Which navy? US or German (guessing by the weapons name)
Thanks
Hoepoe
alot of navy units used them but that one was US navy
nothing like a nice point blank blast of grape shot into someones body when your boarding other ships
I believe it was officially known as a "boarding gun"
prior to reading 762's above post.
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That wouldn't be a an old "singlepoint" or an O.E.G. (early model)?
So it would seem my dear MAB, So it would seem. I should've known you'd get it though I am suprised you recognized it in a proper mount and not hose-clamped to a carry handle
first one appears to be a South African "Striker", semi-automatic, 12-gauge. I have a question about the second one. Is it a 12-gauge, double-barrel, pump action?
first one appears to be a South African "Striker", semi-automatic, 12-gauge. I have a question about the second one. Is it a 12-gauge, double-barrel, pump action?
Full points onthe Striker,it was later adapted to US laws and sold/used as a US Streetsweeper with an 18'' barrel.
On #2:
Type: pump-action ("forward-back" handguard movement instead of classic "back-forward", moving barrel)
Gauge: 12 ( 2 3/4" - 70 mm chamber)
Length: 690 mm
Barrel length: 570 mm.
Weight: 3.9 kg empty
Feed: dual over-the-barrel tube magazine, 6 + 6 rounds capacity
Full points onthe Striker,it was later adapted to US laws and sold/used as a US Streetsweeper with an 18'' barrel.
On #2:
Type: pump-action ("forward-back" handguard movement instead of classic "back-forward", moving barrel)
Gauge: 12 ( 2 3/4" - 70 mm chamber)
Length: 690 mm
Barrel length: 570 mm.
Weight: 3.9 kg empty
Feed: dual over-the-barrel tube magazine, 6 + 6 rounds capacity
The US "Streetsweeper" and all other high capacity box/rotary mag fed shotguns were declared,"Destructive Devices" same as hand grenades, Grenade launchers, Recoilless rifles, German '88's, etc. by the 94 crime bill I believe. Now all of those type weapons are more severely restricted and require registration and supplemental taxation just like machineguns do in this country. Land of the Free and all that.
Now, I believe #2 is called a "Neostead" it is also South African in origin and as you mentioned, works much like a conventional pump shotgun, only backwards.