Chiappa Triple Barreled Shotgun
Chiappa just published a video of their upcoming Triple Threat, a tripled barrelled shotgun which will go on sale next year. The rate of fire is impressive.
Triple barrel shotguns are not new. They have been around for about as long as shotguns themselves have but the concept never went mainstream. One of the reason double barrel shotguns (and rifles) are expensive is because of the work involved in ensuring each barrel is lined up correctly. There is even more work when three barrels need to be lined up.
According to Caleb Giddings, the Triple Threat will retail for a crazy $1,500! While the price is not outrageous for this kind of gun (I would guess it was a lot cheaper than any production triple barrel shotgun produced in the past), any benefits of three barrels for home defense is far outweighed by the cost when compared to a $500 pump action or double barrel shotgun.
[ Many thanks to Jacob for the tip. ]
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you cuold pobobly modify it to take moon clips. thoguhts? blast from the past here. http://e-expeditions.com/wp...
An interesting firearm that would be best made with titanium monoblock and 26 to 30 inch barrels and or making it in 20Ga for hunting as far as personal defence weapon pay the tax stamp and put a pistol grip port the barrels cut them down to 12" it would be a great entry weapon. I think the idea of moon clips would cause far more troubles than they ever might be worth. The first down fall that comes to mind is ejection of three empty shells joined together by a moon clip in my mind would be problematic never mind not being able to reload just one or two barrels. As an avid shotgun shooter with a little practice I can reload a O\U or a S\S extremely quickly as long as the shotgun has good strong ejectors. The other advantage of not fooling with "moon clips" is that the shooter then has the ability to choose what load the he/she is going to load in each barrel. That's my two cents worth