turnerdye1
Master
I'm a local police officer and was involved in a physical fight with a suspect tonight. In the end my personal shotgun was broken in half during the fight and I came to you guys to see what my options are.
Remington M887 Tactical in 12ga.
During the fight the gun snapped at the rear of the receiver where the stock attaches. It appears that the tang is snapped so I don't think I can put a new stock on it and solve the issue.
So what are my options? Hang it on the wall as a reminder or attempt to fix the thing? I dont even know where to start with this.
*Also I dont want to violate any NFA issues due to my stock being broke off. Do you guys know if this broken stock would reclassify this gun? I can always get rid of it*
**For the guys interested here is what happened. This is also on page 2**
And the reasoning for carrying my personal shotgun at work, is due to my department not having any shotguns available. There are admin and detectives that keep their shotguns while guys on the road don't have any... Don't get me started, I'm going to be filing a complaint this week about this same issue. I'm not the only guy using their personal long guns on the road.
As far as the conflict goes I'll give you what I think i can. We get a call for a violent domestic with a knife. Female is locked in a bedroom and a male is stabbing the walls trying to get in. We get there and knock and announce... The male comes out the front door but refused to comply with our orders. I have him a less lethal gun point and my partner has him at handgun point. At this point the guy has the knife concealed in his pocket. I advised my partner to taze him, due to me being to close to use less lethal shotgun per our department orders. My partner doesn't taze him but decides to go hands on.... Bad move on his point but it was heat of the moment. Anyways the fight was on at that point, my partner was on his back, bad guy in the middle, and me on top. Unknown at what point during the fight but my shotgun then broke off. Bad guy pulls the knife which I'm able to get away from him and throw. Back up arrives and we take him into custody.
Could have been a lethal shoot real quick but we were fighting on an edge of a balcony and a stairwell and quarters were extremely tight. Mistakes were made but nobody got seriously hurt and we all went home at the end of the night.
Remington M887 Tactical in 12ga.
During the fight the gun snapped at the rear of the receiver where the stock attaches. It appears that the tang is snapped so I don't think I can put a new stock on it and solve the issue.
So what are my options? Hang it on the wall as a reminder or attempt to fix the thing? I dont even know where to start with this.
*Also I dont want to violate any NFA issues due to my stock being broke off. Do you guys know if this broken stock would reclassify this gun? I can always get rid of it*
**For the guys interested here is what happened. This is also on page 2**
And the reasoning for carrying my personal shotgun at work, is due to my department not having any shotguns available. There are admin and detectives that keep their shotguns while guys on the road don't have any... Don't get me started, I'm going to be filing a complaint this week about this same issue. I'm not the only guy using their personal long guns on the road.
As far as the conflict goes I'll give you what I think i can. We get a call for a violent domestic with a knife. Female is locked in a bedroom and a male is stabbing the walls trying to get in. We get there and knock and announce... The male comes out the front door but refused to comply with our orders. I have him a less lethal gun point and my partner has him at handgun point. At this point the guy has the knife concealed in his pocket. I advised my partner to taze him, due to me being to close to use less lethal shotgun per our department orders. My partner doesn't taze him but decides to go hands on.... Bad move on his point but it was heat of the moment. Anyways the fight was on at that point, my partner was on his back, bad guy in the middle, and me on top. Unknown at what point during the fight but my shotgun then broke off. Bad guy pulls the knife which I'm able to get away from him and throw. Back up arrives and we take him into custody.
Could have been a lethal shoot real quick but we were fighting on an edge of a balcony and a stairwell and quarters were extremely tight. Mistakes were made but nobody got seriously hurt and we all went home at the end of the night.
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