I'd like to see gun companies make an 8 gauge shotgun along with extra-short tactical ammo for it.
The rounds should be short, maybe only 2" long, so you can fit more of them in a tubular magazine.
The shotgun would be of basically normal proportions, just wider. It may be heavier. WHo cares? If a normal 12-bore combat shotgun weighs 7 lbs and this 8 gauge monster weighs 10, is that really a big deal? It's not like you're going to be carrying it a lot, over miles of terrain.
You should be able to fire 2.0 ounces of buckshot or birdshot out of even a compact (tactical length) 8 bore shell. Two ounces of payload means you could have 15 of the 00 buck pellets.
Yeah, I understand that there are 3" and 3.5" magnum 12-gauge shotguns that can fire 15-pellet buckshot loads.
But wouldn't an 8-bore combat shotgun be cool?
The rounds should be short, maybe only 2" long, so you can fit more of them in a tubular magazine.
The shotgun would be of basically normal proportions, just wider. It may be heavier. WHo cares? If a normal 12-bore combat shotgun weighs 7 lbs and this 8 gauge monster weighs 10, is that really a big deal? It's not like you're going to be carrying it a lot, over miles of terrain.
You should be able to fire 2.0 ounces of buckshot or birdshot out of even a compact (tactical length) 8 bore shell. Two ounces of payload means you could have 15 of the 00 buck pellets.
Yeah, I understand that there are 3" and 3.5" magnum 12-gauge shotguns that can fire 15-pellet buckshot loads.
But wouldn't an 8-bore combat shotgun be cool?
