Mossberg Just in Case at the Range

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My argument is that i have found no role the PGO fills where another item would not work better. There are folding stocks available for most pumpguns, and doubles and singles break down into a smaller package for storage.

A pistol is optimised for its role, where that role is concealed carry. it has to be concealable to work at all.

I was referring to 'storage' as being 'readily available in a smaller configuration', not as a long-term non-deployable item. Since it takes longer to unfold a stock and bring it to bear than either a full-stock or even a PGO, it loses out on speed (I know. My Rem 870 folder is less than user-friendly and I don't like the thought of having extra steps involved if it's ever needed in that role). It can be fired as a PGO, albeit a heavier, more cumbersome variety, so it's hardly a 'better' choice than either of the other alternatives. It's a compromise, just as I've maintained.

A pistol itself is a compromise. It sacrifices the range of a rifle and the stopping power of a shotgun in order to obtain that concealability. It's a compromise. Even in that realm there are compromises to be made. I could sacrifice the ballistic superiority of a .45 to gain a smaller, less obtrusive outline of a lesser caliber (not that I'm likely to make that choice, but I like to keep my options open).

For the record, I don't have a PGO and I'm not likely to get one any time soon. The circumstances of others may dictate a different choice, just as in the link provided earlier by one of the mods.
 
We may be talking at cross purposes.

when i say a handgun is optomised for its role, i am saying it exhibits the maximum capablility available without violating the constraints imposed upon it by it's role.
 
A PGO shotgun can be easier to get in / out of a vehicle.

Open carry with either a single point or two point sling would be easier to pull off too.
 
:evil: I am tempted to to buy some reloadable brass 12ga cases for my PG shotgun and clean the cases with Brasso before reloading. Two heresies in one. Or mount a 1913 Picatinny rail and paint ithe gun pink with baby blue smilies. Lighten up people. :D
 
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