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Stoeger Double Defense Shotgun. Stoeger Double Defense Sx. S Coach Gun. By Randy D.

Smith. Photo by Randy D. Smith. I do a lot of predator. Coyote hunting is a. Coyotes are tough. Predator hunting has become a very popular sport and. Mistakes are made and there are many. I am constantly refining my calling strategies to try to fool these.

My most effective. Heavy stands of CRP grass, thick cedar woods, tall sage. I very seldom take a calling position overlooking. I go deep into the thick country to make the predator come. Thick country calling has been successful, but the shooting. Coyotes and bobcats are often nearly on top of me before.

I know they are present. Shooting opportunities are quick, snap shot affairs. Over the. last ten years, a shotgun has become an indispensable tool. While I still carry.

I almost never call without a shotgun in my hands and the rifle at my side. Most predator calling. These guns are often equipped with tight chokes and. I have a Mossberg 8.

Ulti- Mag shotgun. It is equipped with Hi- Viz fiber optic open.

I used this shotgun for years, along with bolt action rifles, and it. I own. I consider this shotgun. The thing is that I seldom attempt fifty yard coyote. I use a shotgun for coyotes and bobcats at less than. I do not have time to use my rifle. I came to realize that. I hunt. Did I really need a.

How often had. I the chance or the inclination to try a shotgun at that distance? What price. did I pay in close range hide damage (especially valuable bobcat pelts), shell. I needed to reconsider what I. I set up a 1. 2 gauge Stoeger. This is certainly not a traditional. The Double Defense is marketed as a tactical home defense. Even though I am wary of using a double barrel for tactical defense, the.

Double Defense seemed to me to be a perfect candidate for tight country. The Double Defense comes standard with two. Picatinny rail mounts. The front rail mount is on the underside of the barrels at. The back rail, mounted over the. There. is a green, fiber optic post front sight, but I prefer to use more precise. Predator calling is different than upland bird shooting or.

I want shotgun sights that are more precise than is necessary. I tested a 1. 7. 5- 4x. Bushnell circle reticle shotgun scope and a Brunton Eterna Red Dot electronic. Dishwasher Installation Hot Or Cold Water. The Bushnell scope is reasonably.

The Brunton Eterna is more expensive and there is always the risk of. If I used. the Stoeger as a home defense gun, the Eterna would be my first choice. Cold. weather hunts this winter will tell me more about the Eterna. Carrying a coyote or two from the field can get to be an arm full with. The. Double Defense does not have sling attachments. I mounted a swivel stud in the. Pro. Mag Picatinny rail sling swivel stud in front of the forearm.

Both barrels are ported on top to reduce recoil and muzzle jump, but I have to question the. Shotgun shells don. I certainly wouldn. It has a pistol grip hand and beaver tail forearm; both are checkered in a utilitarian pattern. The comb is not fluted.

A black recoil pad serves to soften recoil. This is a hammerless boxlock action, rather that the rather impractical and. There is a tang mounted, sliding, automatic safety that must always be disengaged. The action has plain extraction, without ejectors. Specifications. Item #: 3. Gauge: 1. 2 or 2. Barrels: 2. 0. I have tried several loads.

Hornady Versatite 2- . The Vesatite system. Fiocchi 2- . Remington 3. All three loads will deliver. A. single 0. 0 Buckshot pellet impact, which is roughly a . Better to drop back to the much more lethal #4. Buckshot loads, which will usually put at least 1.

On the other hand, the 6. Stoeger. is compact for carrying ease and quick response. It patterns less expensive 2- . Three inch BB loads give me an additional five yards. The improved. cylinder choke configuration is also easier on bobcat pelts at close range. I. have never needed more than two rounds when predator calling, unless I missed. A single. trigger double barrel shoots two rounds quicker than any other type of gun I.

In feral hog country I. Federal Tru- Ball 1 Oz. This gun will print two shots, one from each. I sighted the Stoeger in using.

Loads can be interchanged. I consider this trait to be the. The gun can be left. Opening the action immediately shows the gun.

For someone not entirely familiar with firearms, this is a nice feature. Reliability. simplicity and ease of operation are also the reasons I prefer revolvers for. The less bells and whistles the less likely a. Stoeger (www. stoegerindustries. Double Defense shotgun with nearly identical features in an O/U. I have used both styles over the years and prefer a side- by- side.

The Double Defense is available in both 1. All traits considered, the Stoeger Double Defense is a versatile. I will use it often. However, you need. Note: This article is mirrored on the Product Reviews page for the convenience of Guns and Shooting Online members.

Stevens Arms - Wikipedia. Stevens Arms. Industry. Firearms manufacturer. Predecessor. J. Stevens & Co. Stevens Arms & Tool Company (1.

J. Stevens Arms Company (1. Stevens Arms (1. 94. Founded. 18. 64 (1. Founder. Joshua Stevens. Headquarters. Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, United States. Key people. W. B.

