Magpul AFG for a shotgun

[Tenn870]

I just saw this new product from magpul, it's an angled fore grip and it seems to be pretty cool but I was wondering how it would work on a shotgun. I kno several companies make forends that have rails on all three sides like this one ...

and here is magpul's AFG ...

http://store.magpul.com/product/64/88

I think it would be awesome to put the AFG on the bottom of the rail, I wonder if anyone else has considered this ... what do you guys think, would it be effective?

 

[Maelstrom]

I'll say no on this. The way the foregrip is designed it would made running the slide difficult. Pushing it back for extraction would be easy but there's nothing to grab onto to rechamber a new round.

Because of the angle you're actually pulling your hand away from the surface. Not good for a strong grip.

 

[Tenn870]

yea thats what I thought as well, it looks awesome, but I agree with you

 

[mp510]

Even for racking back, I believe that the AFG would be problematic. It is intended to effectively be a handstop for semi-automatic and automatic rifles. It was not designed to aid in cycling a pump action rifle or shotgun. You would be better served with a forend that is comfortable to you, that gives you a good grip on it. Look for something with a relatively traditional shape (ergonomic, straight, or honey comb). Feel different thicknesses and materials. Whatever feels best is what you want to go with.

 

[RyanM]

Given that the angled foregrip is intended to be used with your hand wrapped around the top of the gun, using it on a pump shotgun is a definite no. And on a semi-auto, your thumb would block the sights, so still no.

 

[Floppy_D]

I just can't see any reason to use it on a shotgun. I sorta see the use on ARs. I don't mind a reference point, but the vertical grip has been awkward for me.

Here, let's run a thought exercise for fun:

We could probably safely assume that somewhere in the plethora of clay games that we have, shotgunners have tried just about everything; in pursuit of advantage.

We could probably agree that the point of a shotgun is "rapid acquisition of a target" (all things considered, and not subjected to WMA regs, so on, so forth).

We could continue that the epitome of the shotgun advantage is the ability to quickly mount, acquire, swing on and intercept a target.

After all of that competition, the better gunners will have weeded out what guns they want to use. I don't see anything other than simple shotguns on the clay field. Non-accessorized, they continue to smoke the clays.

If those plain-jane shotguns can powder small, fast flying targets, they sure as hell can hit bigger, slower targets. That tells the observer that cash is better spent on practice at the clay field... over gadgets.

My $.02, inflation adjusted.

 

[Maelstrom]

Yes and no, Floppy. The pistol grip + buttstock does serve certain purposes.

A pistol grip makes it easier to keep hold of the shotgun with one hand while, for example, opening a door. The needs of a fighting shotgun and the needs of a skeet shooter don't always mimic each other.