A 14" barreled shotgun appeals to me, as a home defense or "car carry" SHTF gun.
I've handled them and shot them owned by others, and they're easy to maneuver and bring to bear on target.
I once did my own SBS, cutting a 12-gauge down to a 12" barrel. That was the right choice, and made the gun better for close quarters combat.
That being said, I've never done an NFA-invoking modification on any other shotgun, and my current all-purpose pump shotgun has a rifle-sighted 18.5" barrel on it when it's in the home defense configuration.
There's room to trim about 3.5" off before the muzzle would be flush with the magazine tube, but to me it's not worth doing the work (including re-mounting the front sight) and paying the NFA tax just to make my gun's OAL less than 4" shorter.
If we could amend the NFA to get rid of all the stupid registration and taxation on short barreled long guns, and just treat them the same as handguns, I'd love to have a 14" barreled shotgun with a same-length magazine tube.
I've handled them and shot them owned by others, and they're easy to maneuver and bring to bear on target.
I once did my own SBS, cutting a 12-gauge down to a 12" barrel. That was the right choice, and made the gun better for close quarters combat.
That being said, I've never done an NFA-invoking modification on any other shotgun, and my current all-purpose pump shotgun has a rifle-sighted 18.5" barrel on it when it's in the home defense configuration.
There's room to trim about 3.5" off before the muzzle would be flush with the magazine tube, but to me it's not worth doing the work (including re-mounting the front sight) and paying the NFA tax just to make my gun's OAL less than 4" shorter.
If we could amend the NFA to get rid of all the stupid registration and taxation on short barreled long guns, and just treat them the same as handguns, I'd love to have a 14" barreled shotgun with a same-length magazine tube.