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    There's still the grip angle of the shockwave, and smaller top-to-bottom dimension compared to a "common" scattergun pistol grip, that I find appealing.

    I've shot a tube of #8 and 00 through a PGO Persuader, and it didn't feel all that good - but hip-firing (I know, I know... I was 18 and had never fired a real gun before that day) a standard stock was much more comfortable.

    All I'm saying is that overall length is important, but width (such as a carry pistol) and height shouldn't be disregarded. A PGO shotgun with a slim and narrow profile has its uses and I'm just wondering if even if my state won't allow a <18" barrel, the Shockwave grip still has merit, limited though that merit may be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBossman View Post
    Its not a "fighting shotgun", but it doesn't appear as useless as one would think. I'm thinking of getting one, semi-compact and handy, definitely requires technique...


    Fantastic video....a "must watch" for anyone considering buying a Shockwave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OrlandoJones View Post
    Fantastic video....a "must watch" for anyone considering buying a Shockwave.
    I don't think so. His heads up push the gun technique takes too much time to get a sight picture. Anyone but a clutz should be able hit center mass on an IPSC target 10-15 feet away from a low ready position in much less time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GH41 View Post
    I don't think so. His heads up push the gun technique takes too much time to get a sight picture. Anyone but a clutz should be able hit center mass on an IPSC target 10-15 feet away from a low ready position in much less time.
    Post a video of you doing it so we all benefit from your wisdom on the subject.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GH41 View Post
    I don't think so. His heads up push the gun technique takes too much time to get a sight picture. Anyone but a clutz should be able hit center mass on an IPSC target 10-15 feet away from a low ready position in much less time.
    I put a Shockwave on my 18.5 barrel and have tried to wring it out well. To aim accurately, I think Clint Smith's advice and approach is certainly well recommended. There may be a place for the "speed rock", waist level type type of aiming a Shockwave gun, but it did not seem sufficiently accurate to me.

    Sighting down the barrel strikes me as more responsible should I have a social use as well, as in more likely to strike the target. At 15 yards, Federal flight control low recoil 00 had a three inch pattern out of a cylinder barrel. My opinion is that narrow of a pattern demands a fairly precise aiming. I did find several other loads open up more significantly than the flight control, but I will not be hip firing those either.

    I do picture myself as a 1980's action star when firing from the hip and I have a danger zone that fans out like a claymore.
    Last edited by HardToHandle; 05-24-17 at 20:30.

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    Does this have a better utility for defense than good training and practice with a handgun of the user's choice?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dionysusigma View Post
    Does this have a better utility for defense than good training and practice with a handgun of the user's choice?
    I guess that depends on the situation, I bought mine to take camping. It's hard to beat the lethality of a shotgun.

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    Might make a good bear gun.
    Earth has always been a dangerous place to live, be prepared!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dionysusigma View Post
    I'd love to have a Shockwave, but Oklahoma Law prevents it without NFA paperwork.
    Would that same law make something like a Taurus Judge illegal in Oklahoma?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4thPointOfContact View Post
    Would that same law make something like a Taurus Judge illegal in Oklahoma?
    Judges have a semi-rifled bore, if I remember right. It's seen as a .45LC revolver that "just so happens" to fit .410.

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