WVMountainBoy
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I have a coach in both bedrooms of my home because I'm familiar them and can work with them well half asleep.
If the right-hand hammer is cocked you can't open the gun
Thats why you check if you can use it before you buy... the hammers on mine dont require much strength at all.Weak/arthritic hands are not going to cock them.
True, but the same applies to rifles and pistolsThey can snag on clothing.
Seems like you would notice if it was loose during practice and/or cleaning... maintain your weaponry and this isnt a concern.They can fall off - I kid you not.
Mine opens no matter what.If the right-hand hammer is cocked you can't open the gun.
On mine if I feel like it I can open the gun and drop the hammers, or I can keep it closed and just be careful.You have to ease the hammer down on a live shell, and that is an accident that has happened many times.
That goes for ANY weapon.exercise care
External hammers on a shotgun have more than one drawback.
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Weak/arthritic hands are not going to cock them.
Thats why you check if you can use it before you buy... the hammers on mine dont require much strength at all.
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They can snag on clothing.
True, but the same applies to rifles and pistols
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They can fall off - I kid you not.
Seems like you would notice if it was loose during practice and/or cleaning... maintain your weaponry and this isnt a concern.
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If the right-hand hammer is cocked you can't open the gun.
Mine opens no matter what.
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You have to ease the hammer down on a live shell, and that is an accident that has happened many times.
On mine if I feel like it I can open the gun and drop the hammers, or I can keep it closed and just be careful.
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exercise care
That goes for ANY weapon.
Jim
I wasn't home, I was on duty for the Nat'l Guard that weekend. There was also a really severe thunderstorm taking place at the time, so nobody heard it. But the police were scouring my yard the next day with metal detectors, because quite a few bullets exited the house and ended up in my front yard. They questioned me extensively about how well I knew him, and why someone was trying so hard to kill him. I had no idea, and still dont. The BG's ended up being from Houston TX, about 1000 miles away. But he used to live there...........apparently something he did years ago caught up with him.Wow! Thats crazy. If I knew people were after me I would of got more than a bolt action. But if that was all that was available then its better than nothing. Sounds like a lucky guy. You hear the shots going off?
In reality, with 90% of all home invasions your situation will be resolved with one round of #4 or OO buck. That usually ALWAYS results in a very dead bad guy. If two are needed, then so be it. I live in a pretty low crime area, but my friend and next door neighbor sucessfully defeated his adversaries at 4am during a home invasion with a Mossberg bolt-action 12guage. The perps fired over 25 rounds of 9mm and .45 at him, hitting him 3 times, and he fired his 3 shots, 2 3/4 in BB shot goose loads. He missed with his first shot, Killed BG#1 with his second shot, and already wounded, was attempting to get a clear shot at BG#2, when a 9mm FMJ hit his elbow on his right arm, causing him to discharge his last round prematurely, with about 5 pellets hitting the BG in the neck and shoulder. This caused him to drop his Glock, and screaming in agony, was trying to drag his dead thug buddy out of the house when the Police arrived. My neighbor was grazed in the head by a .45, the last round ever fired by BG#1. This reqired 30 some stitches. He had a 9mm ricochet off of a stud in the wall and imbed itself into the space between his shoulder blades. It was removed at the hospital, had only gone in about 3/4 in. The third round that hit him was the 9mm in the elbow. It actually entered his forearm, shattered his elbow, and exited near his tricep. He said that one really hurt. Also, he is permanently partially deaf in his right ear from shooting the 12guage in his narrow hallway. But you know what, because he had that old shotgun, he won. Get the coachgun. It's formidable, and with some training you could fight well with it. My neighbor had NO training, he had borrowed the shotgun from his dad 3 days before because he knew these folks were after him, and had broken into his home twice before, stealing nothing, looking for him.