SPAS-12: Franchi's Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun

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  • @AirTractor4321
    @AirTractor4321 6 годин тому +689

    Rise and shine, Mr.Freeman

    • @Randomthailanderwhoplayhsr
      @Randomthailanderwhoplayhsr 6 годин тому +48

      Rise and shine

    • @GiveMeA40oz
      @GiveMeA40oz 6 годин тому +58

      "Not that I wish to imply you have been sleeping on, the job."

    • @brian0057
      @brian0057 6 годин тому +43

      @@GiveMeA40oz "No one is more deserving of a rest... and all the effort in the world would've gone to waste until..."

    • @langbo9999
      @langbo9999 5 годин тому +7

      Hey Mr Freeman a little late.

    • @tomcs7389
      @tomcs7389 5 годин тому +23

      The right gun in the wrong place.

  • @ryklatortuga4146
    @ryklatortuga4146 6 годин тому +158

    Franchi Goes to Hollywood

  • @javiersp15
    @javiersp15 6 годин тому +284

    I’ve learn this is the perfect gun when on the hunt for dinosaurs in a remote island.

    • @redcroft308
      @redcroft308 6 годин тому +33

      Clever girl.

    • @georgeoldsterd8994
      @georgeoldsterd8994 6 годин тому +9

      Ironically, they never managed to actually use it when dealing with dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Maybe in the books or games, but not in the movies.

    • @redcroft308
      @redcroft308 5 годин тому +6

      @georgeoldsterd8994 at the beginning of the first one they unload into the raptor cage with spas twelves, i thought. Nevermind the aussie that didn't get his shot off.

    • @JordanFlayer
      @JordanFlayer 5 годин тому +4

      @@georgeoldsterd8994 Grant used it to fire multiple rounds at the raptors after they rebooted the system

    • @JordanFlayer
      @JordanFlayer 5 годин тому +6

      @@redcroft308 Muldoon was Kenyan, not Australian

  • @gregchapman5556
    @gregchapman5556 5 годин тому +100

    I’m ex British Army. Our Military Police Close Protection teams carried SPAS 12 shotguns. We had a number in the armoury and used to take them to the range. Really good fun to shoot.

    • @wills681
      @wills681 2 години тому +1

      Yep, one of the wiser MoD procurement decisions.

  • @anionleader
    @anionleader 5 годин тому +93

    So grab your HEV suits, dino hunting gear, and also prep your robot girl, feed her lots!

    • @JoeSmith-xp5ll
      @JoeSmith-xp5ll 2 години тому +2

      I understood every single one of those references.

    • @anionleader
      @anionleader 2 години тому +2

      @JoeSmith-xp5ll oh man, I totally forgot to add bank robbing too!

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage Годину тому +1

      Don't forget the dragon's breath shells!

  • @catfishsiegel30
    @catfishsiegel30 5 годин тому +99

    In 85 I bought 1 of these and liked it a lot . Security company I knew bought 5 of them and 2 years later they closed up and I bought all there company’s firearms. 2 of them were still in boxes never fired. I still have all them 😊😊

    • @skylinegtr4045
      @skylinegtr4045 3 години тому +20

      You’re sitting on a big pile of dough!

    • @ultrablue2
      @ultrablue2 3 години тому +9

      You lucky son of a…😆

    • @catfishsiegel30
      @catfishsiegel30 3 години тому +11

      @skylinegtr4045 better than a savings account

    • @alexanderrupert4379
      @alexanderrupert4379 2 години тому +8

      @@catfishsiegel30 This is where the negociations begin.

    • @edmxero2029
      @edmxero2029 2 години тому +4

      Big brain investor

  • @geodkyt
    @geodkyt 5 годин тому +98

    OK, when I first clicked on this, I was thinking, "Didn't Ian already cover this several years ago?" until I got a few seconds in to the video.

    • @AdamOwenBrowning
      @AdamOwenBrowning 4 години тому +17

      it made me feel old when he said that video was from a decade ago...

    • @hugoschmeisser2484
      @hugoschmeisser2484 4 години тому +9

      I was thinking the same. I just about didn't watch it because I thought i already seen it.

  • @S3c7io81
    @S3c7io81 3 години тому +49

    “It’s a fucking anti-aircraft gun Vincent”

    • @RevBoose
      @RevBoose 26 хвилин тому

      Well, we're supposed to raise pulses, ain't we?

