Another home defense shottie option

[Swedonia]

I've seen several Youtubes on the Aguila and Federal 12-gauge "minishells" and bought a box of No 4/No1 Buck Aguilas from Academy recently. I also bought the Texas-made OPSol insert for the Mossberg pumps that allows the shorties to feed, and tested them in the Maverick 88 yesterday. Not only did they feed like butter, they put some hurt on the steel plate at 25 yards while being easy enough on the shoulder that I am sure my 110-pound sweetie could run a magazine full in comfort. And speaking of a magazine full, my 88 Security holds 12 of these in the mag tube, plus one in the chamber. Add 12 more in the Esstac card and you have 25 rounds in and on your gun. The shorties come in birdshot, small buckshot and slugs. No, they aren't what an LEO would want in his patrol gun, but for "homework," this civilian is pretty sold.










Here's a Youtube by Mixup88 that explains the shorties and the OPSol insert:

 

[motorcarman]

I have a Winchester 1300 22" barrel and a mag extension that will hold fifteen 1 3/4" shells of buckshot.

See my write-up.

https://www.texasguntalk.com/threads/winchester-1300-for-shorties-or-minishells.122772/

 

[Swedonia]

Good info there, motorcarman.

 

[Hoji]

the shockwave with the Opsol holds 8+1

 

[Dred]

KSG ... 23 aguila (11 /mag) for reference. Evaluat'n them soon.

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[Doons]

My 590s cycles shorties/mini’s without the need for an additional part. I bought a box to try them and it was fun and almost no recoil. I ran them mixed with some 2 3/4” and it worked just dandy but… for home defense, I’ll stick with the OO Buck or 1oz slugs.