Movie shotguns and the O/U sawed off

[Tse Gee La]

Several years ago there was an article in American Handgunner about making a SBS double barrel shotgun. The author wanted a Mad Max style gun. After shooting full house loads he had a grip made that was a more traditional style pistol grip. He said it made it a little more manageable. He also wrote about using some type of short 12 gauge rounds made by Aguilla at the time for a small youth shotgun they had. It looked like the shotgun rounds were about 1.5" in length. His point was that the smaller rounds made it more fun to shoot.

 

[DammitBoy]

Well, if you want to shorten it, you don't have a lot of choice on that one. Not to do it legally, anyway.

I can shorten a shotgun to a 19" barrel and an overall length of 27" and still not need a tax stamp. That's legal. I might decide to go shorter - which would require a tax stamp.

 

[CoRoMo]

I can shorten a shotgun to a 19" barrel and an overall length of 27"...

I don't think that type of shotgun would apply to this thread or this NFA sub-forum though.

 

[scramasax]

I've been thinking about a short O/U for some time. There used to be a dealer at Knob Creek that had a stock pile of Berreta O/U actions that were sold by them in the 80s for cheap. He'd make several a year for sale. The closest i've come so far is a Legacy sports HD O/U with factory 18 bbls. My only concern with a sbs is mechanical or inercia(sp) reset for the 2nd shot. Also btb The Preacher guns were 28g the size I'm considering to use.

Cheers,

ts

 

[DammitBoy]

I don't think that type of shotgun would apply to this thread or this NFA sub-forum though.

My plan is to make it a super shorty which would require the stamp, hence this thread and my posts in it.

Just haven't made the commitment yet, hence my post about "deciding" which way to go....

 

[DammitBoy]

No... it wouldn't be cool at all...

Oh wait...


It is really cool... fits in the saddlebag of the motorcycle, recoil is fairly manageable with most ammo, and it's hoot at the range. This is one of my favorite things I built when I was in the NFA business.

DanO

DanO - could you post some dimensions on the filler piece you had to fab to hold the barrels together?

 

[saltydog452]

'50s Black and White Cowboy westers

There was, I think, Rod Cameron as Shotgun Slade. Shotgun Slade prefered a O/U with a short barrel. The opening images showed two loud booms and at the same time portrayed two patterns. One was kinda open the other wasn't.

Again, Nick Adams, as Johnny Yuma, The Rebel. Early 60s. John had a cut down S/S hidden in his blanket bed roll. Bad guys having evil on their minds visiting the camp site had a rude, but short term awaking.

Gordon Nettleton, DFW resident, CPA, all around Good Guy, and Korean Vet, had a short barrel Browning Superposed O/U. The previous owner had tried his hand at reloding. That didn't work out to well and Gordon bought the bulged barrel set and trimmed it to a 'handier', but legal size.

I think that Browning went on a couple of Javalina hunts.

salty