Folding stocks on HD shotguns - why?

[4thPointOfContact]

My HD shotgun doesn't NEED any fancy schmancy new-fangled folding stock.

With a 18-inch barrel, it's barely 27-inches long just as it is. Bullpups can be so cute in a only-a-mother-could-love-something-so-ugly kind of way.

 

[Gordon]

That is way kewl! While they are not my first choice on a combat SG, and none of my HD guns have them, this one has been on duty in trucks and motor homes 25 years and is nice to have and quickly deployed.

 

[proud2deviate]

That bullpup is certainly interesting. How's the recoil and report from the shooter's perspective? I imagine having the ejection port that close to your ear would be, well, exciting.

How's the trigger pull?

 

[Big Daddy Grim]

I got mine because it holds extra rounds in the stock and more rounds is always good course I don't really fold it much but with the 9 in the gun and the 8 on the stock it makes me feel better incase somthing bad happens I got plenty of rounds.

 

[4thPointOfContact]

That bullpup is certainly interesting. How's the recoil and report from the shooter's perspective? I imagine having the ejection port that close to your ear would be, well, exciting.

How's the trigger pull?

Recoil is quite manageable, mild even. Having the barrel completely in line with the shoulder no doubt helps that. I can fire a full magazine into a target at 15-yards without going off the target. (High Standard recommended full-strength high-brass loads but it works extremely well with Federal LE132-00 low recoil rounds)

The ejection port is really a non-issue, you never really notice the shells being ejected at all unless you are concentrating on that instead of the target ahead. Don't try it left handed though, or results will be quite different unless you use a rather non-standard technique.

Trigger pull is mushy as one would expect for a weapon converted from a conventional action to a bullpup. A weapon built as a dedicated bullpup could be much better if properly designed. Trigger pull could be 'perfect' if not for certain BATFE decisions.


I really wish some manufacturer would reintroduce the concept. The differences between the Model 10B and a conventional shotgun is a plastic shell and about a half dozen assorted miscellaneous pieces.

If one started from scratch, I'd like to imagine a shotgun that loaded in a manner similar to the Neostead (twin magazine tubes) and ejected from the bottom. That would take care of any left-handed, right-handed problems.

 

[ArmedBear]

Because too many people don't know a cheek weld from a broken jaw?