M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS) mounted on an M4 carbine (US Army photo)

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After over a year of additional testing and tweaking, the U.S. Army is buying large quantities (over 10,000) of the M26 12 Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun Systems (MASS). The M26 weighs less than three pounds (2 pounds, 11 ounces) and has a five round magazine. The M26 is a 16.5 inch long, 12 gauge shotgun and can be operated right or left handed. It fires solid shot for blasting open closed doors, or lower velocity, non-lethal (most of the time) rubber slugs for dealing with hostile crowds. A stand-alone version weighs 4 pounds, 3 ounces, and is 24 inches long (with the attached stock collapsed).

I’ve kind of been wondering where this thing was. I knew some went to the combat zones and never heard another word.

I’m not sure what the advantage of using this as a stand-alone is over just using a standard shotgun. The M26 uses a bolt cocking system rather than a pump (or semi-auto) so if a soldier is going to be issued a shotgun, why not give him a real one?

As far as mounting on a rifle, I think it makes a lot of sense to have this available.

Double barrel WTF comin’ at ya!

With video.

Scary enough without a shell in the chamber

Just visible below is the end of the tube extension that makes the gun a 6+1 equation that you don’t want to be on the wrong side of.

Mossberg 500 Roadblocker: The most badass pump action shotgun ever

Shooting Illustrated’s Associate Editor has started a new blog called INCOMING, and his first product rundown is of the new Remington 887 NitroMag pump shotgun.

Remington Model 887 NitroMag

Phoenix, Arizona:

A homeowner shot and killed a suspect who was allegedly trying to break into his West Valley home early Thursday morning.

It happened at about 1:30 a.m., in the area of 59h Avenue and McDowell Road.

Police said the family of four was asleep at the time.

The homeowner reportedly woke up when he heard somebody kicking in the door. That man grabbed his shotgun and waited near his bedroom door.

When the bedroom door swung open, the man said he saw a man with a gun. That’s when he opened fire.

That suspect died on the scene.

When you’re talking home defense, I sure don’t think anything beats a shotgun. Just racking a 12 gauge is sure to give a lot of invaders a moment of pause, and very few are going to stand in the line of fire even against birdshot.

Shotgun shell image from IHEA.

John Snow at the Gun Shots on How Not To Shoot A Shotgun:

A less obvious, but equally effective, technique to lowering your score is to do a bunch of rifle shooting right before stepping up to the line for some trap, skeet or 5-stand. There’s nothing that throws off the mechanics of a graceful shotgun swing as quickly. Get the concept of “aiming” buried into your body’s sub-conscious and have fun watching those targets sail toward the horizon unscathed.

I’m a shotgun neophyte, having taken my first blasts at clay pigeons last fall. But I quickly realized that the whole concept of “aiming” hurt my accuracy badly. I wasn’t exactly going for Luke Skywalker relying on the Force, but I definitely had most of my success shooting on instinct.

I wasn’t great by any means, but considering my lack of experience with shotguns and clay shooting I didn’t do half badly. At least once I “let go my conscious self and acted on instinct.”

Have these people even thought about how the zombies feel? (Probable Answer: ‘Braaaaaiiinnnnsssss!’)

Protesting zombies is just going to cause the lifeless to withdraw even more. Maybe what Zack needs is a hug. Has anyone asked? (Probable Answer: ‘Braaaaaiiinnnnsssss!’)

And shouldn’t the Nashville Zombie Walk have been called the Nashville Zombie Shuffle? Did the zombies name it? If so, has anyone asked them about changing it? (Probable Answer: ‘Braaaaaiiinnnnsssss!’)

What do we think about the Mossberg Just In Case shotgun line as prep for disasters like floods, hurricanes, civil unrest, and the rise of the undead? Are the zombies prepared to face an armed America? (Probable Answer: ‘Braaaaaiiinnnnsssss!’)

See Les Jones for links to more pictures.

I’ve been noticing a bunch of search engine hits for these, so I thought I’d point out a post I published last December.

Two of my rules are “Always be prepared” and “You never know.” Why do you have to always be prepared?

Because you never know.

I don’t have a Mossberg Just in Case shotgun, but these appear to be decent kits.