hmm

[kx592]

Went to get some clays for the range today with my buddy and ended up buying a new toy, well he did. Came across a stoeger coach SxS 12ga. What a cool cheap little toy this thing is. Shoots nice and has manageable recoil considering there is nothing to absorb it.

Now my question is, what makes a coach gun a "coach" gun? Where's the name classification come from?

 

[Dave McC]

From the days of yesteryear, when stage and other coaches were common transport and a short barreled arm that could discharge a cloud of lethal pellets was an idea whose time had come for protecting those on those coaches.

In Sicily, a similar arm was called a Lupara and used for hunting, recreation and defense/offense.

 

[kodiakbeer]

 

[zippy13]

In additional to quick handling, a pistol-grip-only Lupara is also very concealable -- a factor not necessarily associated with a fully stocked coach gun. I suspect the typical shotgun-messenger wanted his scatter gun clearly visible.