  • @jolynejameson2630
    @jolynejameson2630 6 годин тому +66

    My favorite shotgun of all time, always a treat seeing them in video games :D

  • @RayleeRaven567
    @RayleeRaven567 6 годин тому +250

    get a PhD in theoretical physics, the magazine tube becomes a second barrel
    yes, it was necessary

    • @thefunksbeats
      @thefunksbeats 6 годин тому +22

      Also ...Comes with free crowbar.

    • @cherenkov_blue
      @cherenkov_blue 6 годин тому +27

      I like the implication that it is Gordon's qualifications which cause the shotgun to defy the laws of physics

    • @rogerborg
      @rogerborg 6 годин тому +19

      You should always be prepared for unforeseen consequences.

    • @abookishdragon4691
      @abookishdragon4691 6 годин тому +25

      They asked me if I had a degree in theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard

    • @ch3cksund3ad
      @ch3cksund3ad 4 години тому +7

      "Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional."

  • @MikJ132
    @MikJ132 6 годин тому +35

    "The 12 Gauge Autolodeh."

  • @Floridablaze97
    @Floridablaze97 5 годин тому +37

    I used to use this back in the good old days of 2009. The Spetsnaz had no clue what hit em!

    • @HeroOfTheDay545
      @HeroOfTheDay545 3 години тому +8

      Thank you for your service.

    • @TY-pf6vb
      @TY-pf6vb 2 години тому +3

      Mw2

    • @LordStarbeard
      @LordStarbeard 2 години тому +1

      @@HeroOfTheDay545 i think he meant Call of Duty 🤣

    • @HeroOfTheDay545
      @HeroOfTheDay545 26 хвилин тому +1

      @@LordStarbeard You're telling me the US wasn't engaged with an armed conflict with the Ruskies and were fielding outdated Italian shotguns?

  • @PBAR_B1B
    @PBAR_B1B 6 годин тому +60

    Was in a gun store in FL in the mid-90s and they had a bunch of these as police trade-ins for like $500. I ended buying a Mossberg M590A1 instead and I'm still kicking myself.

    • @ilovelamp61
      @ilovelamp61 5 годин тому +18

      We all have a story about the things we should’ve bought at the gun store once-upon-a-time. It would be funny if it wasn’t so damn sad. 😂

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills 5 годин тому +7

      Man, I always hear stories about people passing up on what would become rare and valuable guns. It's such a shame. Hopefully it's in a good collection now, right?

    • @AdamOwenBrowning
      @AdamOwenBrowning 4 години тому +8

      the 590A1 is a chunky monster, stellar in its class, looks amazing and would survive an indirect nuclear blast. I think you're still pretty good!

    • @PBAR_B1B
      @PBAR_B1B 4 години тому +2

      @AdamOwenBrowning had it almost 20 years before I got around to shooting it and it ran like a champ.

    • @recoilrob324
      @recoilrob324 4 години тому +3

      @@AdamOwenBrowning Agreed....as a tool to be used in anger...the M590A1 is THE choice between these two shotguns. The SPAS-12 is very cool and has appreciated well beyond what I paid in the late '80's....but it's superior only as an investment tool. Bump in the night and the Mossberg 500 is the gun to go to.

  • @CobraCommander92
    @CobraCommander92 5 годин тому +20

    Man, this thing makes such a good sound when cycling the action.

  • @ShadowBaofu
    @ShadowBaofu 5 годин тому +19

    It's a friggin anti-aircraft gun, Vincent. You'll raise hell, never mind pulses. Another clever reference for you. Always liked the design and how you could load it with just about anything.

    • @WynnofThule
      @WynnofThule 2 години тому

      Anti aircraft gun? Wrong shotgun

    • @DS-kg4do
      @DS-kg4do 2 години тому

      Snatch😂

    • @ShadowFalcon
      @ShadowFalcon Годину тому

      One of my all time favorite movies.
      Love Guy Ritchie's flicks 👌

    • @RevBoose
      @RevBoose 24 хвилини тому +1

      All. Bets. Are. Off.

