Seeking a modern short double barrel

doktor doom · 02-02-2013, 20:43

I'm thinking that a hallway howitzer should be a new addition to the defense platform around Casa Doom. While I'm intrigued by a lot of the cowby SXS's, I'd like something with ejectors, no hammers, a single trigger, and a lack of tacticool paste-on rails. When I break the action, I want the spent shells flying ovner my shoulder. 12g is my preference, 20g I can live with. SXS or O/U really unimportant. i don't want lights, scopes, etc, just a bright dot.
Short of buying a trap gun and having it expensively modified, what are my options? Anyone make a factory version of what I'm looking for?

flyover · 02-02-2013, 21:07

I know the Veep said all you need is a double barrel shotgun for home defense, I would advise you to look at a pump or even a semi auto instead. Why limit yourself to only 2 rounds when you might well need more than 2?

countrygun · 02-02-2013, 21:28

You are going to have limited choices because most are made for CAS and have hammers and are ejectorless. I have an EAA Bounty hunter that's hammerless and a couple of the nice Chinese Coach Guns. They have hammers and a crossbolt safety that can be (and is) locked out ,and a non-automatic tang safety, which is kind of nice because you can cock the hammers and still use the tang safety.

***Texas357*** · 02-02-2013, 23:44

So you want hammerless, selective ejectors, no auyomatic safety.

Good luck. Let me know if you find one.

K.Kiser · 02-03-2013, 08:29

What you've described is also my preference, but I'm unsure if it exists... I like the ejectors of the old single shots that I have which send cases 1/2 way across the room, I like the single trigger & barrel selector of my Ithaca, and I like the compactness of my Rossi Overland coach, but I've never seen those attributes in the same gun...

I always wanted a home defense double and I like the mine that I have now, which is the Rossi 20 ga, but truthfully speaking I'd probably still grab my Wichester 1300 defender in a pinch... I can actually load my pump faster in the dark if the need be, but either is nice to have... Off topic I know, sorry..

**MrMurphy** · 02-03-2013, 11:18

A double is nice if the other option is a spear, but any modern pump or auto will win in the continuity of fire department. Much like a Peacemaker, if you get it done with what's in the gun, all is good. However as I well know, Murphy is a bastard, and never plan on that. You may well do it with one shot, you might just need five. I know an officer who put a full magazine (four) of 00 buck into a guy with all of them being solid hits and him not being on any substance but adrenaline before the guy went down. At close range.

Look at getting a CZ, Yildiz, or similar mid-grade SXS and having it trimmed down.

And not having a light on a shotgun is just asking for trouble. Having cleared a few thousand rooms with and without an onboard light..... a light isn't an option, it's a necessity.

vafish · 02-03-2013, 21:14

While I agree a pump is better, to answer the OP's question.

Mossberg Maverick HS12.

18.5" barrels. Just a bit of rail.

http://www.mossberg.com/product/shot...der-hs12/75460

Or the Stoeger Double Defense, Available in either side by side or over under. 20" barrels and a bit more rails.

http://www.stoegerindustries.com/fir...le-defense.php

http://www.stoegerindustries.com/fir...le-defense.php

Although I pretty sure all of them come with just extractors not ejectors.

AZson · 02-04-2013, 19:04

This might be a good option, you get 3 shots out of it.