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Originally posted by Chowser:
We have had the Benelli M1 Super 90s in 14" since the mid 90s. We're trying to sell them soon to get less lethal stuff but we're going to wait till next year so tax stamps will be free and we'll have a budget.
I already have a line of people wanting to buy them. I get first pick. lol

If you are able, snag 2 or 3…shoot one, keep a backup, and have one ready for a friend next March when anything short is unobtanium!

If you can find a spare barrel that doesn’t cost as much as the gun, chopping 3.75”-4” off the 14” barrel gets it even with a flat magazine cap. You lose the front sight, but it’s a shotgun…point and shoot! I did this with my M1S90 and added a Burris SpeedBead so I had an aiming device to shoot slugs. It is my handiest shotgun and still carries 5 rounds.

So glad I picked up an unused second hand Remington based Serbu Super Shorty several years back.My son has it on top of his "want to inherit" list. Have always been fond of shorter barreled shotguns but don't have a SBS Yet!

The only reason I have a sbs is just cause the price was too good to pass on. Bought a Benelli M1 (14") for 350 maybe 10 years ago. Cerakoted it myself, put new springs in, a tritium front post, and ditched the pistol grip stock. If I didn't have that then I'd get an 870 with a 14 inch barrel and a walnut stock set. No real use for it other than just to have it. It has become my main beat around camp gun though.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Schwarzenegger's plated Ithaca 37 Stakeout in Kindergarten Cop whet my appetite many years ago. Never got around to buying one, though.

The lines of the 37 seem like the best of the bunch for this type of gun.

I stopped by my favorite taxidermist / gun seller today. He’s got an 870 on the wall at a good price. I’m tempted to go back and get it, for this future short-barrel project.

It’s got a fairly long magazine tube on it, though. I didn’t measure it, but I’m wondering if it’s longer than the intended barrel. That’d be a booger!

I started with an 870 Police Magnum SBS, quality shotty. But then I happened upon a Mossberg M90A1 SBS and it’s night and day better. Ghost ring sights and handles much better to me. Of course she is a heavy pig, but that also helps with recoil.

Oh my oh my...

My goodness, that looks like fun!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Oh my oh my...

This did indeed make me clutch my pearls and fan myself.

Ya know. Been holding out, thinking I didn’t need one. That just did it for me. Now I have to source a 1301 and prep the form 1

I think I just decided what to do with my old Gen 1 1301.

Volume warning at the beginning, with a pointless loud beep.

^^^^^^^

Very cool.

I have the 990 Aftershock and I love it, I have a green laser dot on it and quick accurate target acquisition is quite possible. Very reliable with all #8 shot, 00 buck and slugs, no issues after 150 rds. So if I was inclined to get a SBS, this would fit the bill. I imagine it has a 14.75 barrel with 5+1 capacity. Very nice.

That shortened 1301 is looking mighty tempting.

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Originally posted by oddball:
^^^^^^^

Very cool.

I have the 990 Aftershock and I love it, I have a green laser dot on it and quick accurate target acquisition is quite possible. Very reliable with all #8 shot, 00 buck and slugs, no issues after 150 rds. So if I was inclined to get a SBS, this would fit the bill. I imagine it has a 14.75 barrel with 5+1 capacity. Very nice.

I’ve been seriously considering doing a form to make my 14” 590 Shockwave into an SBS. I get the “want” part, lol.

Hacksaw, a mill bastard file, and a hand reamer. May take it all the way back to exactly 14” at some point, but I’m pleased for now.

It will eventually be as close of a clone to my father’s 90’s issued Scattergun Tech built 14” gun the INS contracted for as I can reasonably pull off, hence the old (and correct early 90’s Speedfeed, not the later revisions) stock and +1. It has the Scattergun Tech follower and spring as well, and I have the large dome safety sitting on my desk for when I get around to it. Need to figure out who I want to have parkerize it. Gotta chase down a set of Tracklock sights, too.

Thanks, smudge, for that awesome pic and for reviving my old thread. And for reminding me that I wanted to buy a large safety button for it.

As it goes, I did buy a 14” barrel and am currently storing it very separately from an 870 I’m going to convert. Paperwork has been submitted….

P220 Smudge,
I had this place do some parkerizing for a project I did. (single action revolver cylinder)
No complaints, they did a nice job. It was also completed in the quoted timeframe. Here: https://shuffsparkerizing.com/
He does two types of parkerizing, with the finished product color being the difference. Early/Late WW II variation if I recall correctly.

I'll second having Tim at Shuff's Parkerizing do the job. I've had multiple Garands and M1 Carbines parkerized by him over the years and my experience matches cee_Kamp's - excellent work and on schedule.

Also CCR does parkerized finishes as well:

https://www.ccrrefinishing.com/information.html

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:

It will eventually be as close of a clone to my father’s 90’s issued Scattergun Tech built 14” gun the INS contracted for as I can reasonably pull off, hence the old (and correct early 90’s Speedfeed, not the later revisions) stock and +1.

Nice! Dennis (a 1990s "surge" hire) approves.

In INS, the short barrels were a "cool kid" thing when they first rolled out. Agents on fugitive squads in Investigations, Deportation Officers on B&B/Fugitives or Consenting Alien assignments (protected high-value defectors whose countries might try to retake them), and BORTAC. They made their way into general circulation much later (in shortened form; BP had the 18" versions for ages).

Scattergun Tech sights would finish the look.