Why aren't large-bore shotguns (bigger than 10-gauge) more

>>31904546
I like my shoulders, that's why

>>31904546
Because other shit already exists that kills stuff just as dead.

>>31904553
Well, having fired a few, the kick is something you deal with. You adapt. It's not a casual weapon, but it's one you can learn to handle.

Cowboys didn't get rid of horses because they sometimes buck. Come on, now.

>>31904575
What have you fired?

>>31904575
Fair enough, The only other issues I can think of are possible overpenetration and other loads being cheaper and just as effective, etc...

>>31904598
A couple of 8-gauge shotguns (didn't feel that much different from a 10ga.) and an antique later-1800's-era 4-gauge shotgun owned by a former boss of mine.

That one had a good kick to it, but nothing unmanageable.

>>31904575
Perfect, now lets figure out how to market it to the frail housewife to defend her home with.

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Punt Gun, for when you kill a home intruder and anyone else in the area

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>>31904639
Could you make one if you registered it...? It doesn't look that complex.

>>31904638
I wouldn't, generally, allow women to use these weapons. They'd only hurt themselves. These would be marketed to men. And would appeal to men's sense of vanity/masculinity.

>>31904639
I thought that punt guns didn't have much "kick" to them for users because they were usually stabilized against something other than a shoulder. Like for bird-hunting, they'd be braced against the floor of a boat, and the trigger-puller would be behind it.

>>31904663
So, we need to make a line of guns that are more expensive than whats already on the market under the guise that its better?

>>31904712
Are they expensive because they're fundamentally expensive, or are they expensive because nobody really manufactures them anymore?

>>31904678
Well, gotta keep the Louisiana market in mind, boats in the house and such.

>>31904718
Both, more of the later though and the whole Destructive Devices thing.

>>31904546
for the same reason you can't own a ks-23

illegal

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>>31905373
>Perfectly legal under the sporting use exemption
>Even with out the exemption it would just be a little extra paperwork for a destructive device
>KS 23 are banned from import, not ownership

>>31904546
because 12 ga will already blow a massive hole in Jamal/Pedro/Bubba, and you can use it to hunt still.

>>31904546
There was a tunnel rat in Vietnam who somehow procured a sawed off 4 gauge. Said something like "It blew out your eardrums but hit whatever it was pointed at"

>>31904651
Traditional sporting punt guns are exempt

>>31904546

>tfw we'll never be able to import these unless Trump wins.

>>31904639
This puts it in perspective-does anyone have a 12ga/4ga jpg?

>>31904546
Because shotguns are obsolete

>>31904546
Because a 20 gauge is perfectly adequate for home defense, can be easily operated by even an 8 year old girl, won't deafen youand will cause less unnecessary collateral damage.