Hey guys - I'm hoping some of you will have some experience / opinions on Stoeger shotguns.
I'm looking for my first shotgun, specifically for home defense. I thought I would get a Remington 870 or Mossberg 500 pump, but ran across these Stoeger double barrels in my web surfing.
They actually have a review of the second model in this month's American Rifleman magazine. Looks pretty cool. They basically did a review of most manufacturers new products, well worth looking at.
If it is gonna be your only home defense weapon my opinion is no but if you also gonna have a handgun i think it would be a good shotgun. No personal experiance with the brand, but a short double barreled shotgun for home defense is major intimidation factor
My uncle shoots a Condor for everything from deer to geese because of the dependabity over an auto in the rough/cold conditons we often hunt in, never seen or heard of a problem with his after all it's been through. Fit and finish are rough but for what one costs i don't thinka guy can be too picky! I think a good shotgun that you practice with is a good HD choice, i might like a higher cap weapon close by and some sort of extra shell holder on it, but you could always do much worse than that.
love my stoger condor- i have both barrel sets- 12 and 20 gauge. but home defense? hearing a round racked into the chamber of a pump gun, that gets noticed!
For Home Defense...stick with the Remington 870 or equivelent. Double Barrels look cool but your limited to 2 rounds only and with ranges your likely to have in a house its plenty easy enough to miss, hard to believe but its true enough. And you just cant mistake that sound of a round being chambered in a pump...bad guys know thats the sound of "Game Over!" in no uncertian terms. I also like the advantage they provide in that they can be top off while still keeping the gun on target or in action. That alone is a priceless feature.
I own a half dozen or so O/U's and S/S. They are great guns for the field and for skeet and trap. They are pretty good at solving pest control problems around the homestead. But when it comes to solving "Bump in the night issues", the first gun I am reaching for in all probability is my Remington 870 in 12 guage. Take that for what its worth coming from a military vet with 21 years as a armorer, rangemaster whos had to use them for real in CQB and on people who can shoot back!
Chanaski,
It basically boils down to what you prefer and are most comfortable with. The main thing is that what ever product you get,practice with it often.
And,please do not add on a bunch of after market items.
Some folks take a nice,slim,handy firearm and add on a whole bunch of stuff. Now it becomes almost a crew served weapon! Just my $.02 on the subject.
I would go with the 870 too. They won't hear me racking the slide though. It's already been done (no young ones in the house). If I had to rack it when needed it would take extra time, alert intruder to my location, and be one less shell available before reaching for shell holder.
The Stoeger Coach gun is a very good setup for home defense.
If you can find one, an older Stevens 311 is a better shotgun IMHO, and runs around the same price range.
I think I'm going to put the shotgun idea on the back burner for the foreseeable future.
There are other guns I'd rather have first. Like an SR1911 for Cathy and a Redhawk for myself. I can shoot those at the range pretty much whenever I want, the shotgun I can only shoot at my regular range with slugs (which I'd never use for HD), plus I have to pay an additional fee to do so.
p.s. - TopDog, from what I see in the web, it looks like you can't even defend your home with ANY kind of shotgun unless you add 20 lbs. of rails, lights, side-saddles, ghost ring sights and 20 shell capacity slings. So I'd have to take that into account as well!
from what I see in the web, it looks like you can't even defend your home with ANY kind of shotgun unless you add 20 lbs. of rails, lights, side-saddles, ghost ring sights and 20 shell capacity slings. So I'd have to take that into account as well!
Spend some time on a 5-stand or skeet range with a shotgun and all of the tactical garbage becomes unneccessary if not comical.
If you can hit a 4" disc moving at 40+ Mph at odd angles at fairly close range, there is no need for special sights/lazers/rails to make fast accurate shots at home defense ranges, and the sidesaddle also become moot.
I've seen some of those websites- most of them are written by people who have good intentions and are deep on tactical training/3-gun competition, but have very little experience with wingshooting.
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