Stoeger Coach - a Survivalist Shotgun

Cal Sportsman ^ | 1/8/2016 | M Pandemic

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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.

[JoeFromSidney]

Your shooter should be loaded, cocked, an locked.

I agree. Whether it's a 1911 or an AR-15, keep it so only one action is needed to make it ready to shoot.

As for scaring intruders with the sound of a safety coming off, or a round being chambered, I'd rather not let them know I have a gun until I pull the trigger.

[tacticalogic]

Just picked up a Cimmaron 1878 at the pawn shop. Doesn't look like it's ever been fired.

They're Chinese, but the CAS shooters seem to like them, and run 100's/1000's of rounds through them and I can't find any reports of failures.

They seem to be rough out of the box, but "tune up" well with a little polishing. I spent a couple of hours stroking the hinge and bold mating surfaces and it opens and closes like butter now.

It's got external hammers and no safety, so it's dead simple to operate - cock the hammers and pull the triggers.

took it out and shot it over the weekend. AA's werent' too bad. I'm still feeling the #4 field loads. Might need to hone the chambers. The AAs fell right out but the field loads had to be pulled out.