POTD: Remington 7188 Full Auto Shotgun
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Nicholas C
Published: May 13th, 2016
Loose Rounds posted this on their Facebook Page. It is a Remington 7188 used in Vietnam. According to Gun Wikia it is a modified Remington 1100. I imagine the recoil would be somewhat brutal but could be mitigated with backboring and porting like what Vang Comp does to their 870s. 480 rpm is a rather slow rate of fire and might not be too bad if set up properly.
Here is a photo of the selector switch.
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1986, SOF convention in Las Vegas.
I think it was called a 2200, someone mated a right handed and a left handed 1100 together, one trigger and full auto conversion. 11 shot tubes.
Muzzle climb was horrific, even with all that weight, kinnda cool though.
Why full auto???
It's an 1100. At the time it was one of, if not the, fastest cycling shotguns on the market. Full auto would have been a body punishing waste of ammo.
Simply my opinion.
Not a fan of full auto capable firearms in the hands of soldiers. They tend to get excited during the heat of battle and go to full squirt and spray and pray mode.