Fay and James Taylor. Products. Rifles, pistols, shotguns. Parent. Savage Arms. Websitehttp: //www. Stevens Arms was an Americanfirearms manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1. Chicopee Falls, MA. The company introduced the .

Long Rifle round and made a number of rifle, shotgun, and target pistol designs. By 1. 90. 2 they were advertising themselves as .

Savage dropped the Stevens name in 1. History. Fay and James Taylor in Chicopee Falls, MA. Stevens & Co. Their earliest product was a tip- up action single shot pistol. The 1. 87. 3 Panic had a further negative impact on sales. By 1. 87. 6 the company had recovered to the extent that it was then manufacturing twice the number of shotguns as it had been prior to that year.

Stevens Arms & Tool Co. The business was able to grow steadily with tool manufacturing and sales now accounting for the bulk of the business output. Page, who was one of the new partners and the bookkeeper. Page led the company to significant growth, such that by 1. Stevens had 9. 00 employees and was considered one of the top sporting firearms manufacturers in the world. In 1. 90. 1, Stevens entered into a partnership with J.

Frank Duryea to produce the Stevens- Duryea automobile manufactured at a separate facility also in Chicopee Falls, MA. In 1. 91. 5, Stevens led the U. S. New England Westinghouse was created specifically to fulfill a contract to produce 1.

Mosin- Nagant rifles for Czar Nicholas II of Russia for use in World War I. They needed a firearms manufacturing facility in order to accomplish this and chose Stevens. After the purchase they sold off the tool making division, halted production of Stevens- Duryea automobiles, and, on July 1, 1. J. Stevens Arms Company.

When the Czar was deposed by the communists in 1. New England Westinghouse was never paid and they fell into financial distress. Government and keep the Stevens firearms facility operational and did return to limited production of civilian firearms between 1.

Stevens. In 1. 96. Savage closed the Stevens Arms facilities in Chicopee Falls and moved Stevens production to various Savage manufacturing sites. In 1. 99. 1 the Stevens name was discontinued but was resurrected in 1. Savage's budget line of rifles and shotguns.

Ammunition. The . LR cartridge was available beginning in 1. New Model Pocket and Bicycle rifles.

The . 2. 2 LR would outperform other Stevens rounds, such as the . Stevens and . 2. 5 Stevens Short, designed as competitors, and offered in models such as the lever action single- shot Favorite (produced between 1. Crack Shot #1. 5 (introduced in 1. Rabbeth in 1. 88. The unpopularity of the bottlenecked case led Stevens to develop the . Designed by Capt. Carpenter, 9th U.

S. Infantry, the . Stevens was essentially a shortened version of the company's own . These, though less well known than Ballard or Winchester firearms, were of comparable quality. They were priced lower than those of Ballard or Winchester, making the Stevens' falling block models competitive in the marketplace. Under names like Favorite, Little Scout, Crack Shot, and Marksman, Stevens sold millions of reliable single- shots. The total number of single- shot firearms manufactured by the company exceeded 3.

The rest were sold to the U. Crack Principe De Persia Las Arenas Olvidadas Pc Full Name. S. Government who supplied them to the American Expeditionary Forces, White Russian forces, Finland, and the Civilian Marksmanship Program. The United States Military used the model 4.

Second World War. There is some debate and speculation regarding the extent to which the United States military made use of these rifles with their roles almost certainly being limited to basic firearm training. The military's Model 4. Rifles with this stamping have been found with serial numbers around 1. Various ordnance markings and proof marks can be found on this military rifle. The 4. 16 had a dramatically over sized bull barrel and a large wooden stock.

The heavy barrel design added a great deal of weight which compared unfavorably with larger rifles such as the military's various . It had adjustable peep sight apertures, a hooded front sight, and a small, removable magazine.

Further units were sold as the Savage Model 6 by Sears. The first was the Model 3. Stevens provided a prototype Model 5.

U. S. Military in 1. World War I but it was never produced. Both the Model 5.

A and 6. 20. A were produced (as the M5. M6. 20) for the U. S. Military during World War II, in trench, riot, and training versions. In all, over 4. 5,0. WW II and many remained in service through the Vietnam War. James Conlin, owner of a Broadway Avenue shooting gallery in New York City.

Stevens- Lord No. Frank Lord, a prominent target shooter.

Six hundred were produced from 1. Arthur Corbin Gould, a firearms expert and writer. Two well known examples of the Stevens- Lord No. Buffalo Bill, serial no. Ben Thompson. The deluxe set of pistols had ten- inch barrels chambered for . Colt, iridescent mother- of- pearl grips, and custom engraving with gold inlay by Louis Daniel Nimschke.

The one given to Thompson included . Annie Oakley in the 1. Frank Butler. The pistol had finely engraved dog and horse head motifs on both sides of the frame. The Stevens- Gould No. Oakley as a presentation group. A Short Illustrated History of the J Stevens Arms & Tool Company.

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