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Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:10 pm
by Skiprr
Thane wrote:Yes, that shotgun is perfectly legal. Not sure I'd want one, though - firing 12 gauge from a pistol grip
hurts. 
Plus, I prefer the anchor point of a shoulder stock for aiming; "shooting from the hip" isn't always that accurate.

Stockless pistol grips on a shotgun look cool in the movies, and you
can carry it in smaller bag or case, but that's about the limit of the value.
If you hold a standard-stock shotgun in assault (or assault-fire) position with the stock tucked up under your strong-side arm and clamped between your upper arm and body, you present a profile that's no longer than a pistol-grip-only gun...and you have much better retention and aiming capability, even if you have to point-shoot. And if you have to take an aimed shot, holding that pistol-grip-only out in front of your face and pulling the trigger on a 12ga. round is not something I've ever tried...or would want to.
Gimme a shotgun and a pistol, not one tool that tries to be both.

Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:06 pm
by fm2
dustyb wrote:Jim Pruett's Gun Store in Cypress was advertising them a year or so ago, when Mr. Pruett caught flack for calling the Katrina transplants in Houston "Katricians". I think he advertised the shotgun as a "Looter Shooter". I sure miss hearing Mr. Pruett on the radio.
Pruett pointed out that "Katricians" were the criminals that arrived here.
I stopped by his store on Saturday, after the Hoffner lecture & class. He has a very well stocked store.
Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:09 pm
by Skiprr
fm2 wrote:Pruett pointed out that "Katricians" were the criminals that arrived here.
I stopped by his store on Saturday, after the Hoffner lecture & class. He has a very well stocked store.
So you made Hoffner's class! Good for you. I wish I hadn't had to work and could have met you.
Jim and his family--and his staff at the store--are good people. Yeah, I miss this Texas Radio Hall of Fame member on the airwaves, and I used to tune in regularly to the segment he and Hoffner used to do. I've nudged him to consider an Internet broadcast.
He's a good friend to the 2nd Amendment and CHL.
If any of you are in the neighborhood of 290 and Huffmeister this week, please stop by Jim Pruett's Guns and Ammo. Jim's birthday is Friday, January 25, and it will annoy the heck out of him if loads of people show up who know that.

Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:31 pm
by M.Rad.
Hello, board newbie here!
I use a Mossberg 9200, with Choate pistol grip / side folding stock and 2 rd mag extension (6 +1)
It's similar to the "jungle" gun, except thinner wall barrel, plaric trigger group, and specific gas venting system to enable more reliable use of 3"mag. shells (2 3/4 shells recommended forJungle gun).
Anyone else have / have experience with the 9200?
Regards,
M.R.

Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:45 pm
by Winston33
They also come in desert camo and mariner.

Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:35 pm
by Doug.38PR
Re: Defensive shotguns: What do you have?
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:20 pm
by Mike1951
M.Rad wrote:Anyone else have / have experience with the 9200?
I saw the Jungle Gun frequently on Johnny Rowland's Guns & Gears tv show several years ago.
Wanted one ever since but haven't come across one.