I'd buy one.
I'd buy one.
8.5 has a nasty blast, 12" is a wee bit better, but either are still fun! Great camp guns.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
-H. L. Mencken
I like guns....
I loved my 8.5 mag fed,, hate that I sold it
I always thought my mossberg 590 shockwave 14" was plenty short enough for me, but now you guys are makin me wonder! I have always found that the price increases most times when the barrel shortens, which is counter to what you would think and sort of turns me off of paying the extra just because of a few inches cut off!
" Those who hammer their swords into plowshares, will Plow for those who do not".
8.5" is sure a lot of fun but I find 12.5" more practical and versatile, 1 more round than the 8.5" and the normal forend assembly and tube fits 12.5", no need for extra small tube and forend.
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