My first choice for home defense - double barrel coach gun!

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Originally Posted by retsupt99

I bought a Stoeger Coach Gun and immediately sent it out to be reworked.
I spent about $175 making an OK coach gun into one smooth operating machine.:hand9:

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I have one as well, that I like and keep in the BR, along with handguns.

Just curious what you had "reworked"?

Double barrel shotguns are nice to have. I have one with no external hammers that I bought from my uncle about 7 years ago. I never shot it before so therefore I just have it because I always wanted one. For HD nothing beats the sound of putting a round into the chamber from a pump shotgun.

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Originally Posted by GunLover69

My first choice for home defense is currently my 12 guage double barrel coach gun. it is super reliable and extremely intimidating.

I recently purchased a Rock Island M5 pump action and intended for that to be my primary home defense weapon however, when I took it out to the range for the first time I experienced 50% failure to fire. Sometimes it went "bang" other times "click" but no bang.

It's now at the gun smith.

If it comes back from the gun smith shooting with 100% reliability, it'll be number one again.

I hate it when a brand new weapon malfunctions right out of the box. Ugh.

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I recently put an M5 in layaway. This makes me think I may need to re-evaluate my decision. Do you happen to know what was causing the problem?

Ive got a coach gun tucked away also

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Originally Posted by MJK

Another problem with the coach gun is that you have to manually cock the hammers. In a tight situation with an adrenaline dump taking place the last thing I want to do is perform an extra step requiring fine motor skills.

There are modern weapons way better suited for HD. But you are on the right track selecting a 12 ga shotgun - just need to update the platform

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Not all coach gun require this...

Stoeger Coach Gun, 12-Gauge, 20-Gauge, .410, with 3� Chamber

I have one in 12 ga...