Double Barrel Defense Shotguns?
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Asked this myself and the answer is almost invariably that a pump is magnitudes cheaper unless you tacticool a used one. I understand the minimalist/simplicity nature of the request, but that's not where the pricepoint is.
To answer your question, NEF comes to mind for some dirt cheap single barrels.
To answer your question, NEF comes to mind for some dirt cheap single barrels.
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Are you ready for this? It has rails.
http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/stoeger_double_defense.php
Actually, I am in the minority on the question. I think a double shotgun is the optimum weapon for the person so mechanically disinclined that he, or she, will short stroke a pump or forget to charge an automatic. There are some people like that.
Consider the break action's advantages. To load, you put shells in the holes. You cannot put them in backwards. (You can push a shell backwards into a tube magazine.)
To unload and show clear you take the thingies out of the holes.
Edited to add: A double shotgun is also a terrific gun for the traveler. Legal almost anywhere, takes down into two short pieces so you don't have to carry an obvious gun case (attracting the attention of thieves, busybodies and officials)... Yeah, in some situations, best thing going.
http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/stoeger_double_defense.php
Actually, I am in the minority on the question. I think a double shotgun is the optimum weapon for the person so mechanically disinclined that he, or she, will short stroke a pump or forget to charge an automatic. There are some people like that.
Consider the break action's advantages. To load, you put shells in the holes. You cannot put them in backwards. (You can push a shell backwards into a tube magazine.)
To unload and show clear you take the thingies out of the holes.
Edited to add: A double shotgun is also a terrific gun for the traveler. Legal almost anywhere, takes down into two short pieces so you don't have to carry an obvious gun case (attracting the attention of thieves, busybodies and officials)... Yeah, in some situations, best thing going.
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Now how are you answering my question? None of the NEFs are double barrels. I didn't ask about price point, single barrels, or pumps. Also, why would I get an NEF when I have a Mossberg 500?
Now list some double barrels. That's what I asked about.
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So do these.
So they do. What are those?
I'm interested in the concept: short, simple and if called into question, an Elmer Fudd gun, not a Rambo gun. As I said, very good for portability.
On the other hand, even a plugged duck gun has 50% more ammunition in it, so I'm slightly agnostic about the whole thing.
Stoeger's Condor Outback O/U has snubbed barrels and a rifle sight, but no rail.
Money no object? How about a Beretta Silver Hawk slug gun?
Click on Silver Synthetic Shorty under the picture and then you can look at the picture of the babe.
Here's the other one.
Here's the other one.
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I looked at the babe first.How much is that Beretta? I'd be just as happy with the Stoeger single trigger coach gun.
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i used to live in a twelve-wide trailer with a long and very narrow hallway,and even with a short pump could not turn without dropping the muzzle but could spin with ease with my old stevens/revelations coach gun. if your house gun is to big to maneuver you need to get a bigger house(joke)
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I asked about that, I think it was a year or so ago. What I heard is, that model isn't imported at present. Price on a plain old Silver Hawk is about three and a half to four grand.
Probably atsa deal, if you have a pig problem in the thousands of acres surrounding your Tuscan villa.
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in the coach gun category EMF twin trigger rabbit ear, or for something more modern the Mavrerick hs12 o/u even comes with rails
EMF? Link? I've never heard of that one.
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I suppose anything the Cowboy Action Shooters are shooting could be called 'tactical.' It was, for the time and place, though that was long ago. I will note this, though, that the classic American 'coach gun' was replaced very pronto once the pump gun came out. Just Saaayin...
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If in a hurry, one could just take grandpa's old SxS and duct tape a flashlight underneath.
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the nfa tax stamp on that cost more than i paid for the twin boomer but it sho' is purty
moonpie
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the nfa tax stamp cost more than i paid for the twin boomer but it sho' is purtyOr get this.
Let's see the Stevens.
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how many she hold ? 2 ?Or get this.
Let's see the Stevens.
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I guess I'm one of those old codgers who sees a lot of merit in a short-coupled double shotgun for home defense. I'm especially fond of the ones with exposed hammers.
The overall length with a double is less than a pump or auto with the same barrel length, making it handier and less cumbersome in close confines. It offers the instant choice of different ammo on demand with just a switch of the trigger. Simpler lockwork means there's less to go wrong.
I also don't give the two-shot capacity limit much concern. Most criminal invasion teams aren't exactly made up of well-disciplined and highly motivated people, and they probably couldn't define "Unit Cohesion" if their lives depended on it. If one of their homies is lying on the floor, clutching at his guts...squirming and puking and screaming for mommy...the others are very likely to create a door where there isn't one in order to make their escape.
Then, there's always that pistol...
The overall length with a double is less than a pump or auto with the same barrel length, making it handier and less cumbersome in close confines. It offers the instant choice of different ammo on demand with just a switch of the trigger. Simpler lockwork means there's less to go wrong.
I also don't give the two-shot capacity limit much concern. Most criminal invasion teams aren't exactly made up of well-disciplined and highly motivated people, and they probably couldn't define "Unit Cohesion" if their lives depended on it. If one of their homies is lying on the floor, clutching at his guts...squirming and puking and screaming for mommy...the others are very likely to create a door where there isn't one in order to make their escape.
Then, there's always that pistol...
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