Akus/Cabela's Dickinson
Double
Notes: Built by
Akus in Turkey (known as a maker of quality shotguns in Turkey), imported
through Interstate Arms, and sold exclusively through Cabela's, the Dickinson
Double is a quality side-by-side double barreled shotgun available in several
gauges. Due to the quality, the
Dickinson Double is a bit more expensive than similar shotguns (IRL), but not
unduly so. The Dickinson Double has
a stock of Turkish Walnut, hand-checkered on the straight-wrist grip and the
fore-end. It has a butt that is curved and faced with a harder wooden plate.
It is known for it's quick target acquisition, aided by a solid sighting
rib. The fore-end has a semi-schnabel end to it. The Dickinson Double has a
trigger plate action; all the working parts are connected to the trigger module,
which allows the receiver to be rounded and slender. The side plates are in
color case hardening and have light scrollwork done on them.
The barrels are deep blued, and are 28 inches with five interchangeable
choke tubes. It is capable of
firing steel, lead, or bismuth shot, or slugs (though it is not rifled). Bores
are chromed. The front sight is a
brass bead. The safety is a
tang-mounted switch; however, the Dickinson Double has double triggers, so the
safety does not do double duty has a barrel selector.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Dickinson Double |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.06 kg |
2 Internal |
$225 |
Dickinson Double |
20 Gauge 3” |
2.89 kg |
2 Internal |
$207 |
Dickinson Double |
16 Gauge 2.75” |
2.89 kg |
2 Internal |
$209 |
Dickinson Double |
28 Gauge 2.75” |
2.76 kg |
2 Internal |
$195 |
Dickinson Double |
.410 Gauge 3” |
2.38 kg |
2 Internal |
$182 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Dickinson Double (12 GA) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
70 |
Dickinson Double (20 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
59 |
Dickinson Double (16 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
56 |
Dickinson Double (28 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x16 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
47 |
Dickinson Double (410 GA) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil or Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
39 |
Big Horn Armory Sterling
Notes: Though
sold only through Big Horn Armory in the US, the Sterling is actually made in
Turkey, like an increasing number of firearms these days.
The Sterling is an over-and-under shotgun with a ventilated sighting rib
atop the upper barrel, as well as a ventilated center rib between the barrels.
Construction is regarded as excellent, with good wood-to-metal fit, Grade
3 Turkish walnut furniture, high-quality Swedish steel for the metalwork and
barrel, and hand checkering for the pistol grip wrist and fore-end.
The trigger pack is easily detachable and adjustable (by a gunsmith), and
Big Horn Armory offers several alternate trigger packs.
The Sterling uses a strong monoblock receiver group.
The barrels are strong enough to use with steel shot for prolonged
periods without undue wear or damage.
The stock has an adjustable comb.
The Sterling has automatic ejectors; one barrel or both barrels can be
selected by a switch. Which barrel
fires is also selectable by a switch.
The barrels are finished in black chrome, with engraved nitrite for the
receiver. The furniture may be
finished in hand-rubbed oil or a weatherproof polymer solution.
The Sterling comes with interchangeable choke tubes – any choke
imaginable, for a total of 10.
Two
versions are available. The Sterling Field has 3-inch chambers, a broad barrel
rib, and barrels of 26, 28, or 30 inches.
The Sterling Target has 2.75-inch chambers, a tapered barrel rib, and
barrels of 28, 30, or 32 inches.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Sterling Field (26” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.12 kg |
2 Internal |
$408 |
Sterling Field (28” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.24 kg |
2 Internal |
$428 |
Sterling Field (30” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.35 kg |
2 Internal |
$448 |
Sterling Target (28” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” |
3.52 kg |
2 Internal |
$418 |
Sterling Target (30” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” |
3.63 kg |
2 Internal |
$438 |
Sterling Target (32” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” |
3.74 kg |
2 Internal |
$459 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Sterling Field (26”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
65 |
Sterling Field (28”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
70 |
Sterling Field (30”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
76 |
Sterling Target (28”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
62 |
Sterling Target (30”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
67 |
Sterling Target (32”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
8 |
6 |
Nil |
72 |
Blaser/SiGArms F3
Notes: This is
one of the best over-and-under shotguns one can by “off the rack,” and is in
real life quite expensive. The F3
features a fine European walnut stock and high-strength steel metalwork with no
stamped steel or pressings, as well as hand finishing and fitting of the parts.
