KOLAR - The American Legend

Back when we were at the US Open in South Carolina, we had a the chance to have a quick look at the famous American Built Kolar Over and Under - here is our initial thoughts
Looking forward to trying one again in the future!
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[@dies7889]

Kolar is to the US what Longthorne is to to the UK. Well thought out, quality materials, sourced and manufactured in country. I love mine, Put many many thousands down the tubes without a hiccup. Aaron is a stand up guy I shoot with him in the ATA trap circuit. Thanks for featuring these guns. Come check out the Grand American in Sparta Illinois next year if you guys get the chance. Cheers Johnny

[@scottwilson1258]

Glad to hear You made it over to the Land of the Free Johnny! Our club champ Shoots Kolar

[@DFox-ud3gx]

Good Man Johnny you are becoming a big hit in America Glad your enjoying the stay on the east coast also cheers 🍻

[@JHruby]

Great video coverage of an interesting brand that it's likely many Brits, and Americans for that matter, have probably heard little about. Kolar's ability to digest the tens of thousands of rounds per year that high level ATA competitiors require is the stuff of legends.

[@dallasrudnick]

There is indeed a Kohler, Wisconsin, but it is where toilets and generators are made. Kolar is in Racine, maybe 75 or 80 miles away. I recently got a chance to tour the factory and meet the team. It was a great experience and cannot wait for my Kolar to be done.

[@clemngc]

Without a doubt everyone has their preference when it comes to shotguns and we who own Kolar’s have ours. You handled a new gun and certainty must have noticed the way the receiver is made. What you have not noticed is after putting several hundred thousand rounds through it that there will be very little change in the feel. My gun is 10 years old and has about 300,000 rounds shot and is just like the day I received it, still with very tight tolerances. Spend some time with a Kolar that is made to fit and you will see what we mean.

[@FourT6and22]

I've been shooting with a Kolar Max-Lite Sporting for the last year and it's fantastic.

[@roddiridon8334]

Hey Jonny, thank you for this! It would be great to see a comparison of the Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing Company A-10, Kolar and some high-end British and Italian guns that we don't see much here in the US.

[@neilfoster9517]

My buddy spent a bundle sold off all his fancy K-80’s can’t wait to see it. 👍

[@MrMx297]

If you get the chance to handle another Kolar try one that has the new Select receiver with the flat rib and compare it to the Classic receiver which u handled and shot in the video. They feel much different for the minor change they make between the two. I love my Select receiver with flat rib Kolar. You will also find Kolar has one of the best customer services in the industry.

[@davidlentz4618]

I'm a noncompetitive shooter only 2500 rounds a year! I always like your videos keep them coming!!!

[@karlsailor]

Another great one. No need to slow down 🙂. BTW, not all Americans shoot much. I'm a once a week sporting clays guy, so I do about 5000-5500 a year.

[@stevej7344]

Kolar is a great shooting gun I’m lucky enough to have one over here in the uk 💥💥

[@gavinlarson1976]

I love my Kolar. If you have a chance to get to the factory at some point, that would be a great video.

[@kurtricketts1618]

Glad you’ve looked at these as I’m on the same sort of wavelength, not a krieghoff lover at all, but had a shot with a Kolar with scaffold tube type barrels a year ago off a friendly shooter and I was wowed but you just can’t find them here in the uk maybe get rid of my Ducati and go searching 😂 great vid 👍👍👍

[@larrymilsap5123]

Hey Jonny! These are really popular in skeet, I’d say they are the ‘go-to’. Certainly there are others that perform on the same level, but the support and customer care is on another level entirely. Sean Mainland and his team are incredible. As a man of modest means, coming off of a chunk of dough like that stung, but I am so happy I did, I have a lifetime gun and it serves me very well. I know you’re more into sporting, but if you’re ever stateside during the Worlds for skeet, I’d say you should pay us a visit. I leave for Texas this Tuesday from California and I can’t wait to be on the field with my squad. Cheers

[@mallardcutter7209]

Looking forward to seeing you back over here ! Great vids from your trip !

[@quinnsmith5704]

since you mentioned you wanted to know, and I have mine on my bench at the moment. Action dimensions: Width 46.25mm Height 64.2mm About 6 mm wider and 2mm higher than a 686

[@davidbetts480]

Hello TGS, this gun is interesting and very well put together.

[@dankruger2890]

Kolar might be the way to go, i like that beefy look

[@bartofilms]

The trigger is smooth and consistant. It is not at the same level as the Perazzi leaf spring trigger, but it is excellent and on par with the K-80, DT-11 and F3. Best to have it fit by Kolar if new, or Wenig, if used or repurposed from another discipline, as mine was. Cheers.

