Guess i will have to go first ...What is your scatter gun of choice?
Guess i will have to go first ...What is your scatter gun of choice?
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As read in the Feb. 2005 issue of Field & Stream
A whopping 4 million rounds shot from the late shotgunning ...
How About 4 Million?
As read in the Feb. 2005 issue of Field & Stream
A whopping 4 million rounds shot from the late shotgunning great Rudy Etchen's 870 Rem. shotgun ~ (with only minor parts replacement to keep it going) Now that is a mighty durable scattergun!
I've got a Rossi Coach Gun with exposed hammers above my bedroom door, but for serious social work, I've got an original Benelli M121 with beautiful wooden furniture and a set of rifle sights with a semi ghost ring and a sling. The M121 is the precursor of the current Super-90. The barrel has been Pro-Ported. It has an extended tube which holds eight rounds and is simply the fastest, most reliable and softest kicking 12 ga I've ever fired.
Here is a great shotgun as well. ScatterGun Technologies by Wilson Combat.
All the best features in one complete package! Street proven pump action with an 18" cylinder bore barrel. Extended magazine with a total capacity of 7 rounds. Four or six shot side saddle shell carrier. Black synthetic stock, 6 volt SURE-FIRE Tactical Light, and Multi-Purpose Tactical Sling. Rust resistant finish. Retro-fits available for customer supplied shotguns.
Remington 12ga. 3" 870 Magnum with an 18" barrel (cylinder bore)
Adjustable TRAK-LOCK® Ghost Ring rear sight, ramp type front sight with tritium self luminous insert
Extended Magazine Tube, total capacity: 7 rounds
Side Saddle Shell Carrier, extended capacity: 4 or 6 rounds (not shown)
Synthetic Buttstock and Tactical Fore Grip with 11,000 candlepower light
High Visibility, Non-Binding Follower
Extra Power Heavy Duty Stainless Magazine Tube Spring
Jumbo Head Safety
Multi-Purpose Tactical Sling
Buttstock Swivel and Rigid Magazine Tube Sling Mount
Armor-Tuff Finish: Available in these combinations: green/black; grey/black & all black.
I use an Ithaca M37 Deerslayer Storm, the one shipped with the parkerized finish, polymer furniture, rifle sights, and a LimbSaver pad. It has a rifled barrel and is quite accurate with slugs intended for rifled barrels. It is uglier than sin, but it shoots.
Since I am left-eye dominant, the bottom loading and ejecting Ithaca M37 and Browning BPS are very easy to shoot. It did take some practice to be able to top off the Ithaca's tube while on the move; however, I have enough rounds downrange that I do it without thinking. Skeet with my 28-gauge BPS is a good training method for loading quickly and safely.
I kinda like my Remington Model 48 13" BBL...<yes it's a short barreled shotgun> NFA Stamp gun. This is a predicessor of the Rem 100. It's recoil activated rather than the gas recoil system of the 1100 series. In the Movie "Lone Wolf Mc Quade" Chuck Norris uses the weapon in the final scenes against David Carradine and a few other BGs..
I was able to get a Ithaca Stakeout 12ga 13" BBL for my Son's God father. He's an LEO in Massachusetts, and yes, he carries in under a long coat.. I fondly call him "Eugene" <David Graf> from Police Acadamy as he had a large chache of weaponry primarily from me LOL
My preference is for my Remington Model 11 (receiver made in 1926, barrel in 1935-36). I've put a new recoil pad since this photo was taken -- nevertheless, I call her "The Mule" because she kicks like one. Damn reliable weapon, however. At some point, I'll have it refinished although the patina that has developed has a certain nostalgic appeal. The stock was cracked through the wrist, but I've repaired that and it's hardly noticeable now. The magazine extension is from a Remington 1100 with a 1/4" round spacer/washer installed (threads on the Model 11 magazine tube are longer than on an 1100). Just a fine weapon, a reminder of an era of machining and craftsmanship that is forgotten.
Capacity is 7+1. Standard load is Winchester Ranger Reduced Recoil 00 Buck and Winchester Ranger Reduced Recoil 1oz slugs.