how many rounds have you fired from a pistol grippped shotgun?

how many rounds have you fired from a pistol gripped shotgun?

  • none why the heck would you wanna shoot one of those

    Votes: 71 36.6%

  • a few

    Votes: 53 27.3%

  • 25-50

    Votes: 28 14.4%

  • 51-100

    Votes: 35 18.0%

  • a whole lota rounds becuse i cant hit anything with the darn thing with a pistol grip

    Votes: 7 3.6%
  • Total voters
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I literally have fired at least 1000-1200 rounds through a pistol grip. this includes slugs, low base target, and buckshot. theyre OK if you practice hard with them. but theyre a niche weapon.

it was mine. ive owned two. one a parked 500 cruiser 6 shot and a wingmaster converted that held 7, both 18.5 of course. any longer and it looks and feels silly. the added weight of the wingmaster made the gun feel better upon recoil.
 
i have a mossy 500 i kept the pistol grip on it for maybe 75 rounds before i took it off. i couldnt handle shooting 3 inch slugs, and buckshot through it. the value shells werent so bad but then again it would take me 3 shots to hit a gallon jug at 10 feet. and just one or two shots from the 3 inch mags and my wrist hurt for weeks. i put the factory stock back on since. the pistol grip defiantly looks awesome and makes it 12 inches shorter but i dont think its worth it.
 
I've never fired a pistol gripped shotgun. When I was new(er) to shotguns, I considered converting my standard 870 express to a pistol grip (honestly, it was mainly for the coolness factor :eek:), but the overwhelming consensus here was "There's no good reason to do that." so I left it stock. I don't regret my decision.
 
I have an H&R single 12 with 20" barrel and 28" overall length, I have shot maybe 100 rounds through it and it is painful. especially slugs.
 
I've shot a few through my mate's pistol gripped Benelli M3. It was a case of look flash but no real use in shooting moving targets ...
 
When it comes to PGO stock, my Remington top folder can mimic the PGO stocks and I have fired it quite a few times with the stock collapsed. Mainly this was out of the cab of a tractor at passing flocks of blackbirds where the compact size was a benefit and blasting away at a flock you don't have to be accurate at all. So yeah, I guess you can say I've fired PGO stocks in the 51-100 times listing but it's still enough to know that for serious work, it's something I would pass pretty quickly on.
 
I've never fired a non-pistol gripped shotgun and hope I never do.
My HK/Benelli M1 Super 90 is a pleasure to shoot.


No PGO
 
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I fired just a handful of rounds (12ga slugs) out of a pump-action PGO shotgun belonging to a friend once. Range was maybe 10-15 yards, and I missed the IPSC target completely and hit the one right next to it. Dern things are very difficult to aim properly and don't point worth a flip compared to a stocked shotgun, to me.

Perhaps with training and practice, I could get decent with one, but the same amount of training and practice would make me far better with a conventional stocked or folding shotgun, methinks.
 
The one's I fired were of the home made type and I'm convinced that they would serve a limited purpose in a SHTF situation, but it's not the only mod needed on a stock shotgun.
 
Less than a dozen in my {VERY BRIEFLY} PGO-equipped Maverick 88.

That is how I got to known as "Rocky Raccoon" for a couple of weeks...Fat lips, severely mooshed but not broken nose, and a matched pair of 'Shiners'.
 
A friend from the gun club bought an old JC Higgens 12 ga pump for $80 from the LGS. He cut it down to 18", and made his own pistol grip from some steel pipe, and had a pretty BA little gun for under $100. Is it practical? Not really, but shooting it isn't nearly as bad as you'd think. I was a bit scared to shoot it, but we took it on the skeet range and it only took me about 6 rounds before I started breaking targets with it. The recoil was not bad at all with my 1200 fps 1 1/8 oz reloads.

The trick to hitting the birds was to hold it up in front of you as though it had a real stock on it. This of course negates the whole theory of a PG SG, which is being able to hold it close to your body. Removing the stock makes a 2-50 yd weapon into a 0-3 yd. weapon. And 3yds might be a stretch!
 
I voted 25-50.

A friend has had a Winchester 1300 ranger 20ga. youth model since he was... a youth.

He put a PG on it on a whim, and it's been in that configuration ever since. It has very little recoil, and it has become a plinker/camp gun.
 
Alot but I prefer shoulder stock

Hello friends and neighbors // Alot but I prefer sholder stock.

I had a Mossberg combo 28" round bbl w/shoulder stock and 18 1/2" w/pistol grip.

I mounted a nylon strap under forearm,slip hand under strap, grip the pump action and no problems with barrel jumping up. You really need a firm grip up front when shooting 00buck or slugs using pistol grip.

Good for hotel/motel duffle, backpacking or truck. Good for clearing small areas. Shoulder stock with 18 1/2 is better for all if the extra few inches don't bother you.

Sold the Mossberg. I could not hit skeet very well with long barrel and high school friend loved short barrel.
I now use Rem. 870 Express Tactical w/GRS, 18 1/2", 12ga. but with shoulder stock.
 
Something I neglected to mention - the first time I shot a pistol grip shotgun, I started out with a full tube of Sellier and Bellot 2 3/4" 00 buck, LOOKING DOWN THE SIGHTS, RAPID FIRE. I handled it fine.

I thought I had the "feel" down, so I went to a full tube of low base 7.5. Handled it.


Got complacent, loaded up a full tube of 7.5, only there was an EXTREMELY hot 2 3/4" reloaded duck round (dunno exactly what it was but kicked harder than any 3" I've shot, honestly). So I'm going through the tube lax, right? I get to the duck load and the gun comes back and hits me right in the mouth. knocks out my right middle tooth and part of the one next to it. I kept shooting that day looking like a hockey player.


Since then I've gotten back on the horse and fired tons of rounds through them and kind of learned what works and what doesn't. It's an OK choice as long as you use suitable ammo (reduced recoil buck and slugs) and know how to aim it. It's a contact shooter at best but I would not feel outgunned with one at a close distance and some practice. Yes, I'd rather have the full stock.
 
I tried a few shots

But gave up because of the inconsistencies in hitting where I wanted the shots to go. I like the concept of a light, small shotgun for up close encounters but want something much more reliable with a first shot "put-down" , and quick follow-up, hence I stayed with the full shoulder stock.
 
A friend had a Mossburg 500 with a pistol grip and with the light load #8s it wasn't bad. Then we got the bright idea to put some 3" mags in it and let me just tell you, it wasn't a good idea. It wasn't fun at all. You pulled the trigger and it was painful. I fired it twice and was done.
 
I put a recoil-absorbing Knoxx folding stock with a pistol grip on my Mossy 500 slugster. It actually helped absorb the brutal recoil from those 3" Rottweil magnums. Of course that pistol grip was part of a special shoulder stock as well. I would never fire with the pistol grip only! That's Sparta madness.

I saw a noob at the range a while back putting a Rem with a pistol grip only RIGHT NEXT TO HIS EYEBALL!! He had obviously never fired it before. I was too nice of a guy to let him do that to himself.
 
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