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.
I'm by far an expert but have seen some really well made break shotguns.
Usually when the action in closed the fit is so tight the line between the two pieces of steel is almost invisible.That must take many manhours by craftsmen.
A semi or pump is expected to have 'play' between the parts.
A nice break action shotgun is a thing of beauty.
1) You have eliminated your element of surprise.
2) You have given away your position.
3) Based on 1 and 2 above, you have increased risk to your safety.
Your shooter should be loaded, cocked, an locked.
And the perp knows exactly where you are...
Stoeger? Didnt they produce Lugers?
IF one wants a double barrel for home defense, get the one with rabbit ears. Reason? When you put two shells in the non-rabbit ear gun and close the breech, the thing is in the cocked position. Sure you can put the safety on, but springs have shelf lives ... the rabbit ear guns have a hammer block safety mechanism which means even if the tool falls on the external hammer, it will not discharge the chamber because the trigger is not fully depressed. You can leave a rabbit ears tool loaded without stressing any firing springs. Without external hammers, the tool should be left in the fully open position, to prevent stress on the springs.
If the prep is in my home, he knows God, face to face.
I tell the Gunnery Sergeant with the Indiana State police who told us that your thoughts next time I see him. He always said no matter ho loud the Bar fights was almost everyone heard that sound.
I have one of those in the normal length variety. It’s a nice li’l shotgun.
Truer words.
The sound of the slide may discourage somebody. But not nearly as much as the sound of the discharge.
Kicks like a mule and no ejectors. Otherwise, dependable, hard-hitting.
Barrels are 20" so you could lop off a couple of inches and still not run afoul of NFA territory, but it's a slick and fast-handling smoothbore as is. It's spendier than the Stoeger but heft the two side-by-side and it is evident why. The ShayZed is an heirloom-quality firearm. All double-barrels, be they smoothbore or rifled, tend to be spendy because it is not an inexpensive proposition to join two barrels together such as they both shoot to the same point of aim. Even the plainest of double rifles, the sort that are standard equipment for African professional hunters who guide tourists in quest of dangerous game, are eye-poppingly expensive because the task of "registering" the twin barrels both to shoot to where the one set of sights is pointing requires considerable attention from a skilled double gunsmith. Some of the most masterful executions of the genre have been the 3-barreled "Dreilingsgewehr" survival guns built by Sauer for the Luftwaffe. Issued to pilots in the North African theater, the "Drilling," as it has become popularly known, has twin smoothbore barrels with a centerfire rifle barrel nestled underneath. One in good shape, with case and all accessories easily will fetch mid-five figures today, as much for its artistry as for its role in a dark period of history.
BTW, unless you think you'll be facing a Kodiak Bear, the Foster slugs are as effective as the Brennecke at half the price.
I have a .12 gauge version and your right kicks like an army mule. Although I have an old sears bolt action .12 that kicks harder.
My buddy has a .20 gauge version I would like to have if he ever sells it.
Also, you can’t keep your aim on a target while racking a shotgun, or at least I can’t.
I tried.
With a pump you can quickly add shells to the tube, without taking the weapon out of act, at least I can.
Sporting clays provides good practice at racking a shotgun while keeping it shouldered and on target.
Yeah ... I know ... the professionals use a double. That’s their business. I’m not there to compete with them. I’m there to practice shooting.
FWIW, I was also taught to work a bolt action rifle without taking it off shoulder. I find that much harder to do; practice helps.
I’ve got a set of them, both by J C Riggins, the Sears brand. One is a 16 gauge with a choke and the other is a 20 gauge. Both bolt actions. Freepmail me if you’re interested.
The stock on the 20 is cracked but it’s still functional.
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Very happy with my mule ear Huglu sxs. Aquila mini-shell, shot and slug just fine for uninvited things that go bump in the night inside.
Functional beauty.
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