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kx592 · May 30, 2010, 05:19 PM

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 · May 30, 2010, 05:36 PM

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 · May 30, 2010, 06:07 PM

zippy13 · May 30, 2010, 10:26 PM

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.

May 30, 2010, 05:19 PM	#1
kx592 Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2009 Posts: 645	hmm 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?

May 30, 2010, 05:36 PM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	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.

May 30, 2010, 06:07 PM	#3
kodiakbeer Junior member Join Date: April 10, 2010 Location: Kodiak, Alaska Posts: 791

May 30, 2010, 10:26 PM	#4
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	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.