Nickel Plated
New member
This is gonna be a noob question.
I've been looking at shotguns recently and I'm getting kind of confused at how manufacturers label their magazine capacities. For instance, manufacturers will label their gun as having a capacity of 6 shots. However some mean that as 6 in the mag and 1 in the chamber (6+1) whereas some mean that as the total capacity (5+1). Also I'm sure the type of shell (2 3/4" or 3") will also affect how many you can fit in a mag, and they never specify which size they use when advertising the capacity.
So if I wanted a shotgun with a capacity of 6+1 using 2 3/4" shells that would be an 18" barrel with a mag tube flush with the muzzle?
I've been looking at shotguns recently and I'm getting kind of confused at how manufacturers label their magazine capacities. For instance, manufacturers will label their gun as having a capacity of 6 shots. However some mean that as 6 in the mag and 1 in the chamber (6+1) whereas some mean that as the total capacity (5+1). Also I'm sure the type of shell (2 3/4" or 3") will also affect how many you can fit in a mag, and they never specify which size they use when advertising the capacity.
So if I wanted a shotgun with a capacity of 6+1 using 2 3/4" shells that would be an 18" barrel with a mag tube flush with the muzzle?