Actually, with a pump gun, you can reload quite quickly. You insert shells into the tube magazine during breaks in the action.
Here is a pic of a couple Saiga-12s.
Posted on 12/28/2008 3:19:57 PM PST by smokingfrog
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The Mossberg shotgun has a proven place not only in the field but also for home/personal defense.
or the Mossberg 500 Rolling Thunder... 18 1/2" barrel, pistol grip, and heat shield (has the big can "barrel stabilizer" on it)
I saw a columbian drug police 590 in a pawn shop the other day, it had a 2003 date on it they are around if you shop around.
Looks like a Model 37. Sweet.
There are a few shotguns which take a detachable magazine for reloading. The Russian Saiga is one. Another was the old Mossberg which I mentioned in an earlier post.
I think the main reason is most shotguns are used for bird hunting where extremely quick reloads are not required plus it is pretty fast to reload most pumps and autoloaders anyway. Also since a 12 gauge shell is pretty large, the mags must also be a bit large and cumbersome.
Most shotgun hunters are traditionalists and like the way they look with the undertube magazine.
There really is no reason they couldn’t use the detachable system.
Actually, with a pump gun, you can reload quite quickly. You insert shells into the tube magazine during breaks in the action.
Here is a pic of a couple Saiga-12s.
A 12 gage pump offers a unique form of home defense. To a would-be bugler sneaking into a home, the sound of the pump-slide being racked, and round going into the chamber says "get out" like nothing else. And hey, if they don't take the hint, it will get the job done - the boom of it firing may be the last sound they ever hear.
The Russians make semi-autos under the Saiga brand.
Have no knowledge of how reliable they are.
Saiga-12 semi-auto shotgun
or know how to “pie the corner” while doing urban assault... short stocking works too(don’t recommend w/a shotgun, but pistol grip shotties work wonders... good for breaching too).
They are “bitchin” I was running 3” 00 buck though one yesterday
I'm considering getting a 500A with the two barrels. I'll put on the 18.5 inch barrel on it and trick it out with all of the cool stuff like a Knoxx stock, extra shell carrier, ghost ring sights, and Duracoat finish (just to add that extra coolness).
AK-47 reliable.
Looking cool is the other half ;)
I’m getting old, and need to post faster........
I didn’t have an Ithaca, but I had a Remington Model 10, also a bottom ejector. By the time I could afford an Ithaca, they were gone.
Actually, The 410 is finicky about what it eats.
The saiga 12 however, will eat anything
This Persuader is the Curiser.
Actually, The 410 is finicky about what it eats.
The saiga 12 however, will eat anything
DONT shoot anything over 7 1/2 bird shot in that.
DONT ask me how I know.
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