Model12Win
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Hi everyone! I'm on the quest for a new shotgun, and I have to say, I have wanted a double barrel side by side shogun with a short barrel since I was a kid.
My Dad had a beautiful Browning BSS 20 gauge that was just awesome to shoot growing up, so much like Dad's S&W Model 36 revolver, I am naturally drawn to side by side shotguns I guess as I am also a revolver person!
After doing some reading on affordable side by side shotguns that fit the profile of being in 12 gauge, with factory barrels of between 18.5-20" in length, I came across the Stoeger Coach Guns. These are currently being made:
http://www.stoegerindustries.com/coach-guns-single-and-double-trigger-shotguns
I am interested in the 12 gauge blued coach gun with double triggers, as I've heard the single trigger models can have some issues. I'd prefer the reliability and simplicity of the double trigger system. These guns are hammerless, which I like, and while they don't have ejectors like Dad's old Browning BSS, I've read that the spent hulls will easily fall out of the gun if you polish up the chambers a bit.
I am wondering how these shotguns hold up. Are they reliable? Are they known to be problematic? How is Stoeger's customer service if I have an issue?
My uses for this little coach gun will be for mostly just plinking in the woods, blasting milk jugs and all manner of everything else that is safe to blast and doesn't have a heartbeat!! The gun might also be used for backup home defense. I plan to run all manner of low AND high brass in the gun. Any ammo I should avoid? Will these guns take a steady diet of 00 buckshot?
Basically, I need to know weather to get one of these or not, because it sure looks exactly like what I'm looking for and the price is right. If it holds up and will work for my purposes, I will be adding one to my little arsenal sooner rather than later.
Thanks for the input guys!
My Dad had a beautiful Browning BSS 20 gauge that was just awesome to shoot growing up, so much like Dad's S&W Model 36 revolver, I am naturally drawn to side by side shotguns I guess as I am also a revolver person!
After doing some reading on affordable side by side shotguns that fit the profile of being in 12 gauge, with factory barrels of between 18.5-20" in length, I came across the Stoeger Coach Guns. These are currently being made:
http://www.stoegerindustries.com/coach-guns-single-and-double-trigger-shotguns
I am interested in the 12 gauge blued coach gun with double triggers, as I've heard the single trigger models can have some issues. I'd prefer the reliability and simplicity of the double trigger system. These guns are hammerless, which I like, and while they don't have ejectors like Dad's old Browning BSS, I've read that the spent hulls will easily fall out of the gun if you polish up the chambers a bit.
I am wondering how these shotguns hold up. Are they reliable? Are they known to be problematic? How is Stoeger's customer service if I have an issue?
My uses for this little coach gun will be for mostly just plinking in the woods, blasting milk jugs and all manner of everything else that is safe to blast and doesn't have a heartbeat!! The gun might also be used for backup home defense. I plan to run all manner of low AND high brass in the gun. Any ammo I should avoid? Will these guns take a steady diet of 00 buckshot?
Basically, I need to know weather to get one of these or not, because it sure looks exactly like what I'm looking for and the price is right. If it holds up and will work for my purposes, I will be adding one to my little arsenal sooner rather than later.
Thanks for the input guys!