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jason812 wrote:This would be neat if it could use the normal mag tube as a backup or extra capacity. Load the tube, load the mage, when the mag is empty, it feeds from the tube.

See, that was exactly my thought too.

Lynyrd wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:I saw an email a few weeks ago promoting that shotgun, so I looked at it on the Remington site. My impression is that it has pros and cons. Pros, reloads faster. Cons, you have to eject the magazine to top it off, unlike just slipping another shell into the tube. As I recall, capacity was about the same, so no real advantage there.

You make valid points. I guess the biggest advantage I see is rapidly changing loads, from say 00 buck, to slugs, to #4. They may not help in a tactical situation, but it would be desirable to me when out on my property. I never know what I'm going to encounter. Hogs, snakes, coyotes, etc. Would be a nice gun to keep on the UTV. Just can't find them yet.

In addition to the buckshot that I keep in my shotgun’s 8 round tube, I also have a bandolier with 50 or 60 assorted rounds of buck and slugs......no snake shot, but I’m thinking tactical rather than outdoors stuff. If I had a property to walk, I’d probably swap some of those tactical loads out for snake shot, or bird shot...whatever. If Remington offered say a 10 round or 15 round mag, I would probably be a little more enthusiastic about having one. Then I could keep separate mags loaded with different kinds of shells, including a “big” mag for bad guys. But, while I agree that a full magazine reload is a lot faster, the flip side is that I can feed rounds from my bandolier into the tube, as I shoot them, so the mag tube never runs dry.

On the other hand, if I had a property to walk, I’d probably carry my wife’s 20 gauge over/under around, which is lighter than any of my other shotguns, and will shoot snake shot just as easily as it will birdshot or buckshot.

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to sound pessimistic about it. It IS a cool gun, and if I were on the market for a new 12 gauge with both personal defense and hunting/animal control capability, the DM would certainly be in the hunt (so to speak) for me. But, in as much as I already own a couple of Over/Unders, a semiauto, and a pump gun, I’m just not seeing enough impetus (for myself) to get a DM. That said, I am all about removable box magazines, including on bolt action and lever action rifles wherever possible. Some day I’ll pick up a Browning BLR for exactly that reason.....I like removable box magazines, and I also like lever actions. The BLR combines both.

Hmmm.... Henry already offers a .410 lever action shotgun. If they’d just offer it in 12 gauge with a removable box mag.....

I saw an email a few weeks ago promoting that shotgun, so I looked at it on the Remington site. My impression is that it has pros and cons. Pros, reloads faster. Cons, you have to eject the magazine to top it off, unlike just slipping another shell into the tube. As I recall, capacity was about the same, so no real advantage there.