What Shotgun to get?

[Mike1971]

After reading this month Airsoft international, I though what shottie is the best around.

Its always going to be Quality versus Budget or Spring verus gas etc, etc.

 

Bearing that in mind this will be a secondary weapon.

I have seen one sp00n has and its very good tri-shot springer, that he got new for a bargin.

 

 

So let the oppinions and arguments begin

I have till march to save up.

[mada01]

You can get a de tri shotgun for around £60 new off most sights, takes a 30 round shell, so 10 shots per a shell

 

Can get it in a full stock version or no stock

[Mike1971]

Just looked on Z1 and they have aTokyo Marui SPAS 12 for (please sit down for this) £159.95 for a spring powered one, way out of my budget.

[mada01]

http://www.airsoftworld.net/franchi-sas-12-cqb-triple-barelled-shotgun.html

 

One I have pal

[Monty]

I had a DE M47d, it only shot one BB but it had some serious range and accuracy.

[TacMaster]

My ASG 870MCS has also only got a 1 shot fire mode, but it's pretty damn solidly made and it packs some equally serious range, power and accuracy.

[jcheeseright]

http://www.airsoftworld.net/franchi-sas-12-cqb-triple-barelled-shotgun.html

 

One I have pal

boom, there's a deal and a half.

[Ian_Gere]

Yeah it is, but if you want even cheaper and happen to have a can of black paint already, or another project to which it can be applied, this may be of interest. If you apply the paint to the inside a single coat will do it, but I have done this on a little SPAS and painted the outside as well - it is thus proof against looking shit from even a slight scratch. Permanent black marker takes care of the orange tip - it looks shiny and metallic.

[sp00n]

ok mike may/may not dislike/like me for this

 

but as i respect him and consider him a mate, i have to ask?

 

why??why are you after a shottie?

 

if you are 100% deadcert txt me, i have a shotte i wont use, that you can have cheap'ish.

 

on a serious note, get a few skirmishes under your belt etc, as a primary, they are abit limited etc.

[jcheeseright]

Springer shotguns are pretty much the only time I'll say don't buy Tokyo Marui, the price:performance ratio just doesn't work.

 

Gas shotguns though, the only choice is the Marui M870, it's spectacular.

[Mike1971]

Sp00n, I got shot by another instructor with a spas 12 trishot, he had it as a secondary, will tell you all about it next week at work.

[Del Monty]

Marushin mosberg m500 is my pref choice for a shotty. Very well recommended.

[evilfree]

Ive got a Double Eagle M56C, I use it mainly on defense games on my woodland site.

 

I have to say for the 70ish pound i paid for it, I am more than happy with it and it has a nice spread on it!

[AK47frizzle]

TM SPAS

 

 

 

 

Or the new TM gas Remington 870 multi shot shotgun

[remus]

i briefly owned a double eagle shotgun, painted it umbrella corp colours brought it out, was offered profit on it before i got a chance to skirmish it. from test firing it it was a lot better than i thought it would be and would happily buy another in the future. i am in fact considering it atm if i come across on in one of these sales...

[TacMaster]

I had a DE tri shot once, would only fire 0.12g BBs- and even then only 2 at a time instead of 3.

[evilfree]

I use my DE tri shot every second weekend and found it very good.

 

It has a reasonable range and the spread is good. It also gives people a surprise when you shoot them at point blank also since you are getting them with 3 rounds

 

The only thing I regret is that I bought a scabbard for 50 quid but just cant get it to sit on my back good enough to actually use it as a secondary.

[Ian_Gere]

You know how in films people often have weapons on their backs? Two swords is the classic, I spose, but shotties as well, yeah?

 

In actual fact you cant use an ordinary scabbard for anything that long which you intend to draw over your shoulder, because the theoretical max length you can draw is however far you can extend your arm, because you can't use the width of your body as extra space to draw across. However it's not even that long because if you get hold of a pistol grip or a sword hilt at that angle and try to draw, your arm cannot straighten: for me the difference is 19" vs 25.5". This means that whatever I carry over my shoulder must go into a scabbard with only the bottom 19" fully enclosed, the rest would have to have one side open and loose enough that it doesn't restrict the weapon from coming out sideways.

 

If you think about it, you rarely see anyone in a film actually draw one or two swords over their shoulder/s, eh? "Blade" is a classic example, with his hilt sticking out of that cool coat: no way on earth he could draw that katana without getting hold of the blade halfway down to get the rest of it out! If you remember Orlando Bloom's Legolas in LOTR, the blades he draws over his shoulders are short - about two feet... I reckon a shotty scabbard would work for me with about 18" fully enclosed and the rest with the left side split up to the top. I.d have the underside, the trigger, of the shotty facing left and the whole thing at an angle across my back, so the bottom would be on my left, the loose top just behind my right shoulder, that way the weight of the gun would keep it leaning on the non-split side. I imagine I'd use a piece 25mm webbing, or maybe even 38mm, folded in half across its width to stitch over the split edges so it would be hard wearing and also a velcro strap to hold the top together with some extra length and loop arrangement to make it easy to rip loose one handed over my shoulder.

[evilfree]

Yeah the plan was to draw it over my shoulder. Because I only have a chest rig with a bladder on my back, its proving difficult to get the right angle and it attached securely.

 

If/when I get a plate carrier it may be better.

[Ian_Gere]

I have a plastic machete which I wear at an angle attached to a Web-tex hydration pouch, to draw over my shoulder. I've found that a really good way of attaching stuff unconventionally is to make short webbing straps:

 

B R Trimmings

...I use 20mm wide webbing, usually about 100mm long.

If you get your kit attached and comfy, then you can lock the straps off by looping the trailing end back over the tri-glide buckle and through the first opening. For a few things I've used side release buckles, for stuff which I will need to undo/redo (such as additional leg straps on holster and drop leg dump pouch).

 

[evilfree]

It might actually work with having a clip down my back attached to my bladder and shotgun and one over my shoulder, should be easy to unclip them and get it off.

 

Thanks for the idea

[evilfree]

And ordered