{"id":13898,"date":"2012-03-31T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=13898"},"modified":"2012-03-31T09:25:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T14:25:01","slug":"coach-gun-double-barrel-for-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/coach-gun-double-barrel-for-self-defense\/13898\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Gun Double Barrel For Self Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to read Jim Shepherd&#8217;s review of the Mossberg\/Maverick HS12 short-barreled O\/U in today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shootingwire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SHOOTING WIRE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was quickly apparent that you might forget how to unload the tube-fed guns, or that you might forget to rack the pump after each shot &#8211; but there was no messing about with the HS12. Load, mount as the safety slides forward, and PRESS. No problems.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I bring this up because Marshal Halloway and I have been mulling over creating a class on self-defense with a double barrel shotgun, then film that class for DRTV. We had such great response with the &#8220;tactical&#8221; lever action rifle and the single-action revolver self-defense class as SHOOTING GALLERY episodes, and I get a surprising number of queries about using the double for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;ve featured<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoegerindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Stoeger&#8217;s 2 DB tactical offerings<\/a>, the SxS and the O\/U. First time we noticed this product line was back in 2009 at the NRA Show in Phoenix:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/tvtECWoH.js'><\/script>\n\t\t\t<div id='jwplayer_HtzikOs3_tvtECWoH_div'><\/div>\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\tif(typeof(jQuery)==\"function\"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)};\n\t\t\t\tjwplayer('jwplayer_HtzikOs3_tvtECWoH_div').setup(\n\t\t\t\t{\"image\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/414\\\/314\\\/NRA09_Stoeger_Day2_640x360_640x360.jpg\",\"html5_file\":\"http:\\\/\\\/media.outdoorchannel.com\\\/outdoorchannel\\\/414\\\/314\\\/NRA09_Stoeger_Day2_HTML5_700k_16x9.mp4\",\"playlist\":\"https:\\\/\\\/content.jwplatform.com\\\/feeds\\\/HtzikOs3.json\",\"ph\":2}\n\t\t\t);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\n<div id=\"attachment_13901\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13901\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901\" title=\"StoegerDefense\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/StoegerDefense-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/StoegerDefense-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/StoegerDefense.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stoeger&#39;s line of Self Defense Coach Guns<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve said for years and years that the double barrel is a fiercely efficient self-defense tool&#8230; like everything else, you&#8217;ve got to know how to operate the thing. Since I&#8217;m a cowboy shooter who shoots a double-barrel in competition, it&#8217;s pretty much second nature to me now&#8230;<em> like breathing out and breathing in&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to read Jim Shepherd&#8217;s review of the Mossberg\/Maverick HS12 short-barreled O\/U in today&#8217;s SHOOTING WIRE: &#8220;It was quickly apparent that you might forget how to unload the tube-fed guns, or that you might forget to rack the pump after each shot &#8211; but there was no messing about with the HS12. 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