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Originally Posted by Claemore
Oh, it is not called the Atchisson Assault 12 anymore. He (Atchisson) was bought out, it is now called the Auto Assault 12. Back when I was a kid, this was the weapon of choice when we played guns. Oh, also the Pancor Jackhammer. Remember that one? Used disposable drums, or if I remember correctly "cassettes".
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Yeah, Max Atchisson took a break from being crazy to hand off the designs to someone else. As I understand it, it broke off into two designs (either post- or pre-Max leaving)—the USAS-12 and the AA-12.
The Jackhammer's an interesting one, another case of a firearm that appears far more in video games than real life. As I remember, you could use a loaded drum magazine as an anti-personnel mine, which is pretty damn cool but, then again, doesn't strike me as totally practical (especially for the role that an automatic shotgun would theoretically fill, if any military actually adopted one in significant numbers).
The "compensator" on the jackhammer still throws me for a loop. It looks like it would
increase muzzle rise...