Since it came out about 4 or 5 years ago (quickly to be imitated by the
Remington TAC 14), the Mossberg Schockwave has been both vilified and
praised. My personal opinion is if it's all you've got, make the best of
it. I mean, it's light, short, maneuverable and easy to conceal (for a
long gun anyway).
On the other hand, recoil control, aiming it
(shotgun or no shotgun, you still need to get some sort of reasonable
hits on target at the ranges for which it's most useful, ie: really
close). Those are all pretty good reasons to pay attention to.
Now
the Schockwave is not classified as an actual Short Barrelled Shotgun
because the barrel is 14+ inches, and the overall length, with the Birds
Head Grip brings the total overall length to over the 26" minimum
length for a Shotgun. If I recall correctly, the original idea for this
type of Shotgun was for it to be used by one of the Federal LEO
organizations as an easily concealed Shotty for witness protection When
they were being moved from point to Point B in public.
I could be wrong about that, so don't hold me to it.
Although
those models had pistol grips and barrels less than a foot long, a
capacity of only 2 or 3 shotshells in the tube, and were well below 26"
in overall length. I also think they kind of disappeared sometime round
the 1990's or so, but of course the gun manufacturers is always looking
to resurrect an old idea, make it marginally legal, and try to market it
to people who weren't around 20 or 30 years before, and therefore
didn't know anything about the shortcomings or actual niche use of said
firearms.
Anyway, you may now read the article below which
presents the Schockwave from the "pro" point of view, and then watch
the Video that provides the 'con" point of view.
You can then make up your own mind.
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