[@AwlDeigh]

Nicely Done! Really enjoy your perspective

[@marksd5650]

Congratulations on over 100K subscribers 🎉

[@jeffreymyers5967]

A little disappointed you didn't get to visit the factory, or shoot the gun more. I think you might have had more composed thoughts if you were aware of some of the other options including a round body action (which might not have felt as chunky), different rib options (including a low rib that shoots a more 50/50 pattern), sub-gauge (20, 28, .410) barrels paired to the same action, or carrier barrels + sub-gauge tubes. Glad to see Kolar get some air time and hope you find time to produce more content about them.

[@tgsoutdoors]

A Kolar Factory Tour would be an awesome thing!

[@paulwilson7234]

I've only ever seen two and I liked them .

[@marvinjavellana4503]

Time to pay Kolar a visit in Wisconsin.

[@StevenAbbott]

I have a beautiful collection hand saws dating back to 1880. One day a friend of my wife said, why does he have so many hand saws they all look the same. You just need one. Now I collect shotguns and my wife said they all look the same. You only need one.

[@eberhoozen]

She (both of them) are wrong.

[@bgjb-r1499]

The best overall skeet/trap gun in the country.

[@TheBurg229]

I have an original 1996 Kolar from back when they were heftier guns. Come down to the Skeet World Championship in San Antonio some time and I’ll let you have a go.

[@neilfoster9517]

Sorry a good friend of mine is having nothing but trouble with Kolar. The stock was made incorrectly and they still are stalling on replacing it. They have the gun it went back two weeks after delivery. Kolar also has a serious Blueing contractor issue causing major delays.

[@bigdghost3319]

Kolar is my dream gun, Basic Model Black 32" 12 Ga. with a 32" 20 Ga. second barrel for me please with a 10 mm High Fixed rib on the barrels standard adjustable stock... Personally I shoot 15500 shells a year of sporting clays.. I made the mistake of shooting one and now that's all I thank about... Guess I'm going to spend some of the Grand kids inheritance..

[@biagiocozza8875]

Great video Johnny, looks like a great gun.

[@bentleyfatheree1616]

I've always thought Kolar was a interesting gun. I've never had a chance to shoot one. Also you are right, don't see many at sporting events , but when I do they stand out and are very nice.

[@AwlDeigh]

You need to schedule a visit to NSCA Nationals one year.

[@redduc9523]

I did enjoy shooting it!

[@tgsoutdoors]

You shot it very well!

[@redduc9523]

@@tgsoutdoors why thank you😎 about the only thing I shot well all trip🙄😜

[@justinmcginty9975]

I was really impressed with the kolar. Handling was similar to a perazzi but with a krieghoff twist.

[@timothyrogers7584]

Job well done!!!

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

When you get back to the US you got to try and do some hunting, maybe out West.

[@nikoberry]

Jonny, you can shoot my Kolar next time I see you. Either in the US or at EJC this summer. Happy new year!

[@tgsoutdoors]

Looking forward to it!

[@DanielMorales-zq1xn]

Hola yo creo que es de una construcción excelente como amante de Browning me encantaría probar una de ellas se vén de muy buena calidad!!!

[@rickvann3489]

Great, great trap gun. America still can create top quality product.

[@grahamsimpkins1540]

That a little eye catcher gun! It has a very K80 look about it, Ps Your Looking very Dapper sir 😂.

[@RagingOatmeal]

It would be cool to see you look at its father gun (Ljutic) and its adopted child (remington 712? I think its that model.

[@borisfargo1290]

They where imported by Purbeck shooting school a decade ago or so.

[@felixd7818]

Love all your programs, but please lower the music volume.

[@marksd5650]

Thank you Johnny. Truely sad that the majority of us probably need to settle for a Benelli 1301 or a Remington or Winchester; I suspect I’ll never have the extra cash for a $12.5K (base price) shotgun. Alas. Best Regards sir

[@muhammadjahangir1260]

Very beautiful

[@martinsteven2643]

Lovely looking guns. Certainly give Perazzi and Kreghoff a run for the money. But out with my price range alas.

[@clemngc]

You are correct they are a little pricey, my purchase did put a strain on the budget but if you shoot a lot what is the difference in replacing a shotgun every 5 to 7 years when it is worn out. Your Kolar will last a lifetime. Good luck and happy shooting.

[@RichardWaineUK]

Do they have a Kolar Kolar truck?

[@richardsveum8452]

Awesome shotguns

[@jrussk]

Skynyrd in the backround. 'Merica!

[@dankruger2890]

I still want a Kolar

[@darrenclarke3677]

Love the glasses, can I ask where did you get them?

[@tgsoutdoors]

They are Edwards Hiroki 2 - there is no going back once you have tried a pair! www.edwardseyewear.com/Store/Hiroki-II-c130345628

[@darrenclarke3677]

@@tgsoutdoors cheers for the info, do you just send them your prescription? 👍

[@HWConstantinNelson]

Kolar’s do not shot high because of their trap heritage. Figure 8 the beads on the ramped rib sporter and it shoots 60/40 or align the beads and they shoot 50/50.

