Now I'm not saying that the marines are picking horrible guns to use in combat, but they always surprise me with the gun they end up choosing. It seems for each time they pick a gun, there are 2-3 other guns I could view as a better overall choice for them.
Take Vietnam for instance, the first time they issued a requirement challenge for the shotgun manufacturers to make them a good reliable gun that fit all these rigid requirements. For some reason they ended up choosing the Mossy 500. Now don't get me wrong the 500 is a fine gun, yet compared to even an 870 even it is not as durable, reliable, or as high quality. This is from past experiences along from the testimonies of many people who are intimately familiar with both guns, from collectors to law officers. How then did the Mossy get chosen as the standard weapon? I still don't see it.
Forget Vietnam, today, with all we now about shotguns now the military did another test/challenge for shotgun manufacturers. And they end up choosing a Benelli auto loader??? Now call me crazy but I don't see the logic in this choice.
Now I'm not downing Benelli at all as they make fine weapons, however as a military durable, gun.... I don't know. First off I can't see the appeal of the auto loader. First of all they aren’t reliable and are prone to jam, ESP with slugs and specialty ammunition that the military is destined to use. Thirdly they tend to stop working properly in harsh conditions that the army will be sure to encounter.
Now I know that the M-4 can go pump too, so why spend all the extra money on a pump/auto when you won't even be using the auto. There is no reason for the military to need an auto. For one it’s not much faster, and secondly it’s not nearly reliable enough. The ONLY feature on the Benelli I can see as beneficial in any way over even the Mossy 500 is the adjustable stock, that’s it.
You want to know what gun I think deserves to be chosen? The Neosted http://users.iafrica.com/n/nj/njj741t/index.html
2 barreled pump shotgun with 2 separate magazine chambers of 6 rounds (12 total) so you can fill one tube with buck and the other with slugs. Neo has been looking for someone to manufacture their shotguns yet no one has stepped up to the plate yet. Take a look at this site and see why this shotgun is the future of military shotgunning.
Yet failing even that shotgun you can get a nice combat 870 at such a lower cost. I don't see why the 870s weren't enlisted into the service long ago, they are a fine shotgun, till something like Neosted comes around. Yet compared to the M-4 Benelli, I would MUCH rather depend on the good ol 870. Someone needs to set those Marines right.
Take Vietnam for instance, the first time they issued a requirement challenge for the shotgun manufacturers to make them a good reliable gun that fit all these rigid requirements. For some reason they ended up choosing the Mossy 500. Now don't get me wrong the 500 is a fine gun, yet compared to even an 870 even it is not as durable, reliable, or as high quality. This is from past experiences along from the testimonies of many people who are intimately familiar with both guns, from collectors to law officers. How then did the Mossy get chosen as the standard weapon? I still don't see it.
Forget Vietnam, today, with all we now about shotguns now the military did another test/challenge for shotgun manufacturers. And they end up choosing a Benelli auto loader??? Now call me crazy but I don't see the logic in this choice.
Now I'm not downing Benelli at all as they make fine weapons, however as a military durable, gun.... I don't know. First off I can't see the appeal of the auto loader. First of all they aren’t reliable and are prone to jam, ESP with slugs and specialty ammunition that the military is destined to use. Thirdly they tend to stop working properly in harsh conditions that the army will be sure to encounter.
Now I know that the M-4 can go pump too, so why spend all the extra money on a pump/auto when you won't even be using the auto. There is no reason for the military to need an auto. For one it’s not much faster, and secondly it’s not nearly reliable enough. The ONLY feature on the Benelli I can see as beneficial in any way over even the Mossy 500 is the adjustable stock, that’s it.
You want to know what gun I think deserves to be chosen? The Neosted http://users.iafrica.com/n/nj/njj741t/index.html
2 barreled pump shotgun with 2 separate magazine chambers of 6 rounds (12 total) so you can fill one tube with buck and the other with slugs. Neo has been looking for someone to manufacture their shotguns yet no one has stepped up to the plate yet. Take a look at this site and see why this shotgun is the future of military shotgunning.
Yet failing even that shotgun you can get a nice combat 870 at such a lower cost. I don't see why the 870s weren't enlisted into the service long ago, they are a fine shotgun, till something like Neosted comes around. Yet compared to the M-4 Benelli, I would MUCH rather depend on the good ol 870. Someone needs to set those Marines right.