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kachingchingpow · 06-03-2008, 11:06

Shotgun nut here with stupid question... why can't a breacher just be an extended/ported choke tube (ala turkey hunting) with the teeth on the end? The one in the pic actually looks like a tube.

+1 on the Van comp barrels. I've shot an unchoked 18" VC along side of a very tightly choked turkey gun with 24" barrel. It'll defy what you think you know about patterning. Softball sized pattern out to 30 yards. Very pricey though.

Just a quick thought, and then I'll step back in lane. I picked up a Mossberg 500 20ga youth turkey gun for my son last spring. It has a very short barrel, and the stock is cut back to 12" Length of Pull. With it comes spacers, and recoil pads that allow you to add LOP to the gun as the kid get's older. A full sized barrel, and stock coupon for $50 off come with it. My point is... this gun is very "handy" feeling.... short, light, camo'd with fiber sites. When I took it down to the shortest LOP the first thing I thought of was that it would make a great home defense weapon, particularly if my wife ever had to grab it. 20ga is nothing to snicker at... there's plenty of 3" mag loads that will absolutely knock the dust off someone, and a 20ga sabot slug is serious. Given that the weapon is light, it tends to be a little "kicky", particularly with 3" mags. They're right at $300 out the door.

Just a thought.

06-03-2008, 11:06	#10
kachingchingpow Guerrilla Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: GA Posts: 184	Shotgun nut here with stupid question... why can't a breacher just be an extended/ported choke tube (ala turkey hunting) with the teeth on the end? The one in the pic actually looks like a tube. +1 on the Van comp barrels. I've shot an unchoked 18" VC along side of a very tightly choked turkey gun with 24" barrel. It'll defy what you think you know about patterning. Softball sized pattern out to 30 yards. Very pricey though. Just a quick thought, and then I'll step back in lane. I picked up a Mossberg 500 20ga youth turkey gun for my son last spring. It has a very short barrel, and the stock is cut back to 12" Length of Pull. With it comes spacers, and recoil pads that allow you to add LOP to the gun as the kid get's older. A full sized barrel, and stock coupon for $50 off come with it. My point is... this gun is very "handy" feeling.... short, light, camo'd with fiber sites. When I took it down to the shortest LOP the first thing I thought of was that it would make a great home defense weapon, particularly if my wife ever had to grab it. 20ga is nothing to snicker at... there's plenty of 3" mag loads that will absolutely knock the dust off someone, and a 20ga sabot slug is serious. Given that the weapon is light, it tends to be a little "kicky", particularly with 3" mags. They're right at $300 out the door. Just a thought. __________________ If I see one more shirttail flapping while I'm captain of this ship - woe betide the sailor; woe betide the OOD; and woe betide the morale officer. I kid you not. - Capt Queeg, The Caine Mutiny. Last edited by kachingchingpow; 06-03-2008 at 11:08.
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