  • @jeffreyoldham55
    @jeffreyoldham55 5 годин тому +11

    I acquired a Franchi SPAS-12 in trade for a Steyr AUG, but found it a bit unwieldy and complicated, and sold it. I have never seen this weapon broken down entirely before, and had this video been available at the time, I would not have been so intimidated, and would likely have kept it. Thanks for your detailed look at this iconic weapon, and for the chance to own it again, Ian.

  • @JAB6322
    @JAB6322 6 годин тому +25

    The perfect weapon to hold your incendiaries against the NVA lol

  • @jonathanenglish9146
    @jonathanenglish9146 5 годин тому +14

    I bought one new in box at a local pawnshop outside Fort Campbell in the early 90's for $500. I loved the Hollywood appeal, but it weighted a ton compared to Mossberg or Remington shotguns. My brother traded it for a bubba'ed up Mini-14 while I was overseas and I still haven't forgiven him.

    • @GunnyO326
      @GunnyO326 4 години тому +3

      Now you can make him replace it at the low, low cost of like 5K.

    • @TY-pf6vb
      @TY-pf6vb 2 години тому +1

      @@GunnyO3265k isn’t bad thought it’d be like 10k

    • @GunnyO326
      @GunnyO326 2 години тому +1

      @@TY-pf6vb Not yet, give it a few more years.
      The SPAS 12 is one of the few guns that's worth more parting it out than it is intact.
      I bought mine about 4 or 5 years ago for about 2K and it has already more than doubled in value. Since approximately 1800 were imported prior to the ban, and production ceased in 2000, grab yours now before they hit that 10K mark.

    • @electrichellion5946
      @electrichellion5946 Хвилина тому

      Had a friend/housemate that stole mine in early 1992

  • @spinjitzutaco
    @spinjitzutaco 6 годин тому +38

    I like how you can press a button and it goes semautomatic to Pump Action

  • @KevinHallSurfing
    @KevinHallSurfing 6 годин тому +15

    Sure it first popped up in The Terminator "The 12 gauge auto-loader." "That's Italian. You can go pump or auto." but highlighted in The Wraith with Charlie Sheen. Curiously the set armorers added LED's along the heat shield for effect but the detachable wooden stock together with the folding stock left on and folded forward was overkill but damn effective.

    • @peppermillers8361
      @peppermillers8361 2 години тому +1

      I love how the SPAS in The Wraith is just an insta kill button.

  • @cuh21
    @cuh21 6 годин тому +33

    Feels criminal to be 17s early

  • @GA-br8wj
    @GA-br8wj 5 годин тому +8

    My favorite in Soldier of Fortune, guaranteed detachment of limbs every time.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 5 годин тому +2

      Probably the most satisfying and bad-ass shotgun ever made in a game. Only equaled by the M133 pump shotgun in Ziggy's Mod (Far Cry 3) and FEAR's VK-12. Or the Autoshotgun in Project Brutality (Brutal Doom). Or Far Cry 2's SPAS-12.

  • @andyd2960
    @andyd2960 2 години тому +1

    I have never been crazy about shotguns but the spas-12 is just iconic.

  • @harrymorris2361
    @harrymorris2361 6 годин тому +14

    *casually somehow fires two shells from single barrel*

  • @jaredthehawk3870
    @jaredthehawk3870 6 годин тому +12

    "SPAS-12. It'll hold your incindiaries."

  • @ZP1993
    @ZP1993 34 хвилини тому +1

    My favorite shotgun,it was in so many movies, TV shows and video games that I like (Jurassic Park, Terminator, GTA San Andreas, etc.)

  • @davidcarr7436
    @davidcarr7436 6 годин тому +4

    My first issue of Guns and Ammo magazine had a HUGE article on the SPAS. Always wanted one.

  • @crimsonsnow4465
    @crimsonsnow4465 6 годин тому +10

    Ah, Sabrina. My beloved.

    • @anandakang
      @anandakang 2 години тому +1

      Finally, a cultured comment.

  • @paranoiia8
    @paranoiia8 6 годин тому +12

    24:25 For a moment I though he will say: All right, lets put that on a tray xD

    • @AyCe
      @AyCe 2 години тому +3

      Nice!

  • @bigfatassviking
    @bigfatassviking 3 години тому +7

    For me the Spas 12 will always be linked to Rutger Hauer and the Hitcher...

