View attachment 790602 COMBAT shotgun!!??
This old pump Winchester did what was asked of it during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Very cool, DesertVet!
How did you manage without an auto sear on that Winchester and Mossberg? According to member hq, those aren't "combat shotguns" at all and they don't have the most important feature, that being said auto sear.
For me, when I had my Model 12, I saw no benefit. It was fun but with 00 buckshot or slugs, the gun would climb fast when firing with the trigger held down and pumping the forend rapidly. Very hard to control.
Even with the spread of a shotgun I feel like hitting individual attackers would be much more difficult when firing this way. I can see some potential usefulness when firing in enfilade towards troops in a trench or something, especially from elevation, but rarely at other times.
Overall it just seems like a way to quickly dump your shells downrange, akin to a magazine dump form an automatic weapon; the old cliched term "spray and pray" comes to mind. With the limited capacity and slower reloading of the shotgun, it seems like a good way to get caught with an empty gun in your hands.
Seems snap shooting or otherwise aiming at individual targets and methodically reloading as you go would make more sense, letting the machine gunners or automatic rifleman take care of suppressive fire...
Not trying to be a jerk, just openly thinking critically about how important the auto sear is on a combat shotgun. Apparantly a big deal to some, not a problem for others. And DesertVet THANK YOU for your service and I can't imagine you were greatly hampered by those awesome shotguns with no auto sears.
Just me thinking aloud and sorry if I offended anyone, I'm sure I did somehow!!