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Stoeger Coach - a Survivalist Shotgun
Cal Sportsman ^ | 1/8/2016 | M Pandemic

Posted on 01/08/2016 6:06:07 AM PST by w1n1

At the time of 1923, Stoeger has been associated with fine firearms for the hunter, sportsman, and defensive shooter. Firearm diversity includes a variety of calibers and gauges: double barrel over-and-unders, side-by-sides, semi-autos, and pump-actions, as well as auto-loading defense and sporting pistols.

Stoeger actually began in 1923 in New York City (cough - back when NYC had common sense gun laws that promoted business) and grew until the 1990s, when Sako purchased the company. In 2000, Sako was in turn acquired by Beretta Holding, and Stoeger was placed under the current ownership of Benelli USA.

I first noticed Stoeger during the blitz of marketing around their double barreled coach guns a couple years ago with the boom of cowboy action shooting. The short barreled shotgun rose to popularity back in cowboy times via the Wells Fargo stagecoaches, where a handy, short, double barrel shotgun could deter unwanted coach visitors. With that need, the coach gun was actually produced by Wells Fargo as standard issue firearm at one point, but was followed in production by a number of other companies. Today, people are in love with the idea of the coach gun from a defensive perspective, an ideal survival shotgun. Read the read the rest of Stoeger shotgun story here.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; shotgun; stoegercoach; survival
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1 posted on 01/08/2016 6:06:07 AM PST by w1n1
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To: w1n1

Firearm diversity—Love that phrase.

Of course, the challenge is convincing Mrs. Bears of its merit.


2 posted on 01/08/2016 6:10:09 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: w1n1
For later. I actually own one of these. Surprisingly accurate with slugs for such a short barreled gun. Does kick like a mule.....
3 posted on 01/08/2016 6:11:58 AM PST by Envisioning (4.13.15 - That awkward moment in history when 53 million racists became sexists...)
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To: w1n1

I have a double barreled coach gun made by Zhongzhou Machine Works in China, imported by Century Arms. It has two outboard hammers that strike embedded firing pins.

I like it a lot.


4 posted on 01/08/2016 6:12:08 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: w1n1

Nothing strikes fear like the business end of a short double gun.


5 posted on 01/08/2016 6:13:21 AM PST by exnavy (good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
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To: w1n1

Can someone please explain to me why such a basic instrument is so expensive?

It’s not exactly cutting edge technology requiring sophisticated manufacturing processes.

You’d think something as simple as a coach gun would sell for $150 tops. Yes?


6 posted on 01/08/2016 6:16:26 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Arm_Bears

I have a 20 ga. field grade L.C. Smith double, made in 1948.
It’s in 95 percent condition and has been essentially retired.


7 posted on 01/08/2016 6:18:36 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: w1n1
A break action shotgun coupled with a set of Gaugemate adaptors would be ideal for a survivalist/post apocalypse weapon.

One shotgun, and the ability to use just about any ammunition you come across, albeit not extremely accurately in all cases. But it goes bang.


8 posted on 01/08/2016 6:19:40 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Nice.


9 posted on 01/08/2016 6:24:39 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Arm_Bears

How is the name “Stoeger” pronounced ?
Sto-ger or Ste-ger ?


10 posted on 01/08/2016 6:30:37 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: exnavy

I don’t know the sound coming from the dark of a shell being racked in my Mossberg Maverick 88 is might effective.


11 posted on 01/08/2016 6:35:06 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

No idea.


12 posted on 01/08/2016 6:36:07 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Does it come with a grenade launcher as well? ;-)


13 posted on 01/08/2016 6:37:07 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Stow Gur


14 posted on 01/08/2016 6:37:56 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Kartographer

No doubt, cycling a pump has a high pucker factor, if there is light, a scared female pointing a double, “clicking” the safety, should cause at least as high a factor. I have a Boito, o/u very short, in 12 gauge. Very effective.


15 posted on 01/08/2016 6:39:27 AM PST by exnavy (good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
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To: BenLurkin

I agree,

prices start over 700,,,

nice addition though.


16 posted on 01/08/2016 6:41:15 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: exnavy

Nothing strikes fear like the business end of a short double gun.

I’m a little busy, can it wait?
(Opening scene Miami Vice)


17 posted on 01/08/2016 6:44:53 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: CrazyIvan

“Call ballistics. Tell them to bring the really big tweezers.”


18 posted on 01/08/2016 6:51:20 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: w1n1

My son won a Stoeger at a Ducks Unlimited raffle. It is my current favorite gun to shoot,nice balance,accurate and very well made. I am definitely be on the lookout for another.


19 posted on 01/08/2016 6:58:57 AM PST by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Than cue !


20 posted on 01/08/2016 7:13:09 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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