Knight's Armament Company Masterkey

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The Masterkey is a door breaching shotgun system manufactured by Knight's Armament Company. The Masterkey project was initiated during the 1980s to provide assault rifles with a potent built-in door breaching tool. Individual soldiers were often forced to carry a separate breaching shotgun in addition to their standard-issue rifle, but the Masterkey removes this need by combining the two firearms. The system consists of a shortened and heavily modified Remington 870 12 gauge pump-action intended to be mounted under a firearm's barrel, similarly to the M203 grenade launcher. It has a 3-round internal tubular magazine and can carry an additional round in the chamber, for a total of 4 rounds. When firing the Masterkey mounted on a rifle as designed, the rifle's magazine is generally used as a makeshift pistol grip. While the shotgun can be operated independently from a host firearm, doing so is quite awkward as there is no provision for attachment of a pistol grip or stock. KAC does produce...

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