Now I Know it's Just Marketing but...

[terrierman41]

What the heck is with all the advertising hype over how fast some autoloaders cycle. I understand the reliability associated with the hype, but who the heck shoots that rapidly when in a hunting or clays situation anyway??? Although while hunting public land this past fall it sounded like they were filming those very commercials just up river from where I was, lol.

[outback]

Humans will always be the have to have the faster, bigger, smarter, better than you people. If I have the faster gun I'm going to get more ducks than you faster. This would make me a better hunter, no? Or does this just raise the cost of the auto loader because of the research and technology.

[jaycee]

What us fast, years ago Win. Arms , had an add where they showed one of their men shooting a pump action mdle 12 shot gun against another with a semi auto , guess who was faster , the man with the pump.
I think the main reason is that a mdle. 12 can be slam fired .
But what is speed anyway are you going to fire away at any game just as fast as you can pull/jerk the trigger ? no what most will do is take carefully aimed shots and squeeze the trigger so they don't pull the shot off target .

[terrierman41]

But what is speed anyway are you going to fire away at any game just as fast as you can pull/jerk the trigger ? no what most will do is take carefully aimed shots and squeeze the trigger so they don't pull the shot off target .

Totally agree.

[welsh]

If I have the faster gun I'm going to get more ducks than you faster.

Only if you can swing as fast as your gun can cycle....

Per what Jaycee said, a good shooter with a pump can shoot as fast as you need to shoot, IMO. I can miss a fleeing grouse three times before it gets out of range. This is the voice of experience.

[terrym]

The reality is the gun will still be recoiling and off target while the action cycles. They would be better off improving trigger pulls than worrying about cycle time. Most repeating shotguns have terrible triggers.

[GoldenLakePete]

My old Belgian made Browning A5 (Magnum 20) is so much slower than the more modern gas operated shotguns but even with the old "shuffle, shuffle" of the A5 I've been ready for a 2nd shot on a covey of Huns or a bounding snowshoe.

[Hardcoreducks]

It's fun to try and shot three shells off as fast as you can when messing around on clays or in the back yard but it has no real benefit while hunting or serious target shooting

[line052]

Me too.......

I can miss a fleeing grouse three times before it gets out of range. This is the voice of experience. [/QUOTE]

[blasted_saber]

In an hunting situation it offers no advantage. Hell, a pump is all thats needed. For trick shooting, sure. See Tom Knapp for example.