T.R.
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Currently the market offers side by side shorty shotguns called coach guns. Then there are tactical pumps and autoloaders but zero over and under shorty's offered for sale. Why is this? - TR
Lol. Agreed. Doesn't even remotely address the OP and his question in the slightest, but is good advice all the same and I wholeheartedly agree. Either that or a Mossberg 500/590Just get an 870.
Currently the market offers side by side shorty shotguns called coach guns. Then there are tactical pumps and autoloaders but zero over and under shorty's offered for sale. Why is this? - TR
I’ve always wondered if anyone try’s to run a single shot. Which I bet were far more common as they are cheaper.The popularity of coach guns is because of the myth that short barrelled shotguns were prevalent in the Old West. Because of this myth, they are very popular in Cowboy Action Shooting.
The main advantage tactically was oal length. You could get way closer to the minimum required for a non sbr and still have a stock. But I don’t think it worked out because you could buy a cheaper pump for less. Which is even more true now with the current round of Turkish and Chinese guns.1- I don't think shorter O/U shotguns have any place in "history", unlike the SXS shotguns. 2- having more rounds loaded into any gun "on demand" is more tactically advantageous.
The popularity of coach guns is because of the myth that short barrelled shotguns were prevalent in the Old West. Because of this myth, they are very popular in Cowboy Action Shooting.
I think he’s been playing to much call of duty.Many years ago I had a fellow tell me he “duck-billed” his shotgun. I asked what that was and he proceeded to tell me how you hit the end of the barrel with a hammer to oval it, therefore spreading the shot out to the sides. It used to be common he said.