3 of 4, Kel-Tec KSG Throws 00 Buck: "Eat Lead" by Nutnfancy

This Nutnfancy crew speeds up the times with the KSG shotgun in this challenging "Eat Lead" Drill in the sagebrush and juniper. It is fast to point, accurate, and mostly reliable. I say mostly because Chad from Kel-Tec experiences a surprise near the end that you will have to check out. As with other bottom ejecting shotgun designs (Ithaca 37), jams can be ugly. The Winchester 1300 runs 100% throughout. The scores turn in a surprising three way tie in this Eat Lead Part 3. Chad on the next run shoots well with the XDM9 now, turns in a very respectable 27 pt run. With some hostage hits here and there by the fellas (which deducts 5 pts each), this results in three 27 pt runs (Nutnfancy, Chad, and PFIDude). PFIDude's 126.24 sec Win 1300/XDM45 run barely edges out my KSG/S&W 1911 126.9 sec run and takes the 5 pt speed bonus. Pistol shooting has dropped of a bit and no one turns in a perfect pistol stage in this part which leaves a 5 pt bonus unused (see scoring below). My first run with 00 Buckshot in the KSG turns in an underwhelming 20 pts. Shooting buckshot takes commitment and I had forgotten that, thus missing some targets and running it in a slow-for-me 157 secs (and my pistol hits dropped off). Shooting full power buck is very tough and you need to try it to appreciate the difficulty and recoil. Feeding rounds into both shotguns, as to be expected, is slow. With the KSG I indentify the need to bevel the feed area better. The tube switchover continues to take all by surprise but it's the fastest "reload" you'll ever do in a shotgun. Hilarity shows up some more too as I throw in some Deliverance references and address Chad's concerns over dangling things that might "throws off " his shooting. /////////////////////////////Perfect EAT LEAD run score is 36 (25 pt/hits, 5 pt speed run bonus, 3 pt no miss shotgun bonus, 3 pt handgun no miss bonus). Any HOSTAGE hits subtract 5 pts! /////////////////////////////Top run so far: Nutnfancy Winchester 1300/SW 1911 at a perfect 36 pts, 117 secs/////////////////// Note: Downloading the KSG in the initial runs is imperative for a good test. Running full tubes would not have explored the complicated reload/switchover process unless the course was lengthened to an expensive, tiring, and time consuming 30 rds! And keep in mind, I ran several runs with full power 00 Buckshot as well...try that with 30 rds... I dare you. ☺ As I show and discuss, the KSG is different than any other gun and requires understanding and practice. In later runs we run it full to demonstrate capabilities and gather data. I suggest any critics to this decision look to other sources for the standard armchair group think and non-critical assessment on this new product. TNP has never been a place for this. You will learn much more about the KSG here and how you the viewer could be expected to run the gun under some stress as a represented by different skill levels within the crew. /////////////////////Music: Licensed to TNP from www.square-recordings.com/////....//////////////////// summaries: Nutn KSG/SW1911, -1 pistol: +3 no miss shotgun bonus, no pistol bonus, 24+3=27; 126.9, Chad KSG/XDM9: -1 pistol, +3 no miss shotgun bonus, no pistol bonus, 24+3=27 184 sec; Chad KSG/XDM9: -4 pistol for misses on long one, -5 hostage hit deduction, no pistol bonus, +3 no miss shotgun bonus, 21-5+3=19 157.32 sec; PFIDAD KSG/XDM45: -1 pistol for miss on long one, -5 hostage hit deduction, no pistol bonus, +3 no miss shotgun bonus, 24+3-5=22 177.97 sec; PFIDude Win1300/ZDM45: +5 fastest run bonus, -5 hostage hit deduction, -1 for pistol miss, +3 no shotgun miss bonus, 24+5-5+3=27 at 126.24 sec; Nutn KSG BUCKSHOT run/SW1911: 3 shotgun misses, -2 pistol misses, no bonuses, 20 pts at 156.95 sec