Would recommend highly!

Would not buy again

Purchased this because of the price point and you deffinately get what you pay for. I've had this gun for 2 years and its spent 4 months back at stoeger getting warranty work done. Failure to fire, failure to eject, failure to feed, light primer strike. I

Dont belive the hate.

My M3500 has never had a misfire, Light strike, Misfed, Jam, or any other malfunction. I've used every assortment in 12GA, it cycles and fires flawlessly. I have owned it for two years now. somewhere around 1000 shells without error. field and range time.

Great gun for the price!

I purchased this gun because of a friends recommendation. For up to 1/3 of the price for other semi-auto guns that shoot 3 1/2" shells, you can't beat it. If you're looking for a solid semi-auto that shoots every time you pull the trigger, this is yo

Not happy at first.......

After buying this, I couldn't wait to get it out to break it in with some stiff 3-1/2" magnums. It jammed half of the time - I was LIVID. I called Stoeger the same day, and I was told that it needed to be completely disassembled and all of the packin

Great gun for the price!

Got my Stoeger M3500 today and its great. Got it home and cleaned it then took it out and put some rounds through it. Works great! Recommend this gun to people that want a reliable gun for a good price.

Field Tested

I have put the M3500 through everything mother nature can throw at it. 90 degree teal hunts, sub zero Canada goose hunts, to freezing rain during a Snow goose hunt and this gun performed flawlessly. I've shot everything from 2 3/4in 1oz dove loads to 3 1/

GET THIS GUN

i have a rem 870 wingmaster awesome gun but not a duckblind gun. i bought this in the intent to use it this year for duck and turkey. i have about 700 rounds through this gun not one misfire or anything. i love this gun. cant go wrong. and you dont pay fo

THE BEST GUN FOR THE MONEY!!!!

I bought my M3500 last season. this shot gun shoots so smooth and that helps me keep a beed on the targets and will shoot as fast as you can pull the trigger. I shot 4 boxes that day and it didnt miss a beat. I love this gun!!!! All my friends are all sel

Good Gun

I have owned this gun for over year now. I shot a years worth of skeet last year and most of the way through with skeet this year. Nearly 1000 2-3/4" shells at clays and very minor issues, most of which have been my fault. I have also used this gun n

Best Big Bang for the buck!!

I bought the gun since I was very new to duck hunting. I had been shooting my friends Winchester X2 but thought that if I did not continue to duck hunt, I would not be out of pocket a bunch. I bought the gun, I am addicted to duck and goose hunting and lo

Cycled like a beast!!!

This ran through everything i put through it. I ran 3.5 to 3" dove load and it did it all without a hitch. I definitely recommend installing the recoil reducer if you are doing 3.5 loads.

Great Buy For The Money Best In Price Range

Bought a new M3500 in july took it right out of the box and shot the cheepest 2-3/4 to the hevest 3.5s in no order just seeing if it would do what the reveiws i saw online said it would was not disapointed have used the gun for a dove and duck season and

Broken right out of box.

could not put together without excessive force, found clearance issues. have to fight it apart, afraid to shoot it. sent it back.

Great Shotgun!

I purchased the M3500 at the beginning of duck hunting this year after reading some positive reviews online. I did not want to spend $1000 for a shotgun so I figured I'd give the Stoeger a try. I've shot well over 150 3 inch duck loads through it so far w

M3500

Fantastic gun!

Amazing Gun !!!!!!!!

Wow I don't know what to say about this gun it is just simply AMAZING!!!!! Wont cycle the light 2 3/4 loads if you have the recoil reducer in but if you take it out cycles like a champ.... I am so happy with my purchase got it in the max 4-HD Camo and loo

I am amazed, Fantastic Shotgun!

OK, don’t be fooled, this is no Benelli. As someone who owns both I can say they ARE different. That being said the M3500 is an exceptional shotgun. The M3500 is the F-250 as the Benelli SBE2 is a Ferrari. The best thing about an F-250 is that the dang th

M3500 Max4 28"

Great shotgun. Put a Burris Fast Fire II on it and a sling. Sighted in at 50 yards with rifled slugs. I then changed chokes loaded it with 7 1/2 and took it dove hunting. It did not like the light loads until I took out the recoil reducer. After I removed

Great deal

Excellent deal. I bought the M3500 at Cabelas door buster event yesterday. After getting it home, I detail striped it, wiped out all of the grease they packed it in, cleaned with Hoppes, and then liberally coated all internals with CLP. I took it to the r

Shot any round I put in it. 0 problems worked perfect. can not go wrong buying this.

I ordered this Stoeger 3500 last Friday and took delievery of it this Friday. Thanks Buds for the great customer service. I have not taken this baby to the field yet, but it feels great. This shotgun looks really, really great. After I shoot it I will com