12 Gauge Adapters

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 9/25/2018 | J Hines

[w1n1]

Have you ever been out on a hunt and you had to shoot your 12-gauge on a small game up close? Unfortunately, your game wasn’t worth to keep due to being torn up to shreds.
The folks from Short Lane Gun Adapters noticed this concern among hunters and they have a solution. Short Lane have whats called the Stack-N-Pack adapters for the 12-gauge.
This applies to the hinge action shotgun (single shot or double barrel). Using a 12-gauge is an overkill for the small game at close range.
Having the ability to fire a 20-gauge or a .410 bore shot shell would be a handy choice. Its the ideal prepper shotgun with such capability.
This Stack-N-Pack adapter will turn your 12-gauge into a flexible system.

Here’s another scenario to consider in a survival situation.
Ammunition will be scarce for the 12-gauge break action shotgun. If you happen to come across different calibers such as .410, 20-gauge shells, 22 long rifle, .45 Colt ammo or even a 9mm. You probably think you’re SOL (Sh&t out of Luck) with that 12-gauge.
Having a Stack-N-Pack kit in your bug out bag increases the capability and adaptability of your 12-gauge.
Ok, so all this sounds pretty good, but, how does it really perform? Read the rest of this 12 gauge adapters.

[Celerity]

The guys at AM SHJ don’t get out very often.

[Larry Lucido]

Which adapter do you use when you shoot your wife in the chest to sell products for your blog?

[Tenacious 1]

For later

[VRWCarea51]

I am sure his Liability carrier enjoyed seeing that.

Oh, look it’s time to update their Policy...

[headstamp 2]

[Have you ever been out on a hunt and you had to shoot your 12-gauge on a small game up close?]

I can honestly say never after over 35 years of small game hunting with a 12 gauge. By the time you fumble with this adapter, they’ll be at a farther range anyway. LOL

I’ve found the 12 bore the most versatile of all the shotgun bores with the 20 a close second.

[yarddog]

Similar things have been available as long as I can remember.

Probably fun to tinker with but not as practical as maybe carrying a .22 pistol for such things.

[Williams]

I didn’t read the whole article but putting the wrong shell in a shotgun is a classic safety problem. Could this adapter lead to more confusion and risk?

[Charles Martel]

I believe what you're referring to is the old mix-up where 16 gauge shells would find their way into a 12-gauge chamber. Those are generally the only two close enough in size to cause trouble.

These adapters seem to press in tightly, even using O-rings to hold them steady. Safety doesn't seem to be as big a concern as ease of use and accuracy.

[oldasrocks]

Either carry some mini 12 gauge shells or practice more with your pistol.

[rellimpank]

-—when I was a kid back in the late ‘40’s , I had access to a bunch of 1920’s and ‘30’s catalogs and magazines-—you could even get adapters to shoot .32 S&W in your .30-30, ‘.30-’06, etc.,-—

[Paal Gulli]

"Which adapter do you use when you shoot your wife in the chest to sell products for your blog?"

That's how Richard Davis, founder of Second Chance vests, marketed in the beginning. His was the first practical concealable body armor, and there was no Internet yet. So his idea was that his product would be more effective if no one outside of the LEO community knew it existed, so he marketed directly to police departments.

He'd come in with one of his vests, usually missing a few of its layers to show that the production models were "over-engineered," and shoot himself in the chest with whatever handgun his host provided. After he got older he wised up he started putting a nice, thick telephone book underneath the vest to save wear and tear on his ribcage.

He shoots himself at about 2:15. Then to demonstrate that the blunted impact of a bullet is not debilitating, he immediately turns and 'engages' his assailants.

The unofficial company motto was "The best way to enforce capital punishment against would-be cop killers is to effectively return fire." In the early days, if an LEO was shot wearing one of his vests and managed to kill his assailant, Second Chance would give him a replacement vest, plus a nickle-plated Model 19 S&W.

Yeah, the ACLU had kittens over that one.

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Amazing product and video, as well as some great comments.

[yarddog]

I remember those too.

I recall reading an article about those which used .32 auto cartridges in those high power rifles. Despite the .32 auto bullets being a little bit larger in diameter, they worked very well.

[gnarledmaw]

28/410

[gnarledmaw]

Me neither. On stationary targets like squirrels an intentional near miss even at close range tends to have just enough stray pellets to not splatter it. Im not good enough to try that on a jumped hare but given the potential safety problems of a close shot like that caused by the environment such as it is where I often hunted would make that a poor idea to attempt to begin with.