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Spectre · May 10, 2000, 05:05 PM

Oleg,

I grew up hunting small game. A Mossberg 500 tends to just kinda grow into my hands, and if I can hit an running rabbit at 30 yards, I'm fairly certain I can hit an assailant at 10...but...
I like to think in terms of worst possible situations I could reasonably be facing. With that in mind, I choose my M1 Carbine with 15-round mag and spare mag, because I can address more targets in much less time th an with my 500 (or any shotgun). Not only that, but I can take a close-range hostage/SMOE (Small Margin of Error) shot without hesitation. I am reluctant to do that my 500's, unless using my GR and slug- in which case I have already given up the only advantage of having a shotgun.

May 10, 2000, 05:05 PM	#32
Spectre Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 23, 1998 Location: ATL Posts: 3,277	Oleg, I grew up hunting small game. A Mossberg 500 tends to just kinda grow into my hands, and if I can hit an running rabbit at 30 yards, I'm fairly certain I can hit an assailant at 10...but... I like to think in terms of worst possible situations I could reasonably be facing. With that in mind, I choose my M1 Carbine with 15-round mag and spare mag, because I can address more targets in much less time th an with my 500 (or any shotgun). Not only that, but I can take a close-range hostage/SMOE (Small Margin of Error) shot without hesitation. I am reluctant to do that my 500's, unless using my GR and slug- in which case I have already given up the only advantage of having a shotgun.