Talk:Winchester Model 1912
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"Unlike the machine guns, however, the aiming of the Model 12 shotguns made it much more accurate in the typical combat usage, with many claims for one shot, one kill versus the more wasteful suppressing fire from machine guns."
This seems pretty POV without a source. 00 Buckshot from a cylinder bore shotgun isn't very effective at greater than 40 or 50 yards due to the pattern size at range. It is certainly possible to shoot single shots or short bursts accurately at longer ranges (say out to 100 yards) even with a STEN gun.
I'm not trying to trash the concept of combat shotguns in general, but they can stand on their own merits for CQB rather than claim that they have an accuracy advantage.
