Any chance we'll see a CAWS?

glock glockler · December 14, 2002, 12:48 PM

Now that is the ultimate combat shotgun, but I don't see many anywhere. I know the obvious reason will bemore stupid gun control laws, but what specifically is preventing them from being imported or manufactured here? Is it technically an "assault weapon", even if it was semi-automaic only?

Thanks

mons-meg · December 15, 2002, 12:42 PM

Is the CAWS named specifically on the List of Evil Guns? If so, it's the same reason the Franchi SPAS-12 is banned while the Benellis are not. The Franchi looks scary.

I could be totally wrong on this...

Andrew Wyatt · December 15, 2002, 02:43 PM

it's also not made anymore by HK, uses special ammo, and was not accepted by anyone. only like 10 prototypes were built.

glock glockler · December 15, 2002, 07:43 PM

Although Olin did manufacture special ammo for it, it functioned fine with convention ammo as well. No one accepted it but I also don't think it was offered to the American public, I wonder if there were no legal restrictions preventing it's import or manufacture, why could we not get our hands on these?

If HK is not making them, maybe they'd sell the rights to an American manufacturer and we'll get a semiautomatic version for us.

December 14, 2002, 12:48 PM	#1
glock glockler Senior Member Join Date: April 29, 2000 Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA Posts: 905	Any chance we'll see a CAWS? Now that is the ultimate combat shotgun, but I don't see many anywhere. I know the obvious reason will bemore stupid gun control laws, but what specifically is preventing them from being imported or manufactured here? Is it technically an "assault weapon", even if it was semi-automaic only? Thanks __________________ "It does not take a majority to prevail...but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." -Samuel Adams "Give me ten Jesuits and I shall conquer the world" -Stalin

December 15, 2002, 12:42 PM	#2
mons-meg Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2002 Location: North Central OK Posts: 206	Is the CAWS named specifically on the List of Evil Guns? If so, it's the same reason the Franchi SPAS-12 is banned while the Benellis are not. The Franchi looks scary. I could be totally wrong on this... __________________ What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about!?!?

December 15, 2002, 07:43 PM	#4
glock glockler Senior Member Join Date: April 29, 2000 Location: Portsmouth, NH, USA Posts: 905	Although Olin did manufacture special ammo for it, it functioned fine with convention ammo as well. No one accepted it but I also don't think it was offered to the American public, I wonder if there were no legal restrictions preventing it's import or manufacture, why could we not get our hands on these? If HK is not making them, maybe they'd sell the rights to an American manufacturer and we'll get a semiautomatic version for us. __________________ "It does not take a majority to prevail...but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." -Samuel Adams "Give me ten Jesuits and I shall conquer the world" -Stalin

December 15, 2002, 02:43 PM	#3
Andrew Wyatt Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Bakersfield, Kommiefornia Posts: 549	it's also not made anymore by HK, uses special ammo, and was not accepted by anyone. only like 10 prototypes were built.