How's this for a SHTF shotgun?

[ml1209]

It's the Mossberg 590A1 with marinecote and 18.5" barrel. I handled one at the gunstore and this is one handy, sturdy, and rust-resistant gun.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I have one, but mine is a 9 shot.....have yet to fire it.

 

[Big country]

Looks like a winner to me.

 

[IronFixXxeR]

I always liked those marinecote Mossbergs.

 

[Eli]

I know it's labelled as a 590A1, but a 'real' 590 has a 20" bbl and is a 9-shot. That one is shorter and a bit more handy, and the 500-series A1 guns survived the military torture tests.

Eli

 

[country_boy]

Whats one of them going for?

 

[SIG_Fiend]

Not tactical enough. You must have at least 10 picatinny attachments to pass go. lol j/k

 

[TSU45]

Well it's low maintenance and reliable, two plusses in my book for that situation.

I can tell from the other thread on what three guns people would want in SHTF that I will have the minority opinion on this, but I really don't see the utility of a combat shotgun in a survival situation. I would rather have a shotgun setup for hunting game. As for defense, off the top of my head I can't think of anything a shotgun can do that a carbine can't do better.

 

[Big country]

Well it's low maintenance and reliable, two plusses in my book for that situation.

I can tell from the other thread on what three guns people would want in SHTF that I will have the minority opinion on this, but I really don't see the utility of a combat shotgun in a survival situation. I would rather have a shotgun setup for hunting game. As for defense, off the top of my head I can't think of anything a shotgun can do that a carbine can't do better.

The thing a carbine can't do better is CQC but that's about it, the scatter gun still rains supreme for CQC. Well CQC and bird hunting.

 

[Major Woody]

A friend of mine got one in black and loves it. Great choice.

 

[Jeff-Tex]

As for defense, off the top of my head I can't think of anything a shotgun can do that a carbine can't do better.

A carbine is for attack, shotgun is for defense.

 

[TSU45]

The thing a carbine can't do better is CQC but that's about it, the scatter gun still rains supreme for CQC. Well CQC and bird hunting.

If your talking over-penetration of walls, I agree with that.

 

[TSU45]

A carbine is for attack, shotgun is for defense.

Who initiates is irrelevant.

 

[navyguy]

I like it... Bad guys are in big trouble.