Frag Out! Magazine
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cently, Remington and Mossberg developed mag-fed va- riants of their best-selling 870s and 590s. Magazines are huge and completely uncomfortable but offer 20 rounds capacity (+1 in chamber). In 1970s, semi-automatic SWATriplex-18 shotgun was built. We could call it a grandfather of Kel-Tec KSG. It was bull-pup design with two tube magazines installed parallel to the barrel. Shotgun looked like gigantic Sterling/Patchet SMG but without side inserted magazine. SWATriplex-18 magazines were nine rounds each. Another recreation of the idea was South African 12 ga Neostead shotgun with two six round tubular magazines placed over the barrel. In classic pump-action shotguns, the magazine has tu- bular form and is located directly under the barrel. Typical 12-gauge shell has 70 mm or 76 mm long case, so ten rounds lined behind each other will take at least 70 cm (in reality, even more, because of spring and follower). The simplest way to extend the capacity of magazine is ad- ding the length. In some sport shotguns, they can even extend way ahead of muzzle end! The classy Mossberg M590 with 20" barrel is 1040 mm long and has only 8 ro- unds in the magazine (one more in chamber). Running with such boom stick is real challenge. Some companies decided to build bull-pup shotguns. This would add one or two more rounds keeping the overall length rational. Re- KEL-TEC KSG Story by: Bartosz Szołucha Photo: Frag OUT! Team FIREARMS