Posted on 09/21/2012 11:26:58 AM PDT by marktwain
“Given an even choice, I would have to say handgun (assuming it was something in a significant caliber, i.e. beginning with 4), because handling a shotgun in cramped conditions can be a bit dicey.”
http://www.keltecweapons.com/news/preview-kel-tec-shotgun-ksg/
Methinks the above device would fulfill your “close-in” shotgun requirements. Use low powder charge/No. 1 buckshot shells for low recoil with 12G shells. It’s a pump, so no worries about the low powder charge not cycling, as with a semi-auto. TWELVE-SHOT capacity!
I am not a big Kel-Tec fan, because I have one of their little .380 pistols and it's a piece of . . . junk. Kicks like a Missouri mule, too.
I'll let somebody else buy it first & try it out.
Yeah, I was somewhat put off by the Kel-Tec brand, too, but it's been out a while, and the reviews are not all that bad.
I just wish they had a model in 20G so one need not use special ammo to get low recoil (not for me...I'm a big guy, but my wife, fully dressed and soaking wet weighs about 98 lbs). But if I was a shop-owner in a "flash-riot/theft" area, I "would" own one of these.
My husband uses the reduced-recoil shotgun rounds in cowboy (targets are close, no need to beat yourself to pieces over a knockdown target that’s 10 feet away). I have a 20 ga. for sporting clays for the same reason - but my go-to shotgun is a Rem 870 pump. Old reliable (it’s also the standard shotgun for HRC hunting tests, I can work it without having to think too hard because I’m using all my brain cells trying to handle my dog!)
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