Automatic Shotgun

Metal Head · November 22, 2005, 07:49 PM

I've never heard of one of these but I want one.
http://images.military.com/Video/050420_AutoShotgun.wmv

rapier144 · November 22, 2005, 07:55 PM

Neat but i wouldn't want to carry the ammo very far.

Twycross · November 22, 2005, 07:56 PM

I saw an article on those once online, but I can't remember where. It is apparantly almost recoiless (for a 12 ga), and was tested in a minor way in Iraq.

I'll try and find that article.

Twycross · November 22, 2005, 07:59 PM

Ahh, here we go.

http://www.military.com/soldiertech/..._AA12,,00.html

The British Soldier · November 23, 2005, 06:01 AM

A nice piece of equipment and an impressive video.

bgoldhunter · November 23, 2005, 08:49 AM

Actually the idea has been around for a while. Rock River made them in the late 60's for the SEALS.

SemperKnight · November 24, 2005, 02:13 AM

Looks like an awsome weapon. Very similar to the USAS-12. What I wonder is if it will shot 3" Mag rounds. The USAS won't. It's 2 3/4 only.
Also I would sure like to see a deminstration of those explosive rounds.

CypherNinja · November 25, 2005, 10:36 PM

Oh wow, thats sweet.

I found that video somewhere on the internet like 2 years ago, but I could never figure out what it was!

smince · November 26, 2005, 10:43 AM

Quote:

What I wonder is if it will shot 3" Mag rounds. The USAS won't. It's 2 3/4 only.

The Atchison is a 2 3/4" gun, too, according to the spec sheet in the article.

One of Don Pendelton's characters (Carl Lyons) in the fictional novel series "Able Team" used one with great effect.

Casp_A · November 26, 2005, 02:58 PM

Meh, it's cool but I don't like the way the magazine mounts too it. I think a select-fire USAS would fill this niche a little better.

too many choices!? · November 27, 2005, 12:55 PM

Select fire M-16 Shotgun, Priceless

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How about a belt-fed SAW varient, or upper for an implaced defensive weapon

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November 22, 2005, 07:49 PM	#1
Metal Head Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2005 Posts: 121	Automatic Shotgun I've never heard of one of these but I want one. http://images.military.com/Video/050420_AutoShotgun.wmv

November 22, 2005, 07:55 PM	#2
rapier144 Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2005 Location: tennessee Posts: 686	Neat but i wouldn't want to carry the ammo very far. __________________ Scan and Breathe Scan and Breathe Stupidity should hurt

November 22, 2005, 07:56 PM	#3
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	I saw an article on those once online, but I can't remember where. It is apparantly almost recoiless (for a 12 ga), and was tested in a minor way in Iraq. I'll try and find that article. __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.)

November 22, 2005, 07:59 PM	#4
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	Ahh, here we go. http://www.military.com/soldiertech/..._AA12,,00.html __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.)

November 23, 2005, 06:01 AM	#5
The British Soldier Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2005 Location: England...that green and pleasasnt land. Posts: 295	A nice piece of equipment and an impressive video. __________________ Mike When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to cut up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Rudyard Kipling.

November 23, 2005, 08:49 AM	#6
bgoldhunter Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2005 Posts: 123	Actually the idea has been around for a while. Rock River made them in the late 60's for the SEALS.

November 24, 2005, 02:13 AM	#7
SemperKnight Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 129	three inch? Looks like an awsome weapon. Very similar to the USAS-12. What I wonder is if it will shot 3" Mag rounds. The USAS won't. It's 2 3/4 only. Also I would sure like to see a deminstration of those explosive rounds.

November 25, 2005, 10:36 PM	#8
CypherNinja Senior Member Join Date: September 4, 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 114	Oh wow, thats sweet. I found that video somewhere on the internet like 2 years ago, but I could never figure out what it was! __________________ -"Those who would sacrifice a little Liberty for more Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin -"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison "Violent videogames don't make kids violent. Hard games do."

November 26, 2005, 02:58 PM	#10
Casp_A Senior Member Join Date: August 12, 2004 Posts: 495	Meh, it's cool but I don't like the way the magazine mounts too it. I think a select-fire USAS would fill this niche a little better. __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, but Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H2O was H2SO4.

November 27, 2005, 12:55 PM	#11
too many choices!? Senior Member Join Date: December 19, 2004 Posts: 371	Meh, I'd rather the USAS-12! Select fire M-16 Shotgun, Priceless ... How about a belt-fed SAW varient, or upper for an implaced defensive weapon ...