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  1. #11
    I did use a cut down twice barrel when escorting a prisoner to the bathroom on an extradition.




    It was effective at keeping away gawkers and stupid questions at the rest areas.

    Such duty is really the only use I'd have for a Shockwave type gun.
    I had an ER nurse in a class. I noticed she kept taking all head shots. Her response when asked why, "'I've seen too many people who have been shot in the chest putting up a fight in the ER." Point taken.

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    My former agency had 870 pumps with standard four round magazines and 14 inch barrels.......back in 1996. Full stocks and that short barrel made it a very handy patrol shotgun when working around cars and clearing houses.

    I would doubt many agencies would see the benefit of a Shockwave/Tac 14 type firearm for regular patrol or detective work. We have enough trouble with long gun quals with full stocks.

    For specialized use such as the US Marshals Witness security or prisoner transport though.....or narcotics stakeouts.......then yeah, it might be real handy. Locally, the narc guys already have MP5 hand me downs from SWAT so it would be hard to get those guys to give those up for a five shot scattergun.

    I have a Tac 14 and I consider it more of a fun gun than a serious use gun.....but still, a fun gun that if needed could lay down some hate in a heartbeat. If they told me tomorrow that my issue Beneli Nova was getting pulled and I could bring my own shotgun, I'd select my full sized 870 with the Scattergun Tech 2 shot extension tube with stock rather than the tac14.

    Regards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blake_g View Post
    Not often you get to use both "scrote" and "smote" in the same casual conversation... well played...
    Could’ve fucked the shovel, but instead he smote that scrote first...

    Been a good week, linguistically, at P-F.

    But I digress. Back on topic, I’ll just leave this (green shockwave laser) link here:

    http://www.downrange.tv/blog/video-p...ockwave/42637/
    ”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB

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    We had wood stocked 14" 870's for the most part at my PD from the mid '90s. They replaced Smith & Wessons with folding stocks which had replaced Ithaca 37s. I really liked the Ithacas which were in service from the '70s until '83 or '84.

    When I was the detective sergeant in the late '90s, I checked out a 50's vintage 870 with a Remington folding stock. I changed out the 20" barrel for one of our 14" ones and kept it in the trunk of my detective ride. It was a very handy package. I shot it for an IALEFI shotgun class with Lew Awerbuck. It wasn't bad with low recoil 00.

    US Secret Service had 14" 870's with Remington folders as far back as the early '70's. The gun store I worked at stripped and cleaned a bunch of them for the Los Angeles Office. They has "USSS" engraved on the receiver.
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