Comments on: M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System Photos and Video

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:43 +0000

Am I the only one to niotice that the demonstrator exhibited practically no muzzle blast or recoli? Looks & sounds like a .22 rimfire! Is this another bogus military demo, like the Sgt. York sham? Incidentally, this thing looks like a cure in a desperate search for a disease.

By: Josh Carpenter

Josh Carpenter — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:07:17 +0000

Did anyone else notice that it uses a Saiga 12 mag? That means it can be fitted with a 20rd drum, a 13 rd box, a 10 rd box, and lower. Very cool addition to the perfect squirrel gun.

By: Branden

Branden — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:51:01 +0000

I’m just curious if it will be available to the civilian world would make the ultimate truck gun and overunder

By: AK™

AK™ — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:45:41 +0000

interesting.
So either someone at the top was playing Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 1/2 or watched that Jet Li movie “The One” that had LAPD SWAT using these shotguns.
Personally I would use a separate gun..AR-15 and possibly a Serbu Shorty for door breaching and less than lethal.

By: Sven Ortmann

Sven Ortmann — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:41:16 +0000

I dug around about combat shotguns (usually not a special interest of mine) and found this.

“* Stand-alone version:
* Overall length: 24 in (610 mm) (stock collapsed)
* Weight: 4 lb 3 oz (3.80 kg)”

Four pounds something doesn’t look like 3.8 kg to me and I read 1.9 kg (apparently without sights) for the stand-alone version everywhere else.

By the way; the greatest advantage about this shotgun is its radically lower weight. An infantryman or MP with a shotgun isn’t just a shooter with a gun, but a heavily laden man in permanent struggle with gravity, secondary struggle with climate and after a long list of other struggles he’s also a shooter.
0.5-2 kg less weight than other systems is a HUGE advantage.

By: John

John — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:27:17 +0000

Will,
The full auto shotgun you saw is called the AA12. There is some good video of it on the web and there used be a short discription of the specs on the future weapons website. I think that this weapon would be a wonderfull answer to the house to house CQB situations that our troops so often are faced with in the current fields of operation. I personally feel that not much is more intimidating or effective at room clearing/CQB than a good short barreled 12 guage. Like the TV commercial says”BOOM BOOM BOOM”.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:54:25 +0000

I agree that the Knight’s Armament MasterKey is a better system. Also, Mossberg makes a shotgun (500 series) with an 18.5 inch barrel (I own one) with a pistol grip (hell Mossberg sells them in a tube as a survival kit called ‘Just in Case’ http://www.mossberg.com/products/default.asp?id=28§ion=products), this could be easily modified the Military need only req. a system from Mossi. Pump, or auto-loader is always going to beat this Mickey Mouse POS! Come on, we can do better than this!

I was thrilled when the Benelli M4 became available, now we go from the best of the best, to this POS! There was a shotgun shown on the military channel, on ‘Future Weapons’ I believe, that showed an all stainless steel auto-loader that didn’t require lubrication. Does anyone know what I am talking about? That is the type of thing we should be looking at IMHO…

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:56:46 +0000

Will, I agree with you. I would have thought a mossi 500, maybe with a short barrel, would be a better option.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:50:41 +0000

I think that I would be more secure with a Mossberg 500/590 or a Benelli M4 slung with a folding stock/pistol grip set up (I own 2) in addition to my M4. Just give me 20 varied rounds for the shotgun, the extra 5-6 pounds isn’t of any consequence when you consider what you can do with a shotgun if push comes to shove. This new tool is retrogression, a stop gap measure for the duration of this particular war that will have to be cleaned up later; much as a whole lot of this crap that has been built and thrown into the fray as temporary solutions to pressing, long term, long standing problems of proper equipment (Small Arms and vehicles, etc). It is a door-breacher that I bet get thrown in the nearest ditch rather than humped by Marines and Troops to hell and back. Welcome to the 21st century and thank you Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton for leaving us ill equipped to fight in it…

By: Tech Raven

Tech Raven — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:26:47 +0000

The reason why the Masterkey and the similiar Ceiner Ultimate were not seriously considered is because they weren’t developed internally by the Army. This was designed from the ground up at Natick- yes, the same Natick that gave us ACUs and Land Warrior and all sorts of other crap that really could be done better.

By: the raj

the raj — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:02:27 +0000

It is inteded for breaching, but most guys on the ground are only issues buckshot, which is terrible for breaching. After seeing the video, I don’t think the action will be too hard to work with a bit of practice, and at least it is magazine fed. A pump action would cause the design to weigh significantly more, hold fewer rounds, and be more difficult to change types of rounds.

A lot of people need to join the 21st century regarding shotguns. Converted sporters are outdated (including the Benelli M4).

By: gerard

gerard — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:58:36 +0000

good for breaching doors only

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:45:19 +0000

Also, I would much rather have a pump action than the stand alone version.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:17:20 +0000

I agree. A pump action would be much more intuitive. Maybe the MasterKey is too heavy?

By: Tannim

Tannim — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:50:18 +0000

Seems like the Knight’s Armament MasterKey system would be easier to operate
http://www.knightarmco.com/m203_12ga.html

The detachable magazine would reload faster, but not much considering you have that slow bolt to operate.