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Doing a search for "John Boyce shotgun" on google, all links lead back to here (one way or another, wikiquizes, anwsers.com, and other places that lift their words directly from us, although some have more resources). A search for the "who invented pump action" returns a couple links to here, and some mentions of Spencer and his 1882 shotgun. Browning of course gets some references too, but the 1897 Winchester that Browning (and perhaps Boyce, if hes not a creation of wiki), is not as old. So I'm fixing it. 65.95.107.182 (talk) 21:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn’t there be something in the legality of using this weapon around the world? The pump-action shotgun is illegal in Australia, and restricted to three shots maximum in the U.K., and may be subject to control or prohibition elsewhere. Jock123 (talk) 13:40, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
One of the links is to a site which sells guns - it states on it's homepage how awesome it is to show off a shotgun to your buddies. The other link is 404-error dead. This idea - that the sound of a shotgun reloading has been proven to be a deterrent effect in self-defense or crowd-control scenarios, appears to have no basis in fact. It's also referenced on the "Baton (law enforcement)" page. There appears to be little relevance beyond marketing. 2601:2:4B00:426:B99A:B187:7AE4:51D4 (talk) 09:42, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was: movedbyDmol (talk · contribs) —innotata 02:26, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Slide-action shotgun → Pump-action shotgun – The term "pump-action shotgun" is MUCH more commonly-encountered than "slide-action shotgun" in both common and specialist media and discussions in English-speaking countries. It is rare to see the term "slide-action shotgun" in the US, the UK, Canada or Australia. Google Books shows 32,200 results for "pump-action shotgun" (enclosed in quotes) and only 7,290 for "slide-action shotgun". Google News Archive shows 168 results for "pump-action shotgun" and no results for the other term. Google's web search lists only 26,200 results for "slide-action shotgun", compared to 403K results for "pump-action shotgun". Wikipedia should use the most widely accepted term. Kanadskaja Kazarka (talk) 22:49, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The "History" section has nothing about history in it, just some irrelevant crap.Volunteer Marek (talk) 03:39, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The result of the move request was: not moved. Nominator withdrew nomination at Talk:Bolt action. Fixing improper closure by Fuzheado.(non-admin closure) JudgeRM (talk to me) 03:33, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Pump action → Pump-action – "Pump-action", with a hyphen, is the correct form. RadiculousJ (talk) 14:08, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Not done - Unanimous conclusion that the non-adjective form should not have a hyphen. -- Fuzheado | Talk 02:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This is a redundant article that should be under Action (firearms)Digitallymade (talk) 11:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I find it odd that the opening entry mentions pump action rifles, but yet not a single pump action rifle is mentioned anywhere in the article. I think a notable pump action rifle section and a few mentions of them be added.
Catzilla4 (talk) 23:52, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You are right to so do. It's NOT a repeater, so it cannot be definition be a pump action.Digitallymade (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
While for the most part requiring manual loading of individual rounds is a disadvantage, the one saving grace is you can interrupt your reload to fire off a shot as long as there is even one round in the chamber, where most modern weapons will even have mechanisms to prevent you from firing off a potentially life saving shot. Thaumus1997 (talk) 09:51, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]