Gimmick To Game-Changer: Cheek Shooting with the Mossberg Shockwave

[Talyn]

Is the Mossberg Shockwave shotgun a practical home-defense firearm? With the cheek-shooting method, it's a highly capable tool.​

Gimmick To Game-Changer: Cheek Shooting with the Mossberg Shockwave - Firearms News

Is the Mossberg Shockwave shotgun a practical home-defense firearm? With the cheek-shooting method, it's a highly capable tool.

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[Bassbob]

Seems much easier just to get a regular shotgun.

 

[Belt Fed]

Seems much easier just to get a regular shotgun.

Im with you on that.
One of them just never interested me. Can't imagine the ear hurt that would occur firing that thing off inside.
But some people like em.

 

[Bassbob]

Im with you on that.
One of them just never interested me. Can't imagine the ear hurt that would occur firing that thing off inside.
But some people like em.

My 500 started it’s life as a “ Cruiser” model. Pistol grip. It was ok from the hip. I put an SGA on it and now it’s a righteous SD shotgun.

 

[Inusuit]

I found a 20 gauge Shockwave for under $200. Thought about a truck gun. Don't want to explain to a small town cop why it's not a sawed off. So it sits in the safe.

 

[HayesGreener]

We abandoned pistol grip shotguns for SWAT as they were too limited and problematic shooting at distance. Maneuvering a full size shotgun in close quarters is not a problem with technique. As a young OSI agent in the 70's I carried a folding stock 870 under a trench coat during protecton ops during the UN General Assembly in NYC. I was outside security on the motorcade. It was also comforting on my lap under the desk when working a hallway checkpoint. In my opinion shorty shotties were most useful from inside motorcade vehicles for breaking an ambush, but the MP5 does it better. Fortunately I never had to try it out.

 

[papa]

I want one just because I am in Illinois.

 

[Bassbob]

Anything you can do with a pistol grip shotgun I can do better with a stocked shotgun. Except conceal.

 

[XD94045]

I love my 590 and so does the boss. She has become very proficient with it and likes having it as her back up to her M&P Shield when I’m not around.

 

[Hawk Eye]

I own a Shockwave and it suits me and my wife just fine. Not sure I’d put a recoil strap on it though.

 

[carl]

i'll stick with my KS7 bullpup as my home defense shotgun. 7+1 18 1/2 barrel 26.5 inches overall length 6lbs.
I have over 500 rounds though it and it has been trouble free. I did polish all of the contact surfaces and it runs much smoother than new, no need to rack it with authority as some people claim.

 

[bc22wm]

I love the shockwave. Fun, good looking, neat, etc. that's all the reason someone needs (in their own mind) to have one. JMHO. Like the Judge & Govenor, only slightly more useful than two tails on a dog. Still every firearm doesn't have to be practical/tactical, it can be just for fun.
For practical, a youth stock and an 18" barrel adds a few more and much more user friendly than cheek weld or some other gimmick trying to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. Or take a cheap single or O/U (if you find a cheap S/S grab it) cut the barrel to 18, ya get a stock and about the same length as the shockwave. Just as much fun to.

 

[OkiePewPew]

We abandoned pistol grip shotguns for SWAT as they were too limited and problematic shooting at distance. Maneuvering a full size shotgun in close quarters is not a problem with technique. As a young OSI agent in the 70's I carried a folding stock 870 under a trench coat during protecton ops during the UN General Assembly in NYC. I was outside security on the motorcade. It was also comforting on my lap under the desk when working a hallway checkpoint. In my opinion shorty shotties were most useful from inside motorcade vehicles for breaking an ambush, but the MP5 does it better. Fortunately I never had to try it out.

My cousin was OSI. She loved running the shotgun.

 

[Bassbob]

My Mossberg 500 spent the first half of it's life as a cruiser model with a pistol grip. I was a young man, trained hard with it and was convinced it was the supreme, dominant, apex predator. I'm still reasonably certain in most self defense scenarios I could take care of myself handily with it. Then I took some classes with guys who actually knew what they were doing and started running drills and actually tracking times and accuracy with the PGP and a butt stocked 18" pump shotgun. The results were undeniable and significant. This left only 2 advantages to the PGP platform. Concealability and maneuverability in tight spaces. One of which is relevant generally only if you are about to commit a crime and the other is easily mitigated with some training.

My conclusions:

If you are comfortable playing the odds ( you know, things like the rule of 3s, one shot stop percentages by caliber or the odds of ever actually having to use a gun defensively) a pistol grip pump is a formidable HD weapon that will most likely be all you ever need.

If however you are committed to being as prepared for any (realistic) possibility as you can be, you may want to choose a different configuration for your shotgun. Or at least have either option available to you.