History of Shotguns in U.S. Special Forces during GWOT. #specialforces

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• FU

  @Fugettaboutit · 2 years ago · pinned

  Best damn gun-related channel on YouTube.

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• WE

  @wendysbaconator1175 · 2 years ago

  “I never used it against an enemy combatant, even though a tried.” Lol

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• EM

  @emersonchattin9512 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Carried the 590 in the Army and as a Police Officer.  I learned long ago to change the mag spring to a Wolf +power spring.  You are 100% right.  The mag spring is the achilles heel for the 590.  I also changed the mag follower.   The small stamped sheet metal was junk.  Besides that, it ran fine.

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• KE

  @kendelvalle8299 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Had &nbsp;1200’s in Vietnam. Used to use them to shoot flèche rounds into the perimeter wire at nights. <br>I was there 65, 66 and 67. <br><br>I still have a 1200.

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• IP

  @iplayfenderbass1 · 2 years ago

  Walmart: &quot;We&apos;re removing assault rifles and pistol rounds from our shelves.&quot;<br><br>MTS: &quot;We used commercial Remington slugs and buckshot. I bought these ones at Walmart.&quot;

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• DJ

  @DjAboo1 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The Dry Hull technique is also known as Cruiser Ready. For those of you starting out taking shooting classes.

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• SA

  @savageinstituteTV · 2 years ago

  Big future for shotguns in the military. &nbsp;#2 shot goes pretty far to reach out and say hello to a drone.

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• GL

  @glynnmitchell9253 · 2 years ago

  Wow, tactical shooting that ACTUALLY involves tactics. Best shotgun video I have seen. I’m a retired police officer from the days when we used shotguns on many many calls. The only things I can add is that i carried empty chamber with the hammer down (dry fired) much like your fired round carry. I actually developed that from dove hunting where I was shooting a lot and as hunters can tell you, when shooting a lot it is easy to forget the safety is on. That will cause you to miss a bird in the field but it will get you killed on the street. I loaded two buckshot in the tube, then a slug, then another buckshot. That way I could rack the gun and have buckshot going into the situation. If I needed to shoot further I just racked the gun again (sent him some buckshot first or hit the slide release) and I could switch to slug. To switch back to buckshot just repeat the process. With the last two buckshot in the magazine, if you want a slug there is room in the magazine to slip in a slug and rack the slide again. I also think all reloading should be done into the magazine to avoid a double feed by placing a shell into the ejection port and finding you still had a shell in the magazine. I don’t like shotgun shells in loops because they fall out especially when the elastic starts to get loose. I like the duck hunters neoprene belts and holders that are sewn closed at the bottom

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• TR

  @travispatton4287 · 2 years ago

  I rocked a 590 in Afghanistan through 2004-2005 about 50% of the time. Our armorers did something to increase spring tension if they didn’t completely replace the spring. Other than that all the 590 and 500 held up great. &nbsp;I saw lots of Marines using super short 870s. When I got into LE I worked a couple of places with 870s, and I even became an 870 armorer. &nbsp;Truthfully, I could toss a coin on an 870 over a Mossberg.

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• JU

  @jupiterjunk · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=39">0:39</a> - Winchester 1200 <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=90">1:30</a> - Remington 870 SBS w/Top-folder <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=114">1:54</a> - Mossberg 590 (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/50694">#50694</a>) <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=181">3:01</a> - 590 weak mag-tube spring <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=215">3:35</a> - 590 Traing at BLACKWATER <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=257">4:17</a> - Remington 870 SBS w/Pachmayr grip <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=369">6:09</a> - DIY Weapon catch for your belt <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=476">7:56</a> - Dry-hull technique <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=554">9:14</a> - Benelli M-2 <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=709">11:49</a> - Benelli M-1014 <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=726">12:06</a> - Keeping it fed <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=851">14:11</a> - M-2 vs M-1014 <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=914">15:14</a> - Breachine rounds <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=1051">17:31</a> - Running as a Primary <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=1082">18:02</a> - Shell carriers <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=1210">20:10</a> - Using shell strip carriers <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=1243">20:43</a> - Alternatives to breaching shotguns<br>.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=1019">16:59</a> - It&apos;s not brass, it&apos;s steel; or some other ferrous metal. &nbsp; Here in the tropical climates, so long as the black is intact, they don&apos;t rust.

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• JB

  @Jboo97 · 3 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEFKFaDYaWI&amp;t=563">9:23</a> “as much as I tried” cracked me up. Thank you for your service

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• AG

  @aggrodkreg4321 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This was a question I had for the longest time. There&apos;s plenty of material on how the Marines used their Benellis during GWOT, but never as much on the Army, let alone Special Forces. Thanks for the video.

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