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Serbu Super Shorty
The Serbu Super Shorty is a customized short shotgun, manufactured by the Serbu Firearms Company in Tampa, Florida. The company begins with a standard shotgun which was originally manufactured and shipped without a shoulder stock, and has been declared as a pistol on certain paperwork. Serbu currently manufactures Super Shorties built from Mossberg 500s and Remington 870s, though in the past, most or all (depending on the time) of their guns were built on Maverick 88s. A "deluxe model" with a front sight and front sling swivel used to be available for an extra fee, but all current production guns have the front swivel and no sights (though the receivers are drilled and tapped for a scope mount, by the original manufacturer).
Though the barrel, magazine tube, and pump slide are all extensively modified (if not built from scratch by Serbu), the rear 2/3 of each gun is exactly the same as the original, thus the base gun is very easily recognized by the receiver and bolt.
Contrary to popular misconceptions about sawed-off shotguns, Serbus and other professionally made or modified shotguns tend to perform equivalently to any longer-barreled cylinder bore shotgun. At worst, buckshot patterns might be 2 or 3 inches larger at 7-10 yards, and accuracy with slugs is very rarely affected at all. The generally poor patterning and accuracy of homemade "sawed-off" shotguns is usually related to poor quality squaring and crowning of the barrel(s), often using nothing more than a hacksaw, mill file, and sandpaper--and sometimes using less.
Specifications
(1996 - 2022)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 12 gauge
- Weight: 4 lbs (1.8 kg)
- Length: 16.5 in (41.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
- Capacity: 2+1
- Fire Modes: Pump-Action
The Serbu Super Shorty and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bad Boys II | Gabrielle Union | Syd | 2003 | |
Crank | Gangster | 2006 | ||
The Kingdom | Ashraf Barhom | Colonel Faris Al-Ghazi | 2007 | |
Hancock | Robber | 2008 | ||
Crank: High Voltage | Gangsters | 2009 | ||
Terminator Salvation | Resistance fighter | 2009 | ||
The Expendables | Dolph Lundgren | Gunnar Jensen | 2010 | |
MacGruber | Ryan Phillippe | Piper | 2010 | |
Flypaper | Matt Ryan | Gates | 2011 | |
21 Jump Street | Channing Tatum | Jenko | 2012 | |
Jonah Hill | Schmidt | |||
Battleground | Mark Munro | Kowalski | With pump mounted foregrip and barrel ribbing | 2012 |
American Heist | Adrien Brody | Frankie Kelly | Based on Maverick 88 | 2014 |
Tokarev | Nicolas Cage | Paul Maguire | 2014 | |
Max Ryan | Kane | |||
Michael McGrady | Danny Doherty | |||
Pasha D. Lychnikoff | Chernov | |||
Patrice Cols | Anton | |||
Russian Mafia | ||||
Furious 7 | Jason Statham | Deckard Shaw | 2015 | |
Bright | gang member | 2017 | ||
Terminator: Dark Fate | Linda Hamilton | Sarah Connor | 2019 |
Television
Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burn Notice | Gabrielle Anwar | Fiona | 2007-present | |
Numb3rs | A thug | 2005-2010 | ||
Prison Break - Season 2 | Hit Men | "Sona" (S2E22) | 2006-2007 | |
Hawaii Five-0 (2010) | Daniel Dae Kim | Chin Ho Kelly | 2010 - present |
Video Game
Game Title | Appears as | Note | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Zombie Panic Source | "Super Shorty" | 2007 | |
Cross Fire | "Serbu Super-Shorty" | 2007 | |
James Bond 007: Blood Stone | 2010 | ||
Payday: The Heist | "Locomotive 12G" | 2011 | |
The Expendables 2: Videogame | "Super Shorty" | Holds 2 shells | 2012 |
State of Decay | "Warden" | Based on Mossberg 500 | 2013 |
Grand Theft Auto V | "Sawed-Off Shotgun" | Inaccurately holds 8 shells, and features a traditional style pump | 2013 |
Battlefield 4 | "Shorty 12G" | Holds 2+1 shells | 2013 |
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | Based on Remington 870 | 2016 | |
Ghost Recon: Wildlands | Holds 2 shells, based on Remington 870 | 2017 | |
Maximum Action | "Shockwave" | Incorrectly holds 6 shells, based on Remington 870 | 2018 |
Control | Used by NPCs, based on Mossberg 500, features wooden furniture | 2019 | |
Battlefield 2042 | "Super 500" | Mossberg 500-based, w/rail system and iron sights; Added in Season 4 (2023) | 2021 |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Full Metal Panic?: Fumoffu | Sagara | 2003 |
See Also
- Serbu Firearms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Serbu Firearms.