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.
Firearm diversity—Love that phrase.
Of course, the challenge is convincing Mrs. Bears of its merit.
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.
Nothing strikes fear like the business end of a short double gun.
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?
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.
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.
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.
I have one of those in the normal length variety. It’s a nice li’l shotgun.
Kicks like a mule and no ejectors. Otherwise, dependable, hard-hitting.
Functional beauty.
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.