The stock and receiver use a low profile to improve quick aiming and
shooting. The stock is also
uniquely ergonomically-shaped. The
F3 uses a single trigger, with a barrel selector on the stock just behind the
receiver; this selector also acts as a manual safety that blocks both the
trigger and the hammer. (This means
that the F3 cannot fire both barrels at once.)
The trigger is adjustable for length of pull.
The locking area is heavily built to withstand the 3-inch magnum loads it
is designed to fire, and the barrel is also strengthened to handle even steel or
tungsten shot. The F3 has automatic
shell ejection when the gun is broken open.
The entire shotgun is designed to be perfectly balanced, and the center
of the F3 can be placed on a support without it falling off.
The top barrel can have any one of several widths and heights of sighting
ribs on it. Touches such as
engraving of the side plates, left-handed stocks, finer grades of wood, and
stocks adjustable for length are available upon request; Blaser will even make a
custom stock for a shooter if they want it!
The standard stock has a thick rubber recoil pad.
The barrels have a standard Cylindrical choke, but when one buys an F3,
they also get two free screw-in interchangeable chokes of their choice, and the
F3 can take any Briley Spectrum interchangeable choke, whether steel or titanium
(however, note that one cannot shoot steel shot through the titanium versions of
Briley Spectrum chokes).
The F3, of
course, comes in several models.
The F3 Game has a front bead sight at the front of its sighting rib; three
barrel lengths are available. The
stock is a sporting-type stock with a pistol grip wrist and a Schnabel tip on
the fore-end. It is available in
grades ranging from Standard to Imperial. The F3 Competition Sporting is very
similar, but generally uses longer barrels and is heavier.
The Competition Sporting can also be equipped with Hi-Viz sights atop the
sighting rib. The F3 Competition
Trap is also quite similar, but uses a Monte Carlo-type stock with a somewhat
different pistol grip wrist shape, a rounded fore-end with gripping recesses on
either side. (For game purposes, it is identical to the Competition Sporting.)
The American Skeet and American Trap are similar to the Game and
Competition Trap respectively, but the barrels are modular, so that different
lengths may be used, or even just the top barrel without the bottom (some
competitions require that the shooter use a single-barrel shotgun).
With both barrels, they are identical to the Game and Competition Trap
respectively for game purposes, but figures are given below for use when only
the upper barrel is present. (Both
barrels must be the same length for them to fit together properly.)
The stocks are also shaped somewhat differently, to appeal more to
American tastes.
In addition to
the versions listed above, the F3 comes in grades from Standard to Imperial.
There are also several special editions, including the Attaché and
Baronesse, as well as several hand-engraved versions.
In real-world prices, the cost of some of these versions of the F3 could
probably buy one a decent car!
However, for game purposes, they are identical to their standard cousins.
Twilight 2000
Notes: The F3 does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
F3 Game (27” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.3 kg |
2 Internal |
$493 |
F3 Game (28” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.33 kg |
2 Internal |
$503 |
F3 Game (29” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.36 kg |
2 Internal |
$513 |
F3 Competition Sporting (27.9” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.65 kg |
2 Internal |
$502 |
F3 Competition Sporting (29.9” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.71 kg |
2 Internal |
$522 |
F3 Competition Sporting (31.8” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.77 kg |
2 Internal |
$542 |
F3 Competition Sporting (33.8” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.83 kg |
2 Internal |
$562 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 27” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.61 kg |
1 Internal |
$356 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 28” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.62 kg |
1 Internal |
$361 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 29” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.63 kg |
1 Internal |
$366 |
F3 American Trap (Single 27.9” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.95 kg |
1 Internal |
$361 |
F3 American Trap (Single 29.9” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.97 kg |
1 Internal |
$371 |
F3 American Trap (Single 31.8” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
2.99 kg |
1 Internal |
$381 |
F3 American Trap (Single 33.8” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.01 kg |
1 Internal |
$391 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
F3 Game (27”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
67 |
F3 Game (28”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
70 |
F3 Game (29”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
73 |
F3 Competition Sporting (27.9”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
70 |
F3 Competition Sporting (29.9”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
76 |
F3 Competition Sporting (31.8”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
8 |
5 |
Nil |
81 |
F3 Competition Sporting (33.8”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
8 |
5 |
Nil |
87 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 27”) |
SS |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
67 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 28”) |
SS |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
70 |
F3 American Skeet (Single 29”) |
SS |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
73 |
F3 American Trap (Single 27.9”) |
SS |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
70 |
F3 American Trap (Single 29.9”) |
SS |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
6 |
Nil |
76 |
F3 American Trap (Single 31.8”) |
SS |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
8 |
6 |
Nil |
81 |
F3 American Trap (Single 33.8”) |
SS |
5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
8 |
6 |
Nil |
87 |
Chiappa Triple Threat
Notes: A rare
triple-barreled shotgun, the Triple Threat is being marketed to fowl hunters as
well as to the home defense market.
