Posted on 08/12/2018 5:38:29 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Well, we did it. We took my Spanish 12ga shotgun with the 27.5" barrel and cut it off. Now, it has a 19" barrel and the end has been filed and finished and it is ready to go. The intended purpose is for home defense, or in a still rare case, if some group of people are causing a problem/rioting out in society as a secondary weapon. In some literary circles, such is called a "Coach Gun".
It appears some characters in history over 100 years ago determined that a cut down shotgun would be an effective weapon a close ranges when only 1-2 shots were needed to take care of a criminal who didn't know when to run. To all of us who know guns, if faced with a double-barreled 12ga at close range, and upon being informed it has 00 Buck in it, one tends to find a way to de-escalate that disagreement or run like hell. Without getting into all of the legalities and exceptions, suffice it to say that the barrel must be 18" or longer (1/8" under is a felony) and the overall length if with buttstock is 26" (Mine fits both parameters).
No long shots here. But, in the case of a home invasion or someone trying to carjack you and you can get your hands on it, it is the perfect weapon. No night sights needed. Other than that, I can see little use for it.
Sawed-off shotguns are illegal in some states (California), so it depends.
Can you post a pic?
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Cowboy Action Shooting. Used to be you could pick up a nice short-barreled double for a song. Now it's a song plus about three hundred buckadingdongs.
Publishing a picture could be injurious to someone’s health. Another person and/or myself. If you wish to PM me and insert an e-mail, I’ll send it to you.
>>But, in the case of a home invasion or someone trying to carjack you and you can get your hands on it, it is the perfect weapon.
How big do you think the pattern is at the length of the longest hallway in your home?
Active noise suppression headphones...
I have a Rossi coach gun. 18” or so. $200 used.
Staring into 2 12gauge barrels would send any criminal heading for the hills, But the sound of a pump shotgun’ being racked has an even better effect.
My father had one he kept down under the seat of the truck. Rural North Mississippi. That man always brought some different kind of gun every week
If you are going to shoot magnum shells out of it, make sure you put a pistol grip forend on it, because missing that extra weight on the front end makes the barrel rise so hard that it’s difficult to maintain a grip on it, especially if your hands are sweaty.
Yep, that’s the one I have too, and that’s a perfect example. I don’t think Rossi makes them anymore. A Stoeger coach gun - similar model - will run you five bills plus these days. Geesh.
“How big do you think the pattern is at the length of the longest hallway in your home?”
Not very.
I’m curious about
“Bottle of Water?”
Good modification if it’s intended use his personal defense. Mostly because it gives the user better mobility. It won’t hurt your ballistics or do anything to your accuracy if you were starting with a cylinder bore.
I don’t think so
Poured as blade is cutting...no overheating of barrel.
No, just 2.75 shells already shot out of it when at 27.5". It kicks VERY hard even like that. Haven't shot it shortened, yet. lol.
No real hallways at all in house. Neat design. Room-to-room-to-room. The only thing that can be called a hallway is about 4’ square.
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Trench gun - Foxhole Gun- back yard gun.
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