Valtro PM5 Shotgun (magazine fed, pump?)

[NoobShooter]

Does anybody have experience or seen in person this shotgun?

Valtro PM5 Shotgun: http://www.valtrousa.com/shotguns.html

How does it shoot? Is it a pump shotgun? There's not much information on the website...

[Guns R Tools]

It's a pump gun.

The Valtro PM-5 shotgun had been developed by the Italian company Valtro back in the 1980s and is still in production. It is used by various law enforcement and military forces, including the French Navy. The PM-5 is almost unique in that it has a detachable box magazine, while most pump action shotguns are built using underbarrel tube magazines. The detachable box magazine greatly improves reloading time and balance. The only drawback is the increased height of the loaded weapon, but it is not a major issue in most cases.

Otherwise than the feeding system the PM-5 is a conventional, manually operated pump action shotgun. The tube under the barrel serves as a guide for the sliding forend and as a barrel support. The plastic box magazine holds 7 rounds, plus one in the chamber. The PM-5 is available with plastic forend and pistol grip, and with a fixed or top-folding stock. Special version with shortened barrel, vertical foregrip and no buttstock is available if the shotgun must be concealed and used only at short ranges (for example, for the VIP protection duties).

[Z ME FLY]

Pretty pricey tho, I think there was one for sale here for 700 or 800? or was it more? I remember the seller saying the mags were a PIA to find and $$$ if you did.

[Z ME FLY]

Ouch I just checked gunbroker and they are going for about $1K. I rather get a S12 then convert it.

[C_1]

Not too many shotguns with 'detachable' mags. There's the Saiga 12 which requires a locked mag, the Valtro which is a pump, and the tacticool Sidewinder kit on Mossbergs

The Valtro PM5 is a nice pump action shotgun with detachable mags. A little bit expensive, and the mags are even more so, but cool none the less.