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...the magazine drum can be used as an antipersonnel mine. Called "The Beartrap", it detonates by firing all 10 shotgun rounds simultaneously when it is triggered by the weight of a person stepping on it.
^^It's certainly impressive, I guess. But hardware like that and the USAS 12 don't really hit the nail on the head, IMO. Semiautomatic I can see the use for; in entry/clearing scenarios, you might not have that fraction of a second it takes to put the next round to the ready. But a full-auto 12 gauge, to me, seems about equivalent to a full-auto IMI .50 pistol: Not awfully controllable, and not terribly necessary.
I have a couple of Belgian Browning 12 ga. and a sweet sixteen. The 16 is probably my favorite of the ones that I shoot. I have a matched set of Parker DHE from .410 to 10 ga that my grandfather left me. Don't shoot them though, which is a shame since they are beautiful shotguns.