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- From: pmm2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (PATRICK M MURPHY)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: SPAS-12 trivia question
- Message-ID: <199301222124.AA121311@ns1.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:41:54 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Lehigh University
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- In article <199301220331.AA12224@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, vtessier@vela.acs.oaklan
- d.edu (Vince Tessier) writes:
- #There seems to be fairly consistent opinion that the Franchi SPAS-12
- #is one of the ugliest/scariest guns around ... this brought to mind
- #a recent discussion with my usually-reliable source (for whom I'm
- #attempting to arrange inexpensive Internet access).
- #
- #What's the hook on the SPAS-12 stock for? It's usually thought of
- #as a device to allow using this enormously heavy shotgun one-handed,
- #but that's not its principal purpose.
- #
- #The authority for my answer, which I'll post in a week or so if no one
- #gets it, is a conversation my usually-reliable source had with Luigi
- #Franchi at the '88 AUSA show.
- #--
- #Vince Tessier vtessier@vela.acs.oakland.edu
- #
- #"Capital punishment reduces the rate of recidivism to an acceptable level"
- In reply to the posted question: The hook on the spas-12, told to me
- by the owner of one, serves as support while firing from a concealed
- position. Such as around the edge of a wall in an alley or a doorway.
- Not taking his word alone we took the monster out and tested it out.
- Yes the hook does serve as support while firing around trees (simulated
- walls) There is alot of stress placed on the firing arm and I was
- sore for days but had lots of fun anyway. >
- PAT
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