I’ve always had an 870 on the department but I got a want for a Coach gun. I found a Silverado. It’s fairly light weight, quick handling, and intimidating as Hell. Anybody else have one?
Looks sweet man. I love the SxS setups. What’s the barrel length?
Don’t have one. But always wanted one.
Never knew which ones were the best to go with.
For a while, I wanted one with exposed hammers. Now, I am thinking that hammerless is the way to go.
What’s it like to shoot? What kind of loads are you planning to carry?
It’s a Stoeger satin nickel. It has 20" barrels. I’m using Hornaday 00 Buck reduced recoil. Still a handfull but managable considering the light weght. I researched a lot of dbl barrels before I bought this one. While there is an advantage to the exposed hammer models, mainly being able to leave it loaded without being cocked, I decided to go with the hammerless. Also, some don’t have actual functioning hammers.
I went with the double trigger also. I just trust it more than the single.
Just something about a double barrel 12 guage that grabs your attention.
Does the safety reset each time you open & close it - or will it stay “off”???
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From the factory, the safety resets each time you break the chamber open. It’s an easy fix. I Dremeled about 1/4" off of the actuator rod. Now the safety does not auto engage but still works when manually set, as it should be in the first place. Makes follow up reloading/firing quicker. In a stress situation, I’m sure my wife wouldn’t think to take the safety off after loading. I doubt I would either.
Stoeger is making a “Tactical dbl barrel” now with single trigger and rails top and bottom. I debated it but decided to go with a more traditional look.
http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/stoeger_double_defense.php
I have that in 20g and the coach gun in blue with 2 triggers, I know they’ll both go BANG! Twice when needed have about 500 rounds through each
That Stoeger Double Defense is nice. Now I want (need?) another shotgun. 
I saw one of the blued model at Dick’s last month and fell in love with it. Boy do I want one.
Saw one in a local sporting goods retailer. I couldn’t figure out what it offered over a traditional pump, other than a “neato” factor. Stock was full LOP, too, much too long.
For me, I just wanted one. Always have.
It’s very simple and easy to handle. My wife would have no trouble with it in an emergency. She would never spend enough time with an 870 to know it.
It’s lighter, easier to manuever and shorter than my 870.
And nothing is more imtimidating than a double barrel 12 guage staring at you IMO
And the stock can be cut if you are so inclined with a but pad fixed to it.
I’m a fan of the Stoeger Coach Guns. Not as a primary shotgun, but in addition to. I’ve got an 18.5" 500 Persuader and 20" 590 as my primary shotguns… and an 1100CM. Despite having these other nice and capable shotguns, I’m still very happy to have the Coach gun because it fills a niche and is always nice to have it around and handy.
One thing I really like about the coach guns is how short and light weight they are, and how quickly and easily they can be shouldered and moved around. For size comparison, these are the shotgun models I use the most:
For defense reliability, avoid Stoeger’s single trigger models… they’ve been failing and causing unintended doubles. Avoid the problems by buying the tried and true double-trigger models!
Your best choice would be one of the Stoeger Coach Gun “Supreme” models which have recoil pads on the stocks and two triggers.
Or go for a standard model and have a good recoil pad installed. These guns are great, but all need some minor modifications:
- Slick action so it opens and closes easily
- Polish the chambers so spent shells fly out with a rearward jerking motion
- Have auto-on safety converted to manual
- Have nice recoil pad installed to enhance your comfort while shooting
These are easy and inexpensive mods… especially if done by an experienced cowboy action gunsmith. These guns are heavily used in cowboy action shooting. That’s where I learned about them and bought mine. It makes a SWEET traveling gun and a nice alternate gun in addition to your pump(s).
I keep several boomsticks loaded and handy around the house, just because ya never know when ya might need one! But when I travel, the Coach gun is the only one that goes because it’s just small and easy enough to travel along effortlessly.
Takes down in 2.2 seconds: push lever in forearm and it comes off, push action lever and barrel drops down and you lift it off. Now you have three easy pieces, longest of which is only 20". Put in small suitcase, bag, backpack, etc. and off you go. NICE.
I used to take a pistol along when I traveled, now I take the coach gun AND the pistol. Nicer to have a 12 ga. double and a pistol vs. just a pistol only! 
Coach gun makes a nice launch pad for this with two quick trigger pulls:
Two rounds of 12 gauge 00 Buck from a coach gun may be avert the need to employ the pistol.
For road trips, here’s how the coach gun goes:
I couldn’t figure out what it offered over a traditional pump,
Can’t short stroke a double. Thats a HUGE difference when dealing with less experienced, less trained individuals. Many folks armed with a pump would actually be better served with an auto.
I was under the impression that the offering of exposed hammers were simply to satisfy the rules for CAS events. I believe they require exposed hammer and no ejectors on their doubles, but not sure…
I didn’t buy a Coach Gun per say, I just cut the barrels on an old Stevens I had to 19". Most of my guns live in the safe. The double lives by the bed.
CAS allows internal hammer coach guns but not ejectors. When I was involved with cowboy shooting, most of the coach guns I saw in use were Stoegers with internal hammers. Personally, I like having the internal hammers… the gun is less likely to catch on the hammers and you never have to think about cocking them.
Other advantages to coach guns over pumps is how short, light weight, and incredibly nimble they are. They just handle so sweet. Of course, every gun design has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages over other designs… none are perfect in all respects.
Uncle Alvah… I’ll bet that 19" Stevens double is a sweet gun. Any pics?
Will the gun fire without the forearm attached, i.e., if one was in a SERIOUS hurry to get the weapon functional - will it fire OK sans forearm? (I’d imagine it would disassemble if you broke it apart in that condition after firing - correct?)
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I went with the TTN copy of the Colt 1878…nothing fancy about her but she goes bang, throws decent patterns for a cylinder bore and is easy to carry around/manuever with. Usually rides in my pickup…i have a Vang 870,and a mossy M590A1 for social work.
I Have a 870 Tactical and it was a little to heavy for my wife so I Picked up a Stoeger 12 GA 20 inch ,double triggers I love it is sits by the bed at Night.this is my first sxs and I love blasting Both barrels at once WOW:eek:
