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| Above, the shotgun magazine plug. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
When I unpacked my new Remington 870 Express shotgun, I found a plastic rod about 6-7" long in the box. I had no idea what it was for and put it into my gun safe.
This morning, I did some searching and found that it is a magazine plug used in bird hunting.
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department:
Pump action shotguns are very reliable because the action is powered by the shooter. Apparent (felt) recoil is greater than a semi-automatic. Both pump action and semi-automatic shotguns have tubular magazines. When hunting migratory birds, the tubular magazine must have a plug inserted so that the total holding capacity of the shotgun does not exceed three shells (one in the chamber, 2 in the magazine).
Since I am new to shotguns (although I had a pistol grip one briefly back in the 1980s before I sold it) it was new to me.
You learn something new everyday.