  • @JaenEngineering
    @JaenEngineering 4 години тому +14

    Gotta love the fact this is banned in the US but is still perfectly legal (with the fixed stock) in the UK and while I initially thought it had to have a restricted capacity it turns out i was wrong. Turns out there's no capacity restrictions and I even found a UK webshop selling 25 round Saiga drum mags 😮

    • @JamesChurchill3
      @JamesChurchill3 Годину тому

      The boss of my local range owns one. It’s a lovely piece of kit.

    • @daemonspudguy
      @daemonspudguy Годину тому

      It's no longer banned in most of America but California, being the state that Ronald Reagan was from, naturally still bans it.

    • @JT-nd6qp
      @JT-nd6qp Годину тому

      That's gotta be a mistake. Every UK guntuber says the shotgun capacity in the UK is 2+1 for a pump action.

  • @michaelrhodes6730
    @michaelrhodes6730 6 годин тому +4

    This thing is really interesting and it's wild that you can go from pump to semi-auto. Some pretty genius engineering. Not my absolute favorite gun but I do think it's really cool.

  • @kei_otake
    @kei_otake 2 години тому +1

    not forgotten weapons on Forgotten Weapons just hit different

  • @deputygunner
    @deputygunner 6 годин тому +4

    Remember buying one used in 1987 for $150, only had it a week before I traded it for a S&W 58, to a local Deputy Sheriff. It was a blast to shoot LOL

  • @mauricestevenson5740
    @mauricestevenson5740 9 хвилин тому

    Oh, ho - a Franchi SPAS-12! Wow!
    I first met this when I saw a photograph of one in a publication several/many years ago. I thought "cool" and decided I would like to see one in real life. It was a while but one day at a club shoot we were holding an event specifically for shotguns and we had several visitors in attendance. One of these men turned up and, by the amount of ribaldry flying about, he knew several of the longer-term club members and one of his bros asked him what he had brought along. His grin - already pretty wide - got wider as he reached into his vehicle and pulled out - a Franchi SPAS-12!
    I contained my excitement and got ready for the first match. I got into one of the earlier details, shot my Mossberg for a modest result, and joined the audience to watch the performance of the piece of exotica represented by the Franchi SPAS-12.
    The Range Officer called "Fire!" and the usual noise started. Except for the Franchi SPAS-12. The owner/operator seemed to be having trouble with it. It would not fire. He checked the controls, tried again, nada, checked the controls, tried again, nada, ejected the shell using the pump-action option, tried again, nada, checked the controls, tried again, nada... you get the picture. When "Cease fire!" was called, there was a pile of shiny new (unfired) shells on the mat and the owner/operator was muttering.
    Several comments about the expense of a firearm that seemed to be very safe because it was incapable of hurting anyone or anything ensued and someone (I wish I could say it was me) coined the nickname "Jam-O-Matic". The owner/operator withdrew from the field. I saw him again a couple of times over the ensuing years but I was too polite to remind him of his moment of shining ignominy.
    Now, I am quite happy to suggest that there are reasons for the refusal of this particular Franchi SPAS-12 to perform as promised and expected.
    The owner/operator might not have read the User Manual in sufficient detail, if at all.
    The gun might have been a pre-loved specimen with a condition that required resolution.
    The ammunition might have been unsuited to the gun.
    I am sure there are other fair and reasonable explanations.
    But I am unable to see a Franchi SPAS-12 without the term "Jam-O-Matic" popping up - unbidden - in my mind.

  • @KokoB1883
    @KokoB1883 14 хвилин тому

    Loved the Punisher comic cover with him holding the Spas 12 🔥

  • @Roethorn_pb
    @Roethorn_pb 6 годин тому +3

    Feels criminal just to be here, RE-Spazzed SPAS 12!

    • @Roethorn_pb
      @Roethorn_pb 6 годин тому

      that said that auto self-safety

  • @Sh-epard
    @Sh-epard 6 годин тому +3

    A true "Clever Girl" moment, and another of our firearm on the channel🇮🇹🖤

  • @tariktimsiline2617
    @tariktimsiline2617 3 години тому

    This shotgun was in 1986 The Hitcher's favorite and last weapon ...
    Interresting video sending back to many decades...

  • @GutterV
    @GutterV 6 годин тому +5

    Aww... I was hoping he'd redo or bring in that Jurassic Park clip he made from the previous SPAS-12 video.

