Favorite Shotgun

[Legbreaker]

A seriously kick ass weapon if ever there was one, but totally bullshit as far as reality goes.

But how many of us can honestly say we haven't had a moment of munchkinism and WANTED ONE soooo bad it hurt

[kato13]

A seriously kick ass weapon if ever there was one, but totally bullshit as far as reality goes.

Guns^3 calculated the recoil of the 5.56mm version at 95 kilograms. (Slightly less if using AP ammo). As a GM I am thinking that holding it and directing fire of the 7.62mm version would be like benching over 150 kilos. You would also have to be braced against something mighty strong or you would be knocked to the ground.

I only allowed the M214 to be used once in a Dark conspiracy game when a heavy weight boxer had taken two levels of alien cybernetic enhancement for a 12 total strength.

[Rainbow Six]

And lets not forget the SPAS, it is cool! the only shotgun that can do semi auto and pump!

But for the T2K world, the SPAS! the cool factor, the high mag capacity and ease of use of assorted ammo.

Spas 12 was my favourite ever since I saw it in (I think) the V1 Small Arms Guide. (If it wasn't there it must have been on Paul's site).

[pmulcahy11b]

You know what we really need A belt-fed shot-machinegun!

[Raellus]

IIRC, Futureweapons had a piece on a steel-bodied, shotgun that I believe was fully automatic. They had it rigged up to MRAP vehicle mounts and a bomb squad-type robot.

The new Benelli that the Marine Corps is adopting looks seriously sweet but it's a little too new for the v1.0 timeline.

[Matt Wiser]

SPAS-12 and the Benelli semi-auto that Alec Baldwin used in The Getaway remake. Either one is capable of some serious damage.....

[Targan]

You know what we really need A belt-fed shot-machinegun!

Then Cyberpunk 2020 is the game for you! IIRC there is a 6-barelled, binary propellant, 10 gauge gatling shotgun in that game called the CLAWS. I think in the description it said that the sound of firing it included notes like tearing metal.

[General Pain]

ahh the shotgun

I must go for :

double barreled sawed off 10gauge shotgun - 1 buck and 1 slug - I usually carry 2 of them. Low bulk, but packs a hell of alot of damage.

the ultimate player-character-slayer - sadly the last time I used it only 1 of the barrels worked - RIP GP -

[simonmark6]

Sawn off 120mm cannon.

[kato13]

Sawn off 120mm cannon.

Shame they never made the 120mm Flechette round (in the timeline) or you really might have something.

[simonmark6]

What about a bag of nails launched by a powder charge

[jester]

I'll go with the M198A1 155mm howitzer in the horizontal postion with a beehive round!

TOP THAT SUCKERS!

[pmulcahy11b]

I'll go with the M198A1 155mm howitzer in the horizontal postion with a beehive round!

TOP THAT SUCKERS!

Did they make beehive for the 203mm

[sglancy12]

I'm going to have to go with the Winchester M1897 Trench gun.

Five round tubular magazine with one in the chamber for six.

Pump shotgun, with an exposed hammer, so you can carry a round in the chamber and easily see whether the weapon is cocked, hence whether the weapon is safe.

Allegedly you can hold the trigger down and work the slide to fire very very fast (but with little accuracy).

You can attach a bayonet, specifically the M1905 Bayonet, which is a good long pig sticker for those times you blunder into someone in the dark.

It has a magazine release button on it that allows the entire tubular magazine to be emptied in the blink of an eye. A safety feature oddly absent on all modern shotguns. The only way to unload tube magazine shotguns is by manually working the slide or action, which can result in an accidently discharge if you are the village idiot... or just unlucky.

A. Scott Glancy, President TCCorp, dba Pagan Publishing

[jester]

Actualy you can empty a tube from a shotgun without feeding them through the chamber.

Flip the weapon upside down, push the feeding lever up and depress the lever that holds the shells in place and pop, pop, pop, out come the shells pretty fast.