…then what is three?
I was thinking “ridiculous”, at first. Then the more I looked at it, the more I started thinking, “Why not three?”
It was on sale at PSA for just over 12 hundred bucks until they ran out of stock after seven hours.
Your comments?
I imagine the weight of that 3rd barrel might be a concern.
Then, there’s the notion that 3 shots is only 2 less than what a normal automatic or pump carries.
This of course questions the validity of a multi barrel gun in the first place.
I revert back to my original stance that I like all guns but some more than others.
For the right price I’ll buy anything.
I hope someone somewhere enjoys it.
I would be more impressed if the lower barrel was a rifle.
To me, it’s a solution in search of a problem. If you need/want more than 2 ready rounds from a shotty go with a pump or semi.
I just don’t see a realistic use for it.
As a bird gun (or anything like trap or sporting clays) that third barrel is going to add enough weight that swinging it in front of your clay (or bird) is going to be difficult, if not impossible. In addition, you’ll never have time for a third shot if your first two miss.
For defensive purposes the capacity is low (3 as compared to 5), and while it’s a 20-gauge there’s still going to be some recoil that makes the follow-up shots just as fast/slow as a pump gun, not to mention an automatic.
I’ll stick with my battered and beaten 50+ year old Mossberg 500 (“Coast-to-Coast” brand) pump bought used in 1976, 12-gauge with an 18″ replacement barrel that is a straight tube but has rifle sights on it.
And I’ll agree with Bond in MI that if it was a drilling-gun with a rifle barrel underneath instead of another shotgun tube it would at least be a modern take on a classic European style.
Some guns, like the Taurus Raging Bull, achieve the desired effect by being unreasonable. I always wanted a Luftwaffe drilling, so I could clean it in the living room when a boy came to pick up my daughter for a date. Last I checked the original guns run about 30K, so this would be okay as a substitute.
Needs three triggers, though.
For goodness’ sake Kim, you hate stack-barrel doubles already. We disagree on that, me for several (I believe cogent) reasons, chief of which is that one doesn’t need to rely on the manufacturer’s decisions with regard to barrel regulation on their side-by-sides. Why three barrels?
A well-functioning Winchester Model 12 is an infinitely better more-than-two option for reasons I assume — and hope — would require no further elaboration.