  • @CrashingPotatoEngineer
    @CrashingPotatoEngineer 5 годин тому +1

    It's okay, Ian, i got you: In the pre internet era we had the word "periodical" as opposed to that other word we all love ;-)

  • @Drrolfski
    @Drrolfski 4 години тому +1

    I would actually argue that most of the iconic guns in popular culture are good guns because they saw significant use in the first place before being noticed and picked up by the entertainment industry. Only when rare guns specialists like a certain Ian McCollum get hired for the WW1 shooter game Battlefield 1 do you see all kinds of weird, exotic weapons popping up that rarely saw any real-life use.

  • @RaDeus87
    @RaDeus87 2 години тому +1

    Legend has it that a guy here in Sweden has a SPAS-12 as his hunting shotgun.
    He apparently got away with it by stating that the gun model was a "Franchi" (or was it Franchi 12?) on the permit, and the authorities gave their approval 😂
    Talk about carte blanche .

  • @HistoryCollectorsForum
    @HistoryCollectorsForum 6 годин тому +17

    Clever girl…

  • @stuntman7799
    @stuntman7799 17 хвилин тому

    7:12 8 round capacity plus 2. I've found you can ghost load the spas quite easily if you use the manual mode to pull the bolt back, insert a shell onto the lifter, let the bolt forward enough for the lifter to rise, top up your magazine tube, then press the shell and lifter back down, and insert another shell directly into the chamber and carefully slide the bolt all the way into battery. The added benefit of loading it this way is you don't have to fight the loading gate or keep the bolt release button held while flipping the gun over

  • @Zkt_Zkt
    @Zkt_Zkt 39 хвилин тому

    A good friend owned one of these. It was part of his collection that was confiscated after he got into some legal trouble. That particular weapon and a few dozen other unique assault rifles are still in legal limbo. One of the heaviest shotguns I've held.

  • @LedosKell
    @LedosKell Хвилина тому

    My childhood dream gun. It's such a beautiful shotgun.

  • @kenibnanak5554
    @kenibnanak5554 2 години тому

    They had a really good advertising campaign. However a nickname in the 80s amongst many people that actually got to handle one (or who were facing the potential of having to use one) was SPAStic 12.

  • @pillscottvt6628
    @pillscottvt6628 5 годин тому +2

    The hook also was used to hold it upright on a bench seat in the car when folded.

  • @mimisansan3333
    @mimisansan3333 6 годин тому +3

    Sabrina finally gets another video

  • @sleepofgc
    @sleepofgc Годину тому

    I ordered one a few years back and it's the queen of my safe. It's heavy, cumbersome, it needs hardware made in somebody's garage to modernize, it's overy complex and really picky with ammo... but it's just so damn cool. A thick, cleverl girl but heavy where it counts.

  • @Skeebins
    @Skeebins 39 хвилин тому

    When you shoot one of these it really does have the same "sproing" that so many games and movies make sure to include

  • @AakeTraak
    @AakeTraak 6 годин тому +59

    Ah, the forgotten SPAS-12

    • @thebaricat
      @thebaricat 6 годин тому +17

      Oh yeeeah, I feel like I remember one being in that game. Where you shoot people. Yeah, that one.

    • @theblobconsumes4859
      @theblobconsumes4859 5 годин тому +3

      @@thebaricat Wasn't it the one where you shoot dinosaurs? Or zombies? Can't remember.

    • @gabormasli6129
      @gabormasli6129 5 годин тому +3

      ​@@thebaricatI think it was the one where you shoot bad guys actually

    • @shingofan
      @shingofan 5 годин тому +5

      As this point, the name of this channel is a misnomer

    • @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
      @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon 35 хвилин тому +1

      ​@shingofan True. Maybe next vid will be an oldtimer again.

  • @Hamionder
    @Hamionder 2 години тому

    I’ve owned a SPAS 12 for several years. It has the original lever safety. It’s never even been engaged, I rely 100% on the “quick” safety.

  • @PerfidiousAlbion1815
    @PerfidiousAlbion1815 3 години тому

    I used to own one of these and found it very fussy on ammunition to work reliably. It was over complicated with three separate safeties but as long as you smashed short magnums through it, it worked fine.

