Shot a wicked shotgun today. USAS-12 shotgung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6_JMFoaDc ^ | today | self

[KoRn]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!

I WANT ONE!!!!!

How much do they cost? Are they legal to own for mere civilians?

[Snurple]

He told me he bought it from a guy he met at Knob Creek gun range in Louisville.

[cherry]

they don’t look legal to me.....yikes....

[exnavy]

The sound of a .357 magnum thruogh a 2 inch barrel is pretty awesome.

[KoRn]

"they don’t look legal to me"

Neither do AR15s, but they are.(I love mine)

[driftdiver]

I think the legality would depend on the state. It appears to be nothing more than a semi-auto shotgun.

Not legal for hunting though.

[Snurple]

The drum he had would only hold 10 shells and it was a semi auto. He paid a fortune for it.

[KoRn]

"It appears to be nothing more than a semi-auto shotgun."

I realize that. I just recall that there were laws against the "street sweeper" drum fed shotguns years ago(they may have been full autos). I was just curious if this shotgun would be illegal too.

[CGASMIA68]

better git on b4 OB get in

[7MMmag]

It is not a drum "clip". It is a magazine. Get your nomenclature right, or look like some MSM-like ignoramus.

On another note; perhaps it would be best to not crow about the weapon so much? An earlier incarnation was widely outlawed (before I obtained one, even though I did have plenty of opportunity to do so).

[driftdiver]

“I realize that. I just recall that there were laws against the “street sweeper” drum fed shotguns years ago(they may have been full autos).”

I don’t think street sweepers were full auto. Their main sin was marketing.

As you say the drum feed was also an issue. This shotgun appears to be a much better weapon though. I found this video of the ‘street sweeper’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwC85njIE0k&NR=1

[Snurple]

Please spare me your ignorance. It was a round “drum magazine”, you know like the old thompson .45 sub machine guns.

[Snurple]

Why would I care one way or another, its not mine.

[Liberty Valance]

Cool.

[MississippiMan]

The Street Sweeper was functionally full-auto. They got by with selling it for a while because the mechanics by which it repeated didn’t meet the technical definition of full-auto that existed at the time.

A friend owned one; if you think a full-auto rifle is hard to hold down when firing, you ain’t seen nothing. ;-)

MM

[SVTCobra03]

I believe that they are law enforcement only. A better alternative is a Tromix Saiga-12 conversion.

[xcamel]

Holy Spitfire!!

[eyedigress]

There is a used one for sale at Guns America for 3,200.