Tube Vs Mag Fed Shotguns – What Works?

[BET7]

I have both kinds. A Remington 870 Tactical 18" bbl (that I modified with a pistol grip forend, pistol grip stock, side saddle for 6 shells & a M7 bayonet), Stoeger M3500 Semi auto, and Mossberg 590 Mariner with tube magazines. Then a Mossberg 590M Shockwave and Remigton Tac14DM with detachable magazines. Both the Shockwave and Tac14DM, have the Green Crimson Trace side saddle laser to help with aiming. To be honest, I like both types.

Tube Vs Mag Fed Shotguns - What Works? - The Mag Life

Mag fed shotguns are the new normal right? Well, not just yet. Do they stand up to the modern tube fed shotgun? Let's explore the long and short of it.

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[KillerFord1977]

 

[Annihilator]

I have both kinds. A Remington 870 Tactical 18" bbl (that I modified with a pistol grip forend, pistol grip stock, side saddle for 6 shells & a M7 bayonet), Stoeger M3500 Semi auto, and Mossberg 590 Mariner with tube magazines. Then a Mossberg 590M Shockwave and Remigton Tac14DM with detachable magazines. Both the Shockwave and Tac14DM, have the Green Crimson Trace side saddle laser to help with aiming. To be honest, I like both types.

Tube Vs Mag Fed Shotguns - What Works? - The Mag Life

Mag fed shotguns are the new normal right? Well, not just yet. Do they stand up to the modern tube fed shotgun? Let's explore the long and short of it.

gunmagwarehouse.com

Good post grasshopper, I’m just not a shot gunner, but it’s a good read.

 

[HansGruber]

The only issue I think there is comes with long-term loaded storage; plastic shells can deform due to spring pressure in a box mag if they sit for a long period, where it's a non-issue in a tube.

 

[papa]

Having grown up hunting with a tube fed pump action shotgun , I don't think I would want anything to do with a magazine fed shotgun.
I don't like the looks of them .

 

[wmg1299]

I have a Remington 870DM Tac-14 with a 6-round magazine that I picked up on sale a few years ago out of curiosity. The gun functions flawlessly, but I'm not convinced that the detachable magazine offers any sort of tactical advantage. Like the article states, it may be quicker to reload from empty, but there is no practical method to top-off single rounds like you would with a tube-fed gun. The gun is a cool range toy, and works as a conversation starter, but all of your home defense or hunting needs can be just as easily met with a traditional shotgun.

 

[Bassbob]

I dislike external box magazines on shotguns. Very much.

 

[KillerFord1977]

I like the “swing thru” feel of a tube shotgun after decades of bird hunting. I think those that have never bird hunted prob like the coolness of a box mag. I’m so ingrained with a traditional shotgun, I hated the feel and less that natural swing of a box fed shotgun.

 

[Bassbob]

Besides being usually in the way, box mags are notoriously malfunction prone.

 

[Talyn]

I've stuck with tube magazines.