What is this shotgun used for?

everything. not shoot skeet, but i can't think of what else you couldn't do. Could even hunt some birds with it.

Just like a SxS DB 'coach'-type gun, except the barrels aren't SxS.

I've taken a similar Stoeger into the back-country on solitary hikes, deep into the wild, as backup to my .357

Well, the name "Outback", synthetic stock, and chrome finish seems to suggest it is intended for a weatherproof camping & hunting & survival role.

The screw-in choke tubes would make it very versatile for anything you wanted to do with it, including shooting skeet, HD, or hunting anything a shotgun would be used to hunt.

rc

I would use it for a camp gun. It sure is pretty though!

Barrel length has nothing at all to do with pattern spread.

That is controlled by the choke.

That Stoeger Outback has screw-in choke tubes.
So if you put a Full choke tube in one barrel and an Imp Cyl tube in the other, it would give you two different size, but good patterns at any range.

There is no reason a 20" barrel wouldn't pattern as good as a 30" barrel if they both had the same choke constriction in them.

rc

RCMODEL is right on, just look at the current trend in turkey guns, 21 or 22" bbls. Shot has no idea what length of tube it came out of.

I assume because of the shorter barrel length in this SG would mean less velocity then?

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A shotgun burns all it's powder in a very short distance.
Most shotshells are loaded with reletavely fast burnibg power similiar to that used in handgun calibers.

In all likelyhood, the 20" barrel will shoot just as hard as a 26" or 28" or 30" inch barrel.

there isn't a seal from the shot vs there is a seal in a regular projectile.

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The bore is sealed by the plastic over-powder wad, or shot-cup wad on modern shells.
It acts as an expanding piston seal in the bore to prevent gas loss.

rc

The problem I encountered with my Stoeger is that the gun got to where it would fire both chambers at once. It was unpredictable and couldn't be recreated on purpose. I called Benelli and they were well aware of the problem.

"I would bet the results are negligible."

Check the table at the bottom of this page, although the shortest they list is 22"...

www.guncustomizing.com/tech.htm

Here is one example listed:

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
22
1,251

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
24
1,240

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
26
1,269

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
28
1,288

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
28*
1,340

Federal
1 3/4 oz. No. 4
30**
1,300

"* Denotes Barrel with .660 Turkey Choke Installed
* * Denotes Manufacturer's Published Velocity , Typically Fired from a 30 inch Test Barrel"

I think I want one.

They are neat guns. I played with a blue/wood version a while ago and just didnt care for the rifle sights on it. If it just had a bead, I would probably own one now.

And Stoeger makes a fine product. I love my coach gun.

Bird hunters usually don't use shorter barrels because they have less sight radius, and supposedly because they don't swing as well.

I don't find that to be true.

I use my stoeger while dove and quail hunting all the time. I've even taken it duck hunting. I like it BECAUSE it swings quickly and stops easily.

Bird hunters usually don't use shorter barrels

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Try hunting quail in the brush.

Or woodcock.

A 20" chrome-plated O/U would not be traditional, but it would sure work great I betcha!

rc

I'm likin' that. Rifle sights would make it a competent slug gun. I don't even use a bead when I am just shooting shot.

If it was synthetic I would buy one but as it is I'll just as soon buy the blued/wood version

Intended purposes? What would you do with a 20" over under 12 guage?

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Shoot it at stuff, perhaps?

a whole lot of fun...

I first read that as 20ga over 12ga at first and was very very confused...

I JUST saw that on the Turner's Outdoorsman ad.