  • @Cyberdeamon
    @Cyberdeamon 3 години тому +1

    "This is a shotgun, Sole!"
    "It's a fuckin anti-aircraft gun, Vincent!"

  • @Matt-md5yt
    @Matt-md5yt 2 години тому

    glad you did an update of covering the SPAS-12. it's cool weapon

  • @jebdunkins6796
    @jebdunkins6796 6 годин тому +3

    A Weapon to fight Terminators with

  • @brivas3343
    @brivas3343 46 хвилин тому

    Used to shoot them in the 80s. The J hook is actually pretty useful. It makes the shotgun balance well with one hand. The main problem with them was the o-ring. It is a (very) consumable item and most folks didn't change them out.

  • @Bigcat726
    @Bigcat726 5 годин тому +2

    The coolest shotgun ever made

    • @DKNguyen3.1415
      @DKNguyen3.1415 3 години тому

      Even more than the Pancor Jackhammer?

  • @SorakuFett
    @SorakuFett 3 години тому +2

    Perfect for theoretical physicists, time-travelling cyborgs or anachronistically appearing in the Tet Offensive.

  • @desperado8605
    @desperado8605 5 годин тому +2

    I remember handling one at a gun store at about 13. Locked it up tighter than a bank vault. So cool gun but clunky.
    Clever girl

  • @carlettoburacco9235
    @carlettoburacco9235 4 години тому +2

    Governments decisions about weapons are always hilarious: " We ban the import of a weapon, not because it is something for which (perhaps) other reasons can be given for the ban....... but because it looks scary...... we have seen it and verified it in a movie."

  • @demonplague87
    @demonplague87 5 годин тому +1

    I finally got one last year, with the folding stock and a hook. I'm gonna get it so we can watch together.

  • @CintiaJigs
    @CintiaJigs 5 годин тому +22

    You always know how to make good content!

  • @Rutgerman95
    @Rutgerman95 3 години тому +3

    That's a f*cking anti-aircraft gun, Ian

  • @nathanzylla4961
    @nathanzylla4961 3 години тому +1

    When trinity in the matrix kicked the shot gun out then guys hands that was iconic!

  • @Hosenfuhrer
    @Hosenfuhrer 5 годин тому

    You could probably also use the magazine cutoff to load breaching rounds specifically, if the tube is filled with less-lethal or buckshot.

  • @Uncle_Roadkill
    @Uncle_Roadkill 6 годин тому +3

    This is a shotgun, Sol.

    • @sjbmx
      @sjbmx 5 годин тому +3

      It's an anti-aircraft gun, Vincent!

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian 5 годин тому +1

      Thank you! Nobody mentioned “Snatch”. “It’ll raise some pulses. It’s raise hell!”

  • @visual7504
    @visual7504 3 години тому +1

    "too scary" - it def raised some pulses then huh...

  • @owenbrandon8370
    @owenbrandon8370 6 годин тому +4

    But who is this? Another life to save? I'll keep my eye on you. More than that, I cannot promise…

  • @farshadmn4273
    @farshadmn4273 4 години тому

    one of the best, if not the best gun in STALKER Games

  • @WorldCupWillie
    @WorldCupWillie 5 годин тому +3

    19:43 all these guns became junk when the Euro was introduced.
    This gun was perfectly designed for the 100 Lira coin which was discontinued in 2002
    😂.

  • @parrotraiser6541
    @parrotraiser6541 4 години тому

    The plastic buffer looks a perfect project for a 3-D printer.

  • @Diehydro
    @Diehydro Годину тому

    Also used in one of my favourite films - “The Wraith” - tricked out with red leds,

  • @QueenDerpy
    @QueenDerpy 3 години тому

    This isn't just a gun. Is a work of art ❤

  • @irishijo1
    @irishijo1 3 години тому

    The Italians certainly know how to make a shotgun.

  • @TheWarmotor
    @TheWarmotor Годину тому

    "It's a goddamn anti-aircraft gun, VINCENT!"
    So sexy, one of the guns I want in my collection before I die.

  • @mturznik
    @mturznik 3 години тому

    Love the Spas12, I converted a "normal" 870 w 18" barrel to look like one. Fake it till ya make it i guess.
    I have a forgotten weapon suggestion for you Ian..
    United Sporting Arms Seville. Production ceased in 86, with an interesting company history. Its also the first stainless 44mag ever publicly sold.