[@robpowell9162]

Is this posted at 1.5x speed? JCs voice seemed sped up! Annual service at 30,000 rounds?! Holy smokes!! Is the fore end cut differently? When you were handling the gun it seemed to have a wavy finger grip?

[@windym709]

Try Purbeck Shooting School 👍

[@tgsoutdoors]

I know they were, but since Mr Brown passed away, I wasn’t sure whether that was still the case.

[@windym709]

@@tgsoutdoors not sure, I knew they used too, good guns 👍

[@robpowell9162]

When did you check last? There weren’t any this summer when I visited. Also not a single kolar on guntrader sadly.

[@tigea9078]

I've shot several, one only felt good. I've beaten guys that shoot them with an 870. No doubt they are super nice and wished one day I could afford one. Now I can and still don't have one. My 694 fits me great for my sporting clays addiction.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

You beating guys with an 870 proves Littles about the gun lol. As say that as a lover of 870s.

[@shot7bm]

Looks like Perazzi and Krieghoff hybrid...

[@quinnsmith5704]

That is what I've always said about mine. Basically a Krieghoff with a Boss style action.

[@theoisaac9948]

💯👍👍

[@fullchoke01]

A lifetime warranty doesn't mean much when you are forking out that kind of money for 2 tubes and some wood, the longer i'm in the shooting world the less i care about supposed top end guns and the heir of if you don't have one you can't compete with them

[@tgsoutdoors]

I can appreciate that

[@fullchoke01]

@@tgsoutdoors don't want to sound like a grumpy old man haha, just spent far too much money chasing a perfect gun over the years to realise most of the money is a waste, good engineering is one thing but the prices people will pay to shoot average scores is beyond me

[@hammyh1165]

Fantastic guns and I wouldn't mind one , however....... As someone who lives in the UK I'd rather have a Longthorne for the same sort of money .

[@jimcarter4497]

Well I dont own either but I’ve shot both. I actually preferred the Kolar to the Longthorne. Additionally these are hand engraved where obviously the Longthornes are not. These Kolars are supremely soft shooting. It just seems easy to shoot(i shot the ramped rib on both the Kolar and Longthorne). By chunky I assume Jonny was referring to the width of the action it is wide (wider than a Perazzi) but I like the weight between the hands.

[@daithi1966]

I'm American and think it is really pretty, but even if I'd won the lottery I'd by English shotgun instead.

[@colejackson4350]

I’ve always thought the Kolar’s looked “cheap” for how high they are

[@pookiemonkey1474]

Lol, okay. You must the only person I’ve heard say that but you do you

[@colejackson4350]

Well, at least the standard versions. When you get into the high-tier engraving, THAT’S when they start looking better

[@raymondpickering3398]

I’m with you on that for 12k should be a lil more done up

[@johnnunn8688]

@@colejackson4350, does the engraving matter? That’s just decoration, after all. It’s a matter of how it handles and shoots, Shirley?

[@colejackson4350]

@John Nunn, Although the engraving does nothing for the overall function of the gun, a well-engraved firearm certainly adds to the value and pride you get from owning one. I’d rather have a gorgeous gun that can handle as good as it looks than have a gun that looks cheap and underdone, especially for the $12k price tag

[@steved9147]

Always good vids BUT..slow down...with the accent those of us in the US have a hard time following

[@stog9821]

I struggled with Johnny’s accent when I first started watching a few years ago, but I’ve become used to it and understand him clearly now. I’d say that the majority of Brits I know living in the States hate guns and shooting, so it was initially intriguing to see some who didn’t.

[@robbreeze7599]

That’s what you get when an Englishman speaks English.

[@stog9821]

@@robbreeze7599 I dunno’. Doesn’t the accent change there every 30 miles (or 6 blocks in the case of London)?

[@robbreeze7599]

@@stog9821 Jonny has a pretty standard southern English accent intelligible to everyone in the UK. If you find him difficult to understand then you must have led a sheltered life!

[@stog9821]

@@robbreeze7599 Didn’t I say above that I now understand him clearly? Actually, I had a Welsh grandmother, so I’m not that unfamiliar with the Brits (sorry Grandma).

[@AF-O6]

I’m American…but these just feel agricultural to me. While I do admire a quality tractor, I just don’t want to shoot one.

[@batmantiss]

Have you SEEN the average American trap shooter? OF COURSE it's a chunky gun. You know why trap shooters don't pick up their shells? They'd pass out!

[@oliviervyvey6092]

arrête de faire péteux!!!! ton jouet n'arrivera jamais a la cheville d'un lebeau-couraly,la rolls royce des fusils

[@whiskeykilmer1866]

Overpriced

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Most guns in this space are quite frankly lol