birddog1
Senior Member
Does anybody think there is a need for this law?I dont know why we need it myself.
Does anybody think there is a need for this law?I dont know why we need it myself.
Interesting history on that.
There really is no conservation issue involved. It's one of those "ethical" issues that became incorporated into law.
When the first federal waterfowl laws were enacted, semi-automatic shotguns were relatively new. Side by sides were the norm. Also, the federal laws were adopted in large part to address the issue of market hunting, for which high capacity shotguns were a mainstay.
It's well documented that the traditional SxS shooters felt that multi-shot shotguns were "unethical" and not "gentleman's guns ", and gave the multi-shot hunters an unfair advantage. The English still feel this way, and most grounds will not let you hunt with a pump or semi-automatic shotgun. In fact a special government permit is required just to possess one.
So the three shot limit was adopted as sort of a compromise. George Reiger, who used to be conservation editor for Field and Stream wrote about this, and other non-conservation related game laws frequently.
Even here most quail plantations don't allow semi's . It's a mix of keeping the gentlemanly tradition and flat out keeping the guide safe .
Browning tried to have the best of both worlds. The tradition of only two shots with the recoil reduction of a semi-auto with the "double auto"-- a semi-automatic that only fired two shells.
Was not real popular.
http://www.sarcoinc.com/bda.html
thats a crazy looking gun.
does anyone else make a auto-loader that feeds from the side like that or is that a new innovation from Beretta?
I think its new from Beretta (I've never seen it) and I also think its hideous.
There's a high speed camera video of its function here http://www.ugb25xcel.com/index.aspx?m=53&did=96. Click on "Break Open System." It ejects out the bottom.