I have only one Savage shotgun - which I inherited from my great uncle.
A model 94 - not to be confused with the Winchester.
It' s a featherweight 12 gauge single break action - with a hard plastic buttplate.
Even with light trap loads it' s recoil is brutal. A slug? Fahgeddaboutit....
But yes - in the hands of an experienced shooter - a pump or autoloading shotgun, and a bird hunter's vest loaded down with buckshot would be devastating at close range.
Fortunately, most of the monsters who do mass shootings like big black scary rifles - and the death tolls are not as high as they might be.
A model 94 - not to be confused with the Winchester.
It' s a featherweight 12 gauge single break action - with a hard plastic buttplate.
Even with light trap loads it' s recoil is brutal. A slug? Fahgeddaboutit....
But yes - in the hands of an experienced shooter - a pump or autoloading shotgun, and a bird hunter's vest loaded down with buckshot would be devastating at close range.
Fortunately, most of the monsters who do mass shootings like big black scary rifles - and the death tolls are not as high as they might be.
