{"id":50689,"date":"2016-01-19T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=50689"},"modified":"2016-01-19T20:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T07:53:48","slug":"standard-manufacturing-sko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/standard-manufacturing-sko\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Made AR-15 Pattern Shotgun (+Bullpup) – Standard Manufacturing SKO — SHOT Show 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The folks who brought you the famous DP-12<\/a>\u2014the double-barreled bullpup shotgun\u2014are at it again, and their latest offering is bound to turn heads!<\/p>\n

Called the SKO-12, the new model uses a more conventional approach to combat shotgun design with a single-barrel setup. It’s still a very leading-edge shotgun\u2014the SKO is a gas-operated semi-automatic magazine-fed 12-gauge shotgun with the handling characteristics of an AR rifle.<\/p>\n

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The SKO is inspired by the AR platform.<\/p><\/div>\n

The SKO is in line with the DP-12 and possesses a lot of the flair that their first model brought to the table at last year’s SHOT Show, in a more practical package, and at an even lower price point.<\/p>\n

Looking at the SKO it\u2019s clear as day that this shotgun is designed to appeal to the tactical crowd. It handles a lot like a large AR, feeds from 5-round detachable magazines and it locks open on the last round. Looking at the receiver, it stays true to the AR design, with similar controls including a bolt release and ambidextrous AR-style safety levers.<\/p>\n

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Though it has AR-style controls, this shotgun uses a recprocating charging handle.<\/p><\/div>\n

From back to front it features a collapsible stock on an AR-style adapter tube, an AR-pattern pistol grip, a flattop Picatinny rail along the receiver and a matching height front sight block rail, making mounting optics and accessories easy. Standard says the shotgun will ship with flip up iron sights.<\/p>\n

Despite the limited trigger time available to us we shot the SKO as much as possible. Firing primarily 1-ounce game loads we found the gun to be both reliable and soft-shooting. The controls were smooth and familiar to anyone competent with the AR platform.<\/p>\n

The one major difference between this gun and an AR rifle is the side-mounted reciprocating charging handle. Most importantly the gun went bang every time we pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n

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The forend of the shotgun has an aggressive texture.<\/p><\/div>\n

Specs:<\/strong><\/p>\n