Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Rifle & Shotgun Discussion
ShotGun Guru's....HELP!
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="KurtM" data-source="post: 2219972" data-attributes="member: 6064"><p>It just struck me after re-reading this thread that this is the EXACT manual/auto debate from back in the 70s when P.D.s were first switching over to autos from revolvers. The tired old "I have seen lots of auto jam, but revolvers/pump never ever will" is just that ...tired and old! Modern autos are no more prone to malfunction than a pump, matter of fact it takes some of the "operator error" out of the malfunction realm. It is ludicrous to think that an auto sitting in the corner for 5 years would automatically malfunction, as opposed to a Maverick 88. Sitting is sitting and doesn't impart "excess wear", nor is it a particularly dirty environment, a good auto will function just fine under those conditions.</p><p></p><p>Forgotten safety? Failure to chamber a round? All that stuff is "manual of arms" and that has nothing to do with the operating system of the shotgun. Now I don't claim to have shot X amount of rounds more than anyone else, nor am I near the firearms expert Jesse is! What I do know is that after teaching shotgun classes all over the world for Police, Military, and Civilian defensive and competition use, I would hands down recommend a quality auto loading shotgun for any defensive/offensive use well before I would any manually operated shotgun, and that comes form teaching practical shotgun to all sorts of folks since 1992.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KurtM, post: 2219972, member: 6064"] It just struck me after re-reading this thread that this is the EXACT manual/auto debate from back in the 70s when P.D.s were first switching over to autos from revolvers. The tired old "I have seen lots of auto jam, but revolvers/pump never ever will" is just that ...tired and old! Modern autos are no more prone to malfunction than a pump, matter of fact it takes some of the "operator error" out of the malfunction realm. It is ludicrous to think that an auto sitting in the corner for 5 years would automatically malfunction, as opposed to a Maverick 88. Sitting is sitting and doesn't impart "excess wear", nor is it a particularly dirty environment, a good auto will function just fine under those conditions. Forgotten safety? Failure to chamber a round? All that stuff is "manual of arms" and that has nothing to do with the operating system of the shotgun. Now I don't claim to have shot X amount of rounds more than anyone else, nor am I near the firearms expert Jesse is! What I do know is that after teaching shotgun classes all over the world for Police, Military, and Civilian defensive and competition use, I would hands down recommend a quality auto loading shotgun for any defensive/offensive use well before I would any manually operated shotgun, and that comes form teaching practical shotgun to all sorts of folks since 1992. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Rifle & Shotgun Discussion
ShotGun Guru's....HELP!
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom