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Dave McC · February 20, 2002, 06:38 AM

There's been a few full autos around for a while, but there's darn little interest in them,at least as a shoulder fired weapon.In the 70s, Aberdeen Proving Ground experimented with autos in a dual mount, using a 9mm subgun loaded only with tracers as a impact marker. The idea was as a ambush buster for APCs.

The big prob is control. Muzzle rise is terrific, even with compensators and brakes.

Anyone that's ever had a shotgun "Double" on them knows where the second shot goes is way different from the first.

Considering the devastation possible with a large capacity repeating shotgun in a short time frame, a full auto shotgun would be kind of moot....

February 20, 2002, 06:38 AM	#9
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 14, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	There's been a few full autos around for a while, but there's darn little interest in them,at least as a shoulder fired weapon.In the 70s, Aberdeen Proving Ground experimented with autos in a dual mount, using a 9mm subgun loaded only with tracers as a impact marker. The idea was as a ambush buster for APCs. The big prob is control. Muzzle rise is terrific, even with compensators and brakes. Anyone that's ever had a shotgun "Double" on them knows where the second shot goes is way different from the first. Considering the devastation possible with a large capacity repeating shotgun in a short time frame, a full auto shotgun would be kind of moot....