  • @SenkaBandit
    @SenkaBandit 5 годин тому

    An actual crime that there were banned. One of the coolest guns ever

  • @veleriphon
    @veleriphon 6 годин тому +1

    Such an Iconic Arm, it gets so poorly treated in almost every video game that has had it.

  • @Elitium-f6k
    @Elitium-f6k 4 години тому

    my favorite shotgun ever
    my father had one and im gladly having a brand new version ( 2000 , still new and looks like brand new because i have not fired even 500 shots with it ) but it's good i say, nice gun

  • @tonytable1537
    @tonytable1537 5 годин тому

    This gun, much like a proper UMP, is one that I KNOW is outperformed in almost every way by other options, but I will always hope to own one day

  • @theenjoyer1445
    @theenjoyer1445 2 хвилини тому

    “As for the fursuit, well… I think you’ve earned it.”

  • @RocketsQuintupled
    @RocketsQuintupled 6 годин тому +16

    One of my friends in college had one. Spent 100% of the time being broken in one way or another.

    • @hoilst265
      @hoilst265 6 годин тому +6

      Yes, it is Italian.

    • @lucignolo8333
      @lucignolo8333 5 годин тому +2

      I’m italian and i own a spas 12 for sporting purposes here in italy, he likes very hot ammo, and is actually very reliable.
      I went skeet shooting and with those low pressure cartridges I’ve experienced the only malfunctions

  • @mosin_man7.62
    @mosin_man7.62 6 годин тому +1

    DONT SHOOT!! I’M WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM!!

  • @phileas007
    @phileas007 6 годин тому +1

    seeing this again makes me kinda SPAStic.
    oh, and obligatory "clever girl!" 🦖

  • @AnthonyHandcock
    @AnthonyHandcock 6 годин тому +1

    I owned one when I was into Practical Shotgun. It was a great looking gun but it wasn't very practical and I used a beat up old pump-action most of the time.

  • @Anonymous-ks8el
    @Anonymous-ks8el 5 годин тому +3

    Ian at some point in the past (maybe at an IRL Q&A) you said the SPAS-12 was obsolete and I always wanted to know why
    Did something superior replace it? did the requirements change?

  • @swayingGrass
    @swayingGrass 5 годин тому +1

    when you could have just used the charging handle as a backup, but shotgun gotta shotgun.
    honestly a bit disappointed there isn't a rotating lug or something that would disengage the recoil spring.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 5 годин тому

      Doesn't work (well) for shells which have enough gas to somewhat cycle the action but not enough to fully eject the empty cartridge, ending in a stovepipe. The bolt must somehow be locked in place, hence, manual mode.

  • @robertnorgren993
    @robertnorgren993 2 години тому

    So, it's a "Flapper" lock. Swedish patent then. You learn something every day.

  • @jessicasimp4459
    @jessicasimp4459 6 годин тому +9

    Jurassic Park vibes!!!

  • @robertspickler1385
    @robertspickler1385 Годину тому

    Had one right after the movie terminator came out. Pretty Accurate, however, as you said Heavy.. Especially with a full load of Buck and / or Slugs..

  • @BBBBBEDBBBBBUGS
    @BBBBBEDBBBBBUGS Годину тому

    Hot take (maybe): I actually like the look of the SPAS with the fixed stock

  • @ericfleury3147
    @ericfleury3147 5 годин тому

    Was about to say... Hasn't Ian already covered this one? But that was explained about 3 seconds in.

  • @JayTheDrummer-t8q
    @JayTheDrummer-t8q 6 годин тому +2

    When Jim Zubiena used one in Miami Vice before he did a Mozambique on the young officer

  • @charlesboots6508
    @charlesboots6508 5 годин тому

    As long as Terminator & Jurassic Park are around, will this ever be forgotten?

  • @giacomotentoni6613
    @giacomotentoni6613 4 години тому

    Is heavy is rude.... i keep my one very tight! It's a classic a must have for a firearms entusiast !

  • @rebel6301
    @rebel6301 28 хвилин тому

    forgotten weapons
    look inside
    one of the most famous shotguns to ever exist

  • @WH250398
    @WH250398 2 години тому

    F.E.A.R. makes it the best shotgun in a videogame ever.