It has also made appearances in fan mods to several first-person shooter games,
including Call of Duty. Most Triple Threats are otherwise
conventional-format shotguns, with a dark walnut stock that is removable for
storage or to use the Triple Threat from a pistol grip (with rather formidable
recoil!) The 18.5-inch barrels may not be fired all at once; the lockwork fires
them in the pattern of right, left, and top barrels in that sequence. (Breaking
open the gun resets that sequence, but also ejects any spent or nonfired shells
in the chambers.) The barrels are threaded internally to allow the use of
Remington choke tubes, and choke tubes for Full, Improved Cylinder, Improved
Modified, Modified and Skeet are included with a purchase. (The native choke of
the Triple Threat is Cylinder Bore.) The Triple Threat has a single fiberoptic
front sight for a general aiming guide.
The shotgun has a top tang safety.
The metalwork is blued in a black finish.
The Triple
Threat Synthetic is the same shotgun in form, but uses synthetic furniture
instead of wood, and has a short Picatinny Rail mounted under the barrels at the
front.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Triple Threat |
20 Gauge 3” |
3.27 kg |
3 Internal |
$434 |
Triple Threat |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.72 kg |
3 Internal |
$487 |
Triple Threat Synthetic |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.72 kg |
3 Internal |
$504 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Triple Threat (20 Gauge) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
38 |
Triple Threat (20 Gauge, w/o Stock) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
3 |
6 |
Nil |
32 |
Triple Threat (12 Gauge) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
45 |
Triple Threat (12 Gauge, w/o Stock) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil |
3 |
6 |
Nil |
37 |
CZ/Huglu Woodcock
Notes: This is
an over-and under shotgun built by Huglu of Turkey in collaboration with CZ of
the Czech Republic (and it’s US branch, CZ-USA).
It is a simple, easy to operate and maintain weapon, with a stock of
Turkish walnut, a rounded semi-pistol grip wrist, semi-Schnabel fore-end, and a
breech block finished in case-hardened color with very simple engraving
(primarily with the name of the weapon and the manufacturers’ symbols).
It is designed primarily for skeet and sporting clay shooting, but is
quite useful for fowling and other hunting.
The action has no automatic case ejectors, but instead has simple
extractors. The Woodcock has a full
set of interchangeable chokes (Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved
Modified, and Full). The trigger is
single, but selective with a barrel selector.
New barrel selector/safeties can be a bit stiff, but the trigger pull is
crisp and even. The Woodcock has a
ventilated sighting rib above the top barrel, and a ventilated cooling rib
between the barrels. The fit and finish of the gun are excellent.
Twilight/Merc
2000 Notes: This shotgun does not exist in either timeline – in Twilight 2000,
the weapon was simply never built due to the war, and in Merc 2000, the
cooperation between the countries involved never took place.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Woodcock (26” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” |
3.16 kg |
2 Internal |
$398 |
Woodcock (28” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” |
3.23 kg |
2 Internal |
$418 |
Woodcock (26” Barrels) |
20 Gauge 2.75” |
2.98 kg |
2 Internal |
$365 |
Woodcock (28” Barrels) |
20 Gauge 2.75” |
3.05 kg |
2 Internal |
$385 |
Woodcock (26” Barrels) |
28 Gauge 2.75” |
2.86 kg |
2 Internal |
$349 |
Woodcock (28” Barrels) |
28 Gauge 2.75” |
2.92 kg |
2 Internal |
$369 |
Woodcock (26” Barrels) |
.410 Gauge 2.75” |
2.6 kg |
2 Internal |
$320 |
Woodcock (28” Barrels) |
.410 Gauge 2.75” |
2.65 kg |
2 Internal |
$341 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Woodcock (26”, 12 GA) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
57 |
Woodcock (28”, 12 GA) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
62 |
Woodcock (26”, 20 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
48 |
Woodcock (28”, 20 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
52 |
Woodcock (26”, 28 GA) |
SA |
3/1d6x16 or 2d6x4 |
2/Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
43 |
Woodcock (28”, 28 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x16 or 2d6x4 |
2/Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
47 |
Woodcock (26”, .410 GA) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
32 |
Woodcock (28”, .410 GA) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
35 |
EAA Bounty Hunter
Notes: EAA
(European American Armory) is a company that sells a variety of imported
firearms to the US and other countries.
They do not actually make the firearms themselves, but act as a middleman
for various European countries, particularly those in Eastern Europe.
The Bounty Hunter is a version of the Russian IZH-43 double-barreled
side-by-side shotgun, modified by American gunsmiths to either fire 20-Gauge
shotgun ammunition, or, with a barrel insert, fire rifle rounds.
Putting in the rifle barrel insert consists of removing the
shotgun-barrel’s screw-in choke, adding a special bushing to make the barrels
fire parallel (instead of the converging fire of the shotgun barrels), adding a
rubber O-ring to secure the bushing, and then screwing on a cap to keep the
whole assembly in place. The
extractors for the chambers must be properly aligned when the inserts are used,
or when the action is closed, it will not break open again unless the weapon is
disassembled! The rifle barrel
inserts add an inch to the barrel length.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Bounty Hunter |
20 Gauge 2 3/4” |
2.86 kg |
2 Internal |
$304 |
.30-30 Barrel Inserts (2) |
.30-30 Winchester |
1.39 kg |
2 Internal |
$427 |
.45-70 Barrel Inserts (2) |
.45-70 Government |
1.39 kg |
2 Internal |
$427 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Bounty Hunter (20 GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
5 |
5 |
Nil |
36 |
Bounty Hunter (.30-30) |
SA |
4 |
2-3-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
67 |
Bounty Hunter (.45-70) |
SA |
4 |
2-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
67 |
EAA Bounty Hunter II
Notes: This
collaboration of European, Russian, and American weaponsmiths was built for some
time in Russia before EAA (European American Armory) brought it to Western
Europe and the US. One of the uses
it got was as the shotgun used by Val Kilmer, an actor playing Doc Holliday in
the 1993 movie
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
|
Bounty Hunter II |
20 Gauge 2 3/4” |
2.68 kg |
2 Internal |
$309 |
Bounty Hunter II |
12 Gauge 2 3/4” |
2.86 kg |
2 Internal |
$342 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Bounty Hunter II (20 Gauge) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
36 |
Bounty Hunter II (12 Gauge) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
43 |
Huglu/Armsco Bobwhite
Notes: This
side-by-side double-barreled shotgun is a Turkish shotgun that is almost
exclusively sold in the US, and to a lesser extent, Canada and Latin America.
It is a target/clay/field shotgun that is designed for beginners and
experts alike, and is often appreciated due to its low recoil.
It is considered an attractive weapon, with fine Turkish walnut stocks
and decorated stainless steel boxlocks.
They are equipped with rubber recoil pads on the stock.
They have double triggers set one in front of the other, so one or both
barrels may be fired at once.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Bobwhite (26” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.17 kg |
2 Internal |
$487 |
Bobwhite (28” Barrel) |
12 Gauge 3” |
3.23 kg |
2 Internal |
$507 |
Bobwhite (26” Barrel) |
20 Gauge 3” |
2.99 kg |
2 Internal |
$450 |
Bobwhite (28” Barrel) |
20 Gauge 3” |
3.05 kg |
2 Internal |
$470 |
Bobwhite (26” Barrel) |
28 Gauge 2.75” |
2.86 kg |
2 Internal |
$426 |
Bobwhite (26” Barrel) |
.410 Gauge 3” |
2.72 kg |
2 Internal |
$400 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Bobwhite (26”, 12GA) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
54 |
Bobwhite (28”, 12GA) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
58 |
Bobwhite (26”, 20GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
45 |
Bobwhite (28”, 20GA) |
SA |
4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
49 |
Bobwhite (28GA) |
SA |
3/1d6x16 or 2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
43 |
Bobwhite (.410) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
30 |
Stoeger Coach Gun
Notes: This is a
short-barreled magnum-capable shotgun designed primarily for Cowboy Action
enthusiasts. It is a
double-barreled weapon with twin triggers and twin partially-shrouded hammers,
and uses 20” barrels. The stock is
walnut and the metalwork is brushed stainless steel.
Overall, it is an attractive weapon, and fully SASS-legal, though it is
not an actual reproduction of any specific weapon.
This version has fixed chokes and it is a plain, no-nonsense weapon able
to use both modern and blackpowder propellants.
A more modern
version is also made; this version uses higher-quality wood and cannot use the
very short shells the SASS Coach Gun can use.
It is also not designed for blackpowder propellant shells.
The external metalwork is blued, and the stock has a rubber recoil pad.
The chokes are fixed, with either Improved Conventional or Modified chokes being
available. There is a front brass
bead sight. A Supreme model of this version is also made; it is identical in
game terms, except that it uses higher-grade wood and can take screw-in choke
tubes. A double-trigger version of the Supreme is also built; this is also
identical in game terms, but the finish can be had in blue, blued barrels with a
stainless steel receiver, or polished nickel.
The Stoeger
Double Defense is sort of a Coach Gun on steroids.
It is of thoroughly modern construction, with a matte black hardwood
stock, a rubber recoil pad, MIL-STD-1913 rails atop the twin barrels and under
the exposed length of the barrels at the end, and a hardwood fore-end.
Nonetheless, the basic action remains the same, and operation remains the
same, with the single trigger firing whatever barrel is chosen by the oversized
selector/safety atop the tang. The
matte blued barrels are 20 inches long and ported to reduce barrel climb.
The barrels are joined by a single spacer between them, with a flat top,
and the end of the barrels has a green fiberoptic sight. The receiver is also
blued, and the whole gun is non-reflective.
The break-open action is spring-loaded for quick reloading, and has
features to make them fit together tightly and securely.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
SASS Coach Gun |
12 Gauge 2.5”, 2.75”, 3” |
2.95 kg |
2 Internal |
$352 |
Coach Gun |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.95 kg |
2 Internal |
$422 |
Coach Gun |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.9 kg |
2 Internal |
$386 |
Double Defense |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.95 kg |
2 Internal |
$477 |
Double Defense |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.95 kg |
2 Internal |
$441 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
SASS Coach Gun (2.5”) |
SA |
4/1d6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
43 |
SASS Coach Gun (2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
45 |
SASS Coach Gun (3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
5 |
Nil |
49 |
Coach Gun (12 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
43 |
Coach Gun (12 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
49 |
Coach Gun (20 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or
1-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
36 |
Coach Gun (20 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
41 |
Double Defense (12 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
43 |
Double Defense (12 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
49 |
Double Defense (20 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or
1-Nil |
5 |
3 |
Nil |
36 |
Double Defense (20 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
5 |
3 |
Nil |
41 |
Stoeger Condor
Notes: The Condor is
an over-and-under shotgun designed both for hunting and for competition.
Like many other Stoeger shotguns, the Condor is built in Brazil, marketed
by the conglomerate that includes Beretta, and aimed and sold primarily in the
US market. The Condor uses
high-grade woodwork (the wood depending upon the model) and a blued,
highly-polished steel exterior metal finish.
A rubber recoil pad is found at the butt. The Condor comes in several
gauges; the 16-gauge and .410-gauges have fixed chokes of either modified or
full in the case of 16-gauge or full in the case of .410-gauge.
The 12 and 20-gauge models have screw-in variable chokes of virtually any
sort of choke available. The Condor
has a single trigger; the first pull fires the top barrel (if the chamber is
occupied), and the second fires the lower barrel. Sights consist of a ventilated
sighting rip and a brass bead front sight. The Condor and Condor Supreme are
identical in game terms except for the quality of their woodwork (AA for the
Condor Supreme, and A for the Condor).
The Youth model differs primarily in the shorter 22” length of its
barrels, while the Field Combo has removable barrels to allow the use of either
12-gauge or 20-gauge ammunition. The Supreme version has automatic shell
ejectors; the rest have extractors instead of ejectors.
The Competition
Model is a Supreme that uses 30-inch barrels and has a stock with an adjustable
cheekpiece; however, it does not have a recoil pad.
If comes in both right and left-handed models, and the barrels are ported
to ease recoil. The Condor Outback
is essentially a very short-barreled Condor, with barrels of 20 inches. The
Outback also has a rifle-type notch rear sight and blade front sight, and has no
barrel rib.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Condor (26” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.31 kg |
2 Internal |
$483 |
Condor (28” Barrels) |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.36 kg |
2 Internal |
$503 |
Condor (26” Barrels) |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.08 kg |
2 Internal |
$447 |
Condor (28” Barrels) |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.13 kg |
2 Internal |
$468 |
Condor (26” Barrels) |
16 Gauge 2.75” |
3.13 kg |
2 Internal |
$453 |
Condor (28” Barrels) |
16 Gauge 2.75” |
3.18 kg |
2 Internal |
$473 |
Condor (26” Barrels) |
.410 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.72 kg |
2 Internal |
$399 |
Condor Youth |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.49 kg |
2 Internal |
$407 |
Condor Youth |
.410 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.49 kg |
2 Internal |
$358 |
Condor Competition |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.54 kg |
2 Internal |
$503 |
Condor Competition |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.31 kg |
2 Internal |
$468 |
Condor Outback |
12 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
3.18 kg |
2 Internal |
$422 |
Condor Outback |
20 Gauge 2.75” and 3” |
2.95 kg |
2 Internal |
$386 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Condor (12 GA, 26”, 2.75”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
57 |
Condor (12 GA, 26”, 3”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
65 |
Condor (12 GA, 28”, 2.75”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
62 |
Condor (12 GA, 28”, 3”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or
2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
5 |
Nil |
70 |
Condor (20 GA, 26”, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1x6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
48 |
Condor (20 GA, 26”, 3”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
55 |
Condor (20 GA, 28”, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
52 |
Condor (20 GA, 28”, 3”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
59 |
Condor (16 GA, 26”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
52 |
Condor (16 GA, 28”) |
SA |
4/1x6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
56 |
Condor (.410 GA, 26”, 2.75”) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
32 |
Condor (.410 GA, 26”, 3”) |
SA |
3/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
6 |
3 |
Nil |
36 |
Condor Youth (20 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1x6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
40 |
Condor Youth (20 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1x6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
46 |
Condor Youth (.410 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
2/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
5 |
3 |
Nil |
27 |
Condor Youth (.410 GA, 3”) |
SA |
2/1d6x8 |
1-Nil/Nil |
5 |
3 |
Nil |
25 |
Condor Competition (12 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
5/1d6x32 or
2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
67 |
Condor Competition (12 GA, 3”) |
SA |
5/1d6x36 or
2d6x8 |
2-4-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
76 |
Condor Competition (20 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
56 |
Condor Competition (20 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1x6x24 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
7 |
4 |
Nil |
64 |
Condor Outback (12 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
43 |
Condor Outback (12 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x28 or
2d6x8 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or Nil |
6 |
4 |
Nil |
49 |
Condor Outback (20 GA, 2.75”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-Nil/Nil or
1-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
36 |
Condor Outback (20 GA, 3”) |
SA |
4/1d6x20 or
2d6x4 |
2-3-Nil/Nil
or 1-Nil |
5 |
4 |
Nil |
41 |