Dilemma

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Originally Posted by onefastokie

source Wikipedia

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I wouldn't use them for much except entertainment reading. Anyway, it's whatever you want it to be.

I don't think it really matters what wikipedia says, your shotgun is telling you flat out it never had a heat shield as it is missing the grooves for one.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I wouldn't use them for much except entertainment reading. Anyway, it's whatever you want it to be.

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Oh I forgot to include this as Wikipedia's source. Their source is #19.^Canfield, Bruce (2007). Complete Guide to US Military Combat Shotguns. Mowbray Publishers Inc. pp. 94–95, 117, 134–139. ISBN 1-931464-28-6.
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So, it's whatever you want it to be...