Posted on 10/11/2008 12:32:17 PM PDT by Snurple
A buddy from work came over with the coolest shotgun I have ever seen. It a USAS 12 gauge with a drum clip. We took it out behind the barn and burned up 4 boxes of shells,(real quick) Got to have one of these. I looked on youtube and found this clip.
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!
I WANT ONE!!!!!
How much do they cost? Are they legal to own for mere civilians?
He told me he bought it from a guy he met at Knob Creek gun range in Louisville.
they don’t look legal to me.....yikes....
The sound of a .357 magnum thruogh a 2 inch barrel is pretty awesome.
Neither do AR15s, but they are.(I love mine)
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.
The drum he had would only hold 10 shells and it was a semi auto. He paid a fortune for it.
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.
better git on b4 OB get in
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).
“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
Please spare me your ignorance. It was a round “drum magazine”, you know like the old thompson .45 sub machine guns.
Why would I care one way or another, its not mine.
Cool.
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
I believe that they are law enforcement only. A better alternative is a Tromix Saiga-12 conversion.
Holy Spitfire!!
There is a used one for sale at Guns America for 3,200.
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