I don't get excited about shotguns. I don't even particularly like shotguns but this one has my interest up.
For those of you who are more in the know than me, do you have any comments on this particular weapon?
Suarez International Stakeout
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My personal experience has been that without a buttstock and without a rear sight, I cannot repeatedly hit the target with a shotgun. I rather have a standard-stocked gun, even if I have to pay the NFA tax.
That looks like more toy than tool.
I think that begs the question(s) "What's the target, and what's the distance"? That shotgun is obviously not for shooting skeet or deer hunting.
Originally Posted by farscott
Tried seven yards with a longer-barreled gun with a similar stock on a pattern board, and the outcome was not favorable. I can group a lot better weak-hand at the same distance with a pistol than I was able to with that shotgun. Practice to get better was going to be hard on the wrists and on the wallet.
Last edited by farscott; 03-22-2017 at 09:03 AM.
Pretty useless. A very specialized concealed personal protection role, maybe?
Suarez is making stuff to sell to people and hence make some money. We first world folks (myself included) buy a lot of stuff that is pretty useless.
Before Scattergun Technologies was bought by Wilson Combat, they made a name modifiying 870s to look like that. It was called the Witness Protection model and to be fair, I remember a mid-80s news photo of two Federal Marshals escorting an arrested high-profile cult leader. Not quite sure if SGT had a government contract and what the Marshal's shotgun program was like.
I've never tried one configured that way, but I did use a 14" 870P with a Speedfeed youth stock for almost five years. Handiest shotgun I ever worked with, and one I still wish I had today.
Pistol grip shotguns have pretty much been relegated to door breaching.
To use one as a weapon has been proven to be pretty bogus. Bad ideas from the 80s are best left in the 80s.
If you want a pistol grip shotgun for no reason other than "just because"......IMO......you need a Lupara.
Last edited by TGS; 03-22-2017 at 01:53 PM.
"Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."- Last words of Todd Beamer
I have fired a shitgun configured like that.
And yes, I spelled it correctly. I could not hit shit with it.
I greatly prefer my 12.5" 870 SBS. If you want to go short, do it right and spend the money on an SBS.
This is definitely not me, but that is my shotgun. That's Dagga Boy (Darryl Bolke) holding the shotgun, and the excellent pic is from Voodoo Man. The firearm in question is enormously fun, and stupid-accurate with Brenneke slugs.
I had an 18" PGO 870 years ago. I put a stock back on it and still have it that way. It was fun to shoot but hard to hit beyond a few yards.
I still want one for the fun of it, but I too will probably get the Mossberg version.
It isn't for everyone. The action is smooth as glass on the stakeout.
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