Pump shotguns aren't so slow

[PapaG]

I shoot pumps for skeet, trap doubles, and trap report doubles and have no problems "running em". Hold my own against O/Us, Autos, and don't give it a thought. Of course, I've been shooting my 870TB for 45 years and my M12 for fifteen.
Skeet average this year is 92% and I only shoot eight weeks, one round per week. Pumps rock.

 

[Crawdad1]

From the cornfields to the Olympics to the battlefields, American built pumps ruled them all.

 

[J-Bar]

This thread caught my eye because a lot of Winchester model '97s are seen at a cowboy action shoot. Not only can pump guns be fired quickly, they can be loaded quickly too, although the technique is not what you might expect. Here is a video of one of our champion level shooters, Deuce Stevens from Michigan, setting the world record for 4 shots from a '97, starting with the gun unloaded on a table, hands off gun and ammo. He gets his four shots off in 2.48 seconds:

http://www.spencerhoglund.com/files/IMG_2305.MOV

How about loading and firing 6 shots in under 5 seconds:



You might think that the old double barreled shotguns with external hammers would be painfully slow to shoot. Here is a video of the second fastest record time by T-Bone Dooley in Texas, shooting 4 shots in 3.58 seconds. (The video of the world record time of 3.21 seconds is not playing for some reason.)

http://www.spencerhoglund.com/files/Cap0010.MPG

So when shooting fast is the main goal, creative shooters can find a way to get it done!

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

I shoot trap just about every week with this 1948 Model 12 all year long. 99.99% of the time I am shooting standard 16 yard singles.

I tried shooting it in doubles once. I know that before semi-automatics became popular doubles trap was shot with pumps like this all the time. But I found that working the slide made the barrel wobble, disturbing my sight picture and I did not do very well on the second shot. Probably if I practiced for a while I would get better. But for now, I only shoot singles with it.





I pay particular attention to keep my finger off the trigger when I work the slide because a Model 12 WILL slamfire it the bolt is closed with the trigger held back. For what it's worth, I have three Model 12s, the other two are much older than this one. I would not dream of playing around trying to slam fire guns that are close to 100 years old just to see how fast I can shoot them.

 

[eastbank]

rudy etchin shot 100 straight doubles with a 870 12ga and years later he did it again with the same 870. eastbank.