The Colt Defender Mark I was an American multi-barreled shotgun intended for law enforcement or military use, completed in 1967 by designer Robert Hillberg. It functioned as a volley gun with eight single-shot barrels arranged octagonally, each chambered for 20-gauge 3-inch magnum shells, fired sequentially by a revolver-style rotating striker without the mechanical complexity of a true semi-automatic action. Although Colt Industries showed interest and law enforcement agencies praised its compactness and firepower, an economic recession prevented adoption and the project ended by 1971.
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The shotgun was essentially a volley gun with eight single-shot barrels - each chambered for the 20-gauge 3-inch magnum shell - arranged in a octagonal fashion around the central axis, and could fire eight individual times like a semi-automatic firearm without the complexity of actually being a semi-automatic.
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The Colt Defender Mark I was an American multi-barreled shotgun intended for law enforcement or military use, completed in 1967.
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The Colt Defender Mark I was an American multi-barreled shotgun intended for law enforcement or military use, completed in 1967.
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