ozarkhillbilly
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I have yet to see a worn out pump shotgun. I have seen rusted shotguns, shotguns beat to hell with abuse, but never a worn out one. Not saying they do not exist but they are rare.
Win 1200 and 1300 ,
Also, at close quarters....even if you miss, it’ll blow out their eardrums. They’ll dance around holding their dead ears.Our issue shotguns (you had to sign out your choice from the rack each shift...) were a mix of Mossberg 500’s and Remington Wingmaster model 870’s in the spring of 1974 when I first hit the street, working for a 100 man agency in Dade county (the Miami area).
All of them were much abused basic riot guns, four round tube, 18” barrel, simple bead sight. This was long before “police” designated shotguns came to the market. They were simple, deadly,close quarters fight enders using 2 3/4” 00 buck rounds.
Whenever I had a choice I always preferred the 870’s since I distrusted the safeties on the Mossbergs... Nothing wrong with their safeties... I distrusted my handling of them in that one awful moment when it’s all on the line.
When I retired out in 1995 all of them were still in use but the writing was on the wall and like many police departments we were on our way to carbines instead.
Me, I preferred the shotgun and it was always in my hands on any hot call, period. Like I said, at close quarters (15 yards or less) it dominates any confrontation.
We did have a couple of the bullpup Model 10s
I have a few high standard and ive seen the articles and the pictures of the bullpup. Never seen or even heard of one around here though. Around here you find more of the sears/ Higgins high standard than the actual high standard badged ones. I suppose Sears maybe never sold the bullpup model