My take on a perfect shotgun

[nrakid88]

So I wanted to build myself the perfect shotgun. I figured I wanted mine to be as versatile as possible, since that was my main draw to the shotgun. I decided that a high capacity tube mag would be important for HD, so I added a 3 round extension. The downside is I have to switch out the mag extension with a limiter to hunt legally, or so I belive. A shorter barrel would also help in the corners, so I swapped for a 18.5'' barrel. As a shotguns tightness of groups is from the choke, not the barrel length, I decided to get a choked barrel so I could have tighter groups for bird shot and buckshot. Perhaps I was being picky, but I couldn't decide on one choke, so I decided to go threaded barrel. From there, I found the Titan Adjustable TruGlow choke, which with the turn of you wrist adjusts from xxfull turkey to bore. That way I could quickly change my choke depending on field hunting conditions, and the game I was after. The only drawback is slugs have to be fired on open bore or the choke ''petals'' of the device will break off. I still am unsure if they can be set to modified for buckshot. I wanted to be able to use the shotgun at night, so I got a universal shotgun light mount, and the tlr-1 light that goes on all the guns can ''ride shotgun'' as well. Finally, I like to be able to shoot my guns all day long, so I set to search for a good buttpad. Remington offers a new Supercell buttpad that is claimed to be the best on the market. I have to add that the supercell is excellent in reducing felt recoil. Instead of relying on very flexible rubber, it uses a dense spongy pad that really feels nice.

Cliff hanger for the pics...

If I were to coin a term for the general direction I went with the shotgun, I might call it a Survival Shotgun.





Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you out there

[nrakid88]

My camera battery is dead so the pics will unfortunately have to wait

[Barbarossa]

I like it!

However I'd put the light on the left side of the barrel. Are you a lefty?

[ROCKETW19]

I like it!

However I'd put the light on the left side of the barrel. Are you a lefty?

Why is that?

The best place for a home defence gun would be to mount it under the barrel.
If its on the left side what do you do when making a left turn in your house? You will expose more of your body.
Sure I know none of us will hopefully ever need to do something like that but since you brought it up

OP. as far as the limiter I "think" you are correct you need one and its 3 rounds?. I only hunt paper targets so I am not 100% on that but I belive I read that before.
Nice gun i like it very clen looking.

[Noobert]

Looks good!

but no side saddle?

[PEBKAC]

Simple, clean, no BS. I like it.

[nrakid88]

I put it on the right side because I am right handed, and the fingers on my left hand hang over perfectly to engage the controls when its on the right.

I didn't want a side saddle, although I thought of one a lot. Two reasons, its bulky and I don't want to get hung up on stuff, and the gun is heavy enough as it is with 9 rounds loaded. Plus I have that sweet bandolier loaded up with goodies.

Thanks for the comments

[nrakid88]

I put it on the right side because I am right handed, and the fingers on my left hand hang over perfectly to engage the controls when its on the right.

I didn't want a side saddle, although I thought of one a lot. Two reasons, its bulky and I don't want to get hung up on stuff, and the gun is heavy enough as it is with 9 rounds loaded. Plus I have that sweet bandolier loaded up with goodies.

Thanks for the comments

[Barbarossa]

Why is that?

Because if your right handed as the OP is; it would seem natural to me to operate it with your forward hand.

I put it on the right side because I am right handed, and the fingers on my left hand hang over perfectly to engage the controls when its on the right.

Makes sense, I was wondering if you could reach it with your left.

[crackerman]

Simple can be good, i do like the christmas set up with the shells. Appropriate for this time of year.

But remember, the guy in the red suit doing a dynamic chimney entry is cool, and you need a special flying tag for the deer on the roof.

[bsg]

nice.

[axhoaxho]

Nice. One of mine is very similar to yours.

Regards,

[reidnez]

VERY sweet setup! That may well be the best "do everything" survival firearm I have yet seen. Kudos for keeping it functional, and not adding a pistol grip or other such silliness. When you can only have one longarm, all is secondary to versatility. I always wondered if an adjustable choke like that existed, but I'd never seen one. Did you buy a threaded barrel or have it done by a smith?

[nrakid88]

I got the gun with a 26'' threaded barrel, sold that to help offest the cost for a new 18.5'' threaded barrel. I don't think i would have sprung for the adapter if I would have had to pay for a gunsmith as well. It just screws in. In fact, I need to research if I can use it for buckshot, if not, I am switching it out for a modified choke. I have read around that medium choke prints the tightest for buckshot and slugs.

[nrakid88]

Just looked it up, quite a happy to hear this.

''The second observation was a real shocker. Buckshot patterns from the Titan tended to be much more evenly distributed and round than from the WinChokes. Upon examining fired wads retrieved from downrange, it was apparent that they were swaging into the cuts between the splines as they passed through the Titan. There are several straight-rifled choke tubes on the market that claim to deliver better patterns by arresting any in-bore wad rotation. Swaging in between the Titan's splines would appear to have the same effect, if that is actually what's causing the improved patterns. Suffice to say, the sample Titan did appear to affect the wad the same way as a straight-rifled tube, and with buckshot, patterns were more even''

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