Mag fed Short barrel Pump action

old303 said:
You don't want to have to fill an empty tube quickly or in the dark or such. And having to unload by pumping each round means having to respect the slight chance that it could fire while one of them is chambered.
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If you use a tube fed shotgun regularly loading a tube becomes second nature with practice, even in low or no light. I won’t say all shotguns can unload without cycling the bolt but every pump action I own can unload the tube by using the shell latches or by pushing the lifter up and cycling the action after I remove the shell in the chamber. There’s no risk of a round going off while unloading if you are familiar with the process.
 
Arminhammer said:
I understand. You are the You're/Your guy on the internet. Even though you know exactly what someone is saying you have to be more correct. It's all good most people understood what I was asking.
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Not the same at all. If you go in a store and ask for 9mm bullets then they will hand you ammo. Go in a different store and ask for 9mm bullets and you'll get projectiles. Who is right and who is wrong in these instances? You and you're is just a grammar/intelligence thing, while using wrong terms can end badly. Smokless powder and black powder are both the same since they're powders that go in bullets??
 
a j cave said:
He should have said he wanted a shotgun that takes a clip. Then we would have known. (Like a clip for a Savage 99c) .
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Clip really refers to something different but it is slowly becoming more acceptable every year - but really most refer to them as detachable magazines... DM for short.
 
Yes I know. It is a constant source of bickering. When talking military rifles clip is a device for quick charging. In sporting arms ( factory with no charging slot) manufacturers often use the term interchangeable with mag. Most know what is meant so it is a moot point. Potato- Pototo.
 
Can you imagine having a double stack 20 round magazine... and plugging it to hold 2 rounds so you could hunt with it...
 
guntech said:
Can you imagine having a double stack 20 round magazine... and plugging it to hold 2 rounds so you could hunt with it...
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That’s one reason why I went back to my tube fed shotguns for small game and the Grizzly is only a 5 round mag, it was fun for the season and more importantly it proved to me I could rely on a mag fed Grizzly to function 100% after all the tuning and polishing I’ve done to the internals. If I was limited to a slug only area for hunting I’d use it without plugging the mag, it’s as reliable as my tube fed pumps.

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The mag plugs I made up friction fit inside the follower, easy to put in and take out.
 
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After using tube fed pump actions for several decades and DM pump shotguns for the last couple of years I can only think of one situation where I would absolutely choose a tube fed over a DM, and that's if I was carrying the shotgun for wildlife defense while hiking (not hunting) That's just because you are going to load your shotgun with 5 or 6 rounds and leave it loaded and probably not need a fast reload. A more streamlined shotgun is preferable when slung over your shoulder, so the tube fed has the advantage.

Every other situation either I would prefer the DM or it's 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other.

The DM for sure excels in a few areas:

Going from empty to fully loaded quickly

Going from one type of ammunition to a different type quickly

Reloading quickly

Situations where you are loading/unloading often, like in and out of vehicles.

For those of us that live rurally and sometimes have unwanted furry creatures visiting, the DM shotguns are perfect. Keep several magazines loaded with different types of ammo and select what you need for the task at hand.
 
It is a pretty simple mistake to refer to the wood stock of a shotgun as "furniture". Most people are not schooled in the odd usage of "British" gun terminology.
Most people don't call threaded fasteners "pins" either.
 
saskbooknut said:
It is a pretty simple mistake to refer to the wood stock of a shotgun as "furniture". Most people are not schooled in the odd usage of "British" gun terminology.
Most people don't call threaded fasteners "pins" either.
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You are correct, SBN. It's the willful ignoring of the correct terminology, just like the clip/mag thing, that probably annoys people. Not the original error.
 
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