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January 3, 2010, 06:11 PM | #1 |
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Looking for a Coach gun for HD
Ok so I've been reading and reading and have finally decided to just ask. What I'm looking for is a "Coach gun" type SG (18-20 inch barrel) with external hammers and ejectors.
Most everywhere I look they don't have ejectors, for Cowboy Shooting mainly I've read other forums and a lot of people like the Stoeger Coach gun, but they don't have external hammers.
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January 3, 2010, 06:45 PM | #3 |
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I am kind of curious as to what your reasons were for deciding on an old-style shotgun for HD. It doesn't seem like it lends itself to that role in this day and time. Don't get me wrong - I am a HUGE believer in shotguns for HD, but most people these days would select a repeater or autoloader.
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They are very simple to operate, even under duress. They offer two very quick shots, and equivalent barrel length guns are shorter than a pump or semi
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January 3, 2010, 06:49 PM | #5 |
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Are the Rossi's available 1. with internal hammers & 2. in stainless?
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January 3, 2010, 07:15 PM | #6 |
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Rossi is a low buck gun brand. The Rossi coach ended importation in 1988 it seems so a used one is what you will find. I doubt they made them in stainless.
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January 3, 2010, 08:43 PM | #7 |
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Is anyone currently making hammerless coach guns in stainless with ejectors?
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January 3, 2010, 09:19 PM | #8 |
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Stoeger has one, I believe, designed for defense
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January 3, 2010, 09:32 PM | #9 |
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Here's a nice SXS, external hammers to have fun with plus HD.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=152577885
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January 3, 2010, 11:03 PM | #10 |
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what's the make of this gun on gunbroker. The description says nothing about it, just that it's a coach gun and that's about it http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=152577885 __________________
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January 3, 2010, 11:18 PM | #11 |
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stroegers home defense shotgun is nice. gonna get myself one.it comes with a flashlight/laser mount. its called double cefense 21st century
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January 4, 2010, 09:22 AM | #12 |
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why do you want external hammers?
why not get a cheap/used sxs and cut the barrel?
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January 4, 2010, 10:26 AM | #13 |
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main reason for external hammers is so that I can keep it loaded with the hammers down
thought about cutting down a long barrel, going to use that as a last resort
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January 4, 2010, 12:29 PM | #14 |
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I am also enamored of the external hammer coach guns, but the more I think it through they do seem to present other problems. While you gain the advantage in storing the gun loaded but uncocked, you must cock both hammers to make the gun ready. Most guns (and the people who shoot them) cannot cock both hammers easily in one motion, meaning two separate actions. Most, if not all, have extractors, not ejectors, so even if you can flip the empties out quickly, you still have to load two chambers, close the action, cock two hammers and, in most cases, flip off the automatic safety.
With a hammerless coach gun, at least some of them, if you are concerned about the action being cocked, it is possible to drop the hammers on snap-caps, remove the forearm, replace the snap-caps with live shells, close it and replace the forearm, resulting in a loaded gun with an uncocked action. The gun must have rebounding internal hammers to do this. Then you merely have to break the gun open, close it and snick off the safety to make it ready. Faster than cocking two hammers, IMO. Reloading merely means dumping the spent shells, replacing them, closing the action and snicking off the safety since the action has been recocked by opening. One can always de-activate the automatic safety making it manual and eliminating one step in both cases. All in all, I personally would rather have a single-shot with a hammer and an ejector than an external-hammered coach gun with extractors. Better yet, is a good basic pump, IMO.
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Thank you Laz, you brought up some very valid points that it didnt think about. From what you were saying about using a hammerless and taking off the forearm would you know any praticual models in mind?
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Unfortunately, there is no one currently importing the Baikal and I am uncertain about the Stoeger or older, used Stevens, or other brands.
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January 4, 2010, 06:49 PM | #18 |
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hmmm....well do any Stoeger owners know if this trick works the Stoeger coach guns
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I must admit I find the worry about storing a SxS cocked a bit odd. How is it any worse than keeping a pump cocked? Is there a technical issue I am unaware of?
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Milkman,
There is a CAI at the end of the ad. It stands for Century Arms Inc. www.centuryarms.com Also try this more specific link and type in the word "coach" in the search box http://www.centuryarms.biz/search.asp
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January 4, 2010, 10:47 PM | #22 |
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Since you're looking for a hammered SxS, I thought I'd offer you some gun pics from my collection. My only multi-shot shotgun(all my others are single shots by choice).
12ga 24" barrel 3" chamber Cylinder/Extra-Full |
January 5, 2010, 12:14 AM | #23 |
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I don't own a SxS or O/U shotgun, but one point in their favor is the ability to store them empty near a quick-access safe that contains both a pistol and a reload (or more) for the shotgun. In the same amount of time it takes one to be armed (from a quick-access safe) with a pistol or revolver, you can be armed with a 12ga.
The utility becomes apparent if you have small children who are not as yet gunproofed (think toddlers). They are into everything, don't have a lick of sense, and are not yet dependably trainable.
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January 5, 2010, 01:33 PM | #25 |
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Just make sure you store all shells in a locked safe if you go that way...
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