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Shotguns in todays military

taperloc
I was surprised to see a picture in this months American Rifleman, of a soldier holding a Mossberg Model 590A shotgun. The article stated that he was in Afghanistan.

Two questions.

What other shotguns are being issued to our troops?

Has the military ever considered or tested the "Street Sweeper"?
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  • Bert H.
    The Remingtom 870 Riot Gun
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  • mark christian
    quote:Originally posted by taperloc


    Has the military ever considered or tested the "Street Sweeper"?



    No.

    Both the Mossberg 500 and the 590 have seen military issue
    [img][/img]Mossberg500Military1.jpg
    [img][/img]Mossberg5901.jpg
    [img][/img]Mossberg590tactical2.jpg
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  • Nwcid
    Benelli M4 aka M1014

    benelli.jpg


    Why would the military want the street sweeper? They are a POS that is very hard to reload. They work like a single action revolver.
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  • CapnMidnight
    My point man in Viet nam carried a model 12 Winchester, you'd have a hard time telling him it was a P O S.
    W.D.
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  • fordsix
    i have a barrel that fits mossberg 590A1 has special mark on it and is a special grooved type rifleing for sabots.when you look down the barrel it looks smooth with grooves instead of conventional rifling guy i got it from got it from a guy that brought out of the army,it is grey matt finish that matches the 590A1 the muzzle is crowned..neat barrel shot cup would trip the grooves as a smoothbore and sabots would catch the grooves to provide the spin..i have contacted mossberg,but they remain mum on it
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  • ElMuertoMonkey
    quote:Originally posted by CapnMidnight
    My point man in Viet nam carried a model 12 Winchester, you'd have a hard time telling him it was a P O S.
    W.D.
    I think he was referring to the Striker-12, which is more commonly known as the street sweeper and not other shotguns.
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  • quickmajik
    I agree EMM..

    590A1, benelli M4, Remington 870,

    Just an intersting bit of history: They did some R&D on clip fed and full auto shotguns back during VN.. Most of what I have read and been told about, it was usually Remington semi autos with extended mag tubes that they made full auto.. and remington pumps with box mags..

    I have even heard tell of a belt fed shotgun, but